Why Evil Is a Part of God's Creation

[regnauld]

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Some say that God doesn't know evil, because they can't explain why a God who is good allows robberies, murders, disease, poverty, and other terrible happenings that are going on constantly on this earth. These misfortunes are certainly evil to us; but are they evil to God? If they are, why would God permit such evil? And if the evil did not come from Him who is the Supreme Creator of all things, where did it come from? Who created greed? Who created hate? Who created jealousy and anger? Who created harmful bacteria? Who created lustful temptation, and the temptation of greed? These were not the invention of human beings. Man could never have experienced them if they had not first been created.

Some people try to explain that evil does not exist, or that it is merely a psychological factor. But this is not so. The evidence of evil is here in the world. You cannot deny it. If there is no evil, why would Jesus pray, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil"? Mat. 6:13 He is saying plainly that evil does exist.

So, the truth is, we do find evil in the world. And where did it come from? GOD. Evil provides the contrast that enables us to recognize and experience goodness. Evil had to be, if there was to be any creation. If you wrote a message with white chalk on a white board, no one would see it. So, without the blacKboard of evil, the good things in the world could not be magnified at all. For instance, Judas was Jesus' best publicity agent. By his evil act, Judas made Christ eternally famous. Jesus knew the role he had to play, and all that was going to happen to him in order that he might demonstrate the love and greatness of GOD, and a villain was necessary to this enactment. But it was not good for Judas that he chose to be the one whose dark deed, by contrast, extolled the glories of Christ's triumph over evil. Any comments?

[kenjoenue]

evil is not created by God it is only the will of lucifer to be evil....

[regnauld]

evil is not created by God it is only the will of lucifer to be evil....

Are you sure of this bro?

[staphylococcus]

Are you sure of this bro? If I can cite to you a verse from the bible that THE LORD created EVIL, will you accept my challenge and admit that you are wrong?

there is such passage? whaaaah scary.., i like to think that evil was born out of the freewill God has granted upon his creations

[regnauld]

there is such passage? whaaaah scary.., i like to think that evil was born out of the freewill God has granted upon his creations

There is such a passage!

[staphylococcus]

There is such a passage!

can u share?

[regnauld]

can u share?

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. (Isaiah 45:7, KJV)

God can bring good out of evil.
Of course, God is all-powerful and he is able to redeem good even from evils. A drowning
person may inspire acts of bravery. Although sawdust is an unintended byproduct of making
lumber, it can be salvaged to make paper. Likewise, God in his providence is able to redeem
much (if not all) good out of the evil byproducts in the world. God would in no wise permit evil
to exist in his works unless he were so almighty and so good as to produce good even from evil.
That does not mean that this present world is the best of all possible worlds. It means that
God has made it the best possible way to attain his ultimate goal of the greater good. God may
not always redeem good out of every evil byproduct in a fallen world. This could be true in both
the physical and the moral realm. Like radioactive waste, some evil byproducts may resist reprocessing.
Indeed, in view of the second law of thermodynamics, the physical world is decaying. But
God has the power to recreate it (cf. 2 Peter 3:13). Human death can be overcome by resurrection
(cf. Romans 8; 1 Corinthians 15). Neither of these is any problem for an omnipotent God.

[staphylococcus]

wow.., i wnt to understand.., pro gaduka na gamay ako brain.., ayaw na nya iprocess ang post nmu., il come back to this thread kanang buhi kau ko.., para maka.sabot ko sa passage.., hihi thnx sa info

[regnauld]

wow.., i wnt to understand.., pro gaduka na gamay ako brain.., ayaw na nya iprocess ang post nmu., il come back to this thread kanang buhi kau ko.., para maka.sabot ko sa passage.., hihi thnx sa info

your welcome! God bless and nyt2!

[bahiista]

as far as my convictions are concern dili na part sa creation sa Ginoo ang evil oi...
if you are reffering to evil as sin, it was not God's creation...if you are reffering to evil as devil, it begun when lucifer rebel against God.

the passage that you quote was the opposite of peace...sample meaning if God can make the sea calm and peaceful, he can as well make it as worst as evil due to sins that He cannot let go unpunished.the passage was a comparison, peace cannot be the opposite of evil as in devil. also try to look for other translation.