tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post1454452026014517834..comments2023-09-05T08:15:41.779-04:00Comments on Apocalypse 2010: Signs of the end in Current Events: Did God create evil?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03236980151361084352noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-5769132857409962092015-11-23T11:29:22.357-05:002015-11-23T11:29:22.357-05:00If you have been given the gift of discernment fro...If you have been given the gift of discernment from God, as Paul clearly has, you would be able to read the Word of God (bible) and understand what it says. Not everyone can see the forest for the trees. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057488695182399711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-85976694222444621752014-11-18T14:39:27.973-05:002014-11-18T14:39:27.973-05:00Amen brother!Amen brother!Michele H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16059528223678450255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-16146079157654716052014-06-22T01:39:19.675-04:002014-06-22T01:39:19.675-04:00The problem is that to form or make something you ...The problem is that to form or make something you need to get the raw materials first, otherwise you cannot make anything. God doesn't create light but makes it from darkness. Why doesn't God just create light?, because he needs the raw ingredients of darkness to form light. The bible clearly states that there is "power in darkness", why do you think there is pagan worship for, they know how to manipulate darkness to make more darkness, and more darkness makes more power. God however manipulates darkness to form light which is very benefical for us. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-66487509944483000842014-02-07T04:46:18.552-05:002014-02-07T04:46:18.552-05:00Yes, God did create darkness and thus evil and Luc...Yes, God did create darkness and thus evil and Lucifer for a reason brother Paul - with that I am in agreement with your study. BUT NOT with predestination and the dogma of eternal hell. This could NEVER be regarded as a loving God who will create people to be damned in an eternal hell for ever and this for His PLEASURE - WOW!!! (Calvin's INSTITUTES) . Man had not in the first place asked to be born in sin so what justice and love is this? Calvin's T.U.L.I.P views are NOT compatible with the Atonement of Jesus Christ on the tree - In Calvinism His death was obviously not necessary since God does as He pleases and didn't need to sacrifice His Son to save us - we are in your argument already saved by His sovereign Will. There is anyway NO indication in history that Calvin has ever repented but he did approve of the murder of Sevetus because Servetus prescribed to the Armenian views - what a reason to be murdered by Calvin and we today willingly bow to his Augustinian dogma? Its worth a wile to first clear up the difference between predestination an foreknowledge before Calvin's theories are accepted on face value. <br /><br />In Watcmen Nee's book "THE SPITITUAL MAN" (ISBN 0-935008-39) Part Nine - "The Analysis of the Soul -the Will" its clearly states that the believers will is his own (and to fulfill Satan's will) until he be crucified with Christ and his (man's) spirit be freed, when he then become to do only the will of Yashua. What then was the freedom God gave to Adam and Eve to choose between light and darkness?<br /><br />Please do the exercise to read "WHAT LOVE IS THIS" by Dave Hunt (ISBN 1-929125-30-5) as well as "THE OTHER SIDE OF CALVINISM" by Lawrence M Vance (ISBN 9-780-96889-87-5 before you get rigid on your predestination views<br /><br />Greetings<br /><br />Bertrand Houy, South AfricaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-64213342568769932792013-04-05T04:52:19.643-04:002013-04-05T04:52:19.643-04:00Isiah 40:7
I form the light, and create darkness:...Isiah 40:7<br /><br />I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.<br /><br /> This is why I hate religion.<br /><br />None of you fools ever read your own book. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-54481861808045787442013-03-16T09:33:46.654-04:002013-03-16T09:33:46.654-04:00I think you're all on crack or something. If G...I think you're all on crack or something. If God created evil, then He must be the origin<br />(ator) of evil. Doesn't make sense. You are taking scriture out of context...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-65026756852901164382013-02-23T05:08:18.633-05:002013-02-23T05:08:18.633-05:00Or, maybe, there is no God and the question of evi...Or, maybe, there is no God and the question of evil (however you wish to define it) is resolved scientifically.<br /><br />Stop torturing yourself: adopt atheism, free your mind, be good to others (you don't need a mythical deity to tell you right from wrong).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-52059014700850547122013-02-03T15:29:05.349-05:002013-02-03T15:29:05.349-05:00Amen.Many overlook the fact that an all knowing Go...Amen.Many overlook the fact that an all knowing God knew all human history,not from any knowledge gained outside Himself,but that He created a world with a future He decided to create.This includes evil and even His own enemies to be His enemies.cballenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950046088569613066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-171463551788566422012-12-20T09:23:06.625-05:002012-12-20T09:23:06.625-05:00I bellieve every word, God is in control of every ...I bellieve every word, God is in control of every thing, if God did not create evil, then it means that there is another creator and we know that God is the supreme being and there is no other that is supremeCarolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-14462912316270162812012-12-01T10:19:12.857-05:002012-12-01T10:19:12.857-05:00Hello all......... God is a good God! in him there...Hello all......... God is a good God! in him there is no evil at all........In order for God to create evil , he would have to have the ability to be evil which he can't....so it is spurious to say God created evil......... What God created was finitely perfect no flaws at all..So God exclaimed that after looking at his creation he was to say God saw everything in which he made and proclaimed it all to be good........ But since God created beings which were like God,,,,,,Not Gods but like god's it was becauses of these beins Angels and people that evil exist..........It is true though that God is truley sovergien and uses the evil hearts of people to accomplish his will in the end God will be the one to say checkmate!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-56599183435794635032012-11-27T13:47:58.600-05:002012-11-27T13:47:58.600-05:00very interesting.. Perhaps a better choice of word...very interesting.. Perhaps a better choice of words would be "that God allows Satan and evil to serve His purpose" rather than "God created the Devil and evil to serve His purpose". When the "once good angel" (Lucifer) chose to rebel (the beginning of evil) against God, Jehovah had two options.. destroy that angel or allow him to exist for a period of time in order resolve that which Lucifer brought into question (why did the perfect angel rebel against God in the first place?). Satan is no doubt being used by God to answer that question for all onlookers (whether in the heavens or those on earth). Is the God Almighty truly qualified to be the rightful ruler of the Universe? Or, through experimentation of Satan and mankind, will everything be much better under the Devil's ruler-ship? It is my belief (or opinion) that perhaps the real reason why the earth and mankind were created was to use Satan and us to solve the issue between God and his angels, which arose in the heavens eons ago. Thus, God "created" this evil situation, this place called earth, this species called "mankind" to prove a point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-84236234307799460212012-11-18T20:05:56.661-05:002012-11-18T20:05:56.661-05:00TO WHOM IT MAY CONCREN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ...TO WHOM IT MAY CONCREN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR CLEARING UP THIS MATTER FOR ME. GOD BLESS YOU.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-9930690399108722592012-04-07T09:49:16.809-04:002012-04-07T09:49:16.809-04:00The key to understanding the creation of evil, Isa...The key to understanding the creation of evil, Isa 45:7, is to truley believe that God is in COMPLETE control of his creation. He is GOD and can do things as he wishes, though it may not make sense to us. Eph. 1:11 says he does everything according to the counsel of his own will. The problem is, if he is a loving GOD and knows EVERYTHING, why would he make man KNOWING that MOST of them would be lost? The simple answer is HE IS ALMIGHTY, however, it goes beyond this. I have written a book concerning this, but the simple fact without going into a lot of detail is, GOD IS LOVE, and will eventually, redeem his entire creation through the blood of Christ, though in this life MOST WILL be lost. Eph 1:10Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-37812901300865693892011-04-20T06:06:19.341-04:002011-04-20T06:06:19.341-04:00So how is this view of God different from let'...So how is this view of God different from let's say, Taoism, where there is good in evil and evil in good?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-84660825817235705202011-04-20T06:04:38.479-04:002011-04-20T06:04:38.479-04:00So God is the author of evil?! Yikes!So God is the author of evil?! Yikes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-11905098905109018132011-04-08T02:25:15.419-04:002011-04-08T02:25:15.419-04:00not every one knows which side they must be on.the...not every one knows which side they must be on.the postle its olmost complete.all we have to do,its keep doing our purpuse,lets keep in mind always,that we have to give an account of every careless word that comes forth from our mouth ,including what you just wrote.remember what the oldman said?my people die from lack of knowledge///there is no time to waste lets keep feeding JOSHUA 1-8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-26663506045228093452010-02-06T03:27:56.859-05:002010-02-06T03:27:56.859-05:00God created the capacity for evil and its full ext...God created the capacity for evil and its full extent, seen and demonstrated by Satan. Satan/Lucifer was created to cover the throne of God with absolute worship. But pride arose in him, and so he had the idea to usurpe God.-> Now going on to the question of choice and predestination:<br />As the spiritual world is not subject to time, God knows everything which will be happening, good and evil, he knows what choices we will make !<br />God is the creator of the capacity to choose good or evil, otherwise he would be a capricious God indeed !<br />Being saved by grace means quite simply: by our own recognition that we need to repent, that we are sinners, and by our very nature we cannot save ourselves. The Roman Catholic Church preaches that good works will somehow bring about salvation. Salvation is open to everyone who has recognised their need for repentance.<br />Otherwise: WHY BOTHER TO PRAY FOR THE LOST ?<br />Anna<br />AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-7066568826730136002009-10-12T19:29:08.896-04:002009-10-12T19:29:08.896-04:00Amen BrotherAmen BrotherJoycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02077457311120336385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-21968416625369876132009-07-30T00:03:39.255-04:002009-07-30T00:03:39.255-04:00I scanned over your column and find it excellent. ...I scanned over your column and find it excellent. Thank you. I will be showing it to those who argue this point with me. God did create evil for His own purposes./ There is so much deception on people's minds that they want to believe God did not create evil and since evil is not a thing that he did not create it. Well love is not a "thing" but He did create love....on and on... Well, JOHN 1 tells us that all things were created by him and without him nothing was made that was made. So be it!<br /><br />Earth is God's threshing floor of souls to bring the lost to choose --- God or Mammon. All evil forces are God's threshing tools.<br /><br />Blessings<br />Rev. A. GarlandRev. A. Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490013564236275683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-91751796348021495202009-07-16T22:15:11.737-04:002009-07-16T22:15:11.737-04:00I think God,to suit his purpose, created a evil en...I think God,to suit his purpose, created a evil enviroment to instruct and train his many soon to be adopted children. Titus 2:11,12. On the job training so to speak but we are truly His workmanship in Christ Jesus, all glory to God.<br />God does indeed intend to save all men. many scriptures in the New Testament say so. 1 Co 15:20-28 sums it up so very well. Look carefully at the scriptures in the NT with G165 and G166 and you will come to the conclusion that aion means age or eon. There is where the clear water of the word get muddied by the doctrine of men. Eph 4:14. No there is no free will. Either you are a servant of sin or a servant of righteousness and you can only be the latter when you are called into His marvellous light,1 Pe 2:9.. The above article was a very good read but at the end you did not make it clear that God is going to have mercy on all.Romans 11:30-32Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10675716060145757881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507087333994798182.post-36221254449447870762009-06-04T04:28:41.128-04:002009-06-04T04:28:41.128-04:00You are right brother Paul. An absolute Sovereign ...You are right brother Paul. An absolute Sovereign God who elects is the most hated doctrine by arrogant man. For this reason we will always proclaim this truth , By Grace we are saved , and this not of ourselves, but its a free gift of God ...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14340902229407452536noreply@blogger.com