Bible Question (short): Isn't God sovereign? |
Question (full): We have to take Ex 4:11 literally and your conclusion to the literal meaning is exactly the point I'm trying to make. God is sovereign and we have no idea how his plan/actions combine and effect the whole scheme of things. Evil is not necessarily what we as humans always perceive it to be. Evil by definition is anything contrary to God. Architect builds a building and people live in it everything is great. Then one day a man decides to commit suicide and plunges from the building. Do we say the architect created an evil building. No we say the man that jumped made a bad decision. God didn’t create evil He just gave us the choice, to follow Him or not. If we chose not to, then it is us that is creating the evil. The philosophical will respond that God by giving us the choice did by default create evil. And I guess in that sense we would have to say He did. But to have us "Free willed" beings that had a choice it was necessary. However God never uses that evil to cause us to stumble. We view things evil that may not be. For instance a handicap at child birth. Ex 4:11 and John 9:3 both seem to say God has people born with handicaps, which seems very unfair when judged in the perspective of our physical life span. However when viewed in light of eternity handicaps may be advantages. Citing the example Charis gave of how a handicap has humbled him. We know humility carries additional rewards in eternity. We have to hold tight to Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. |