If God is perfectly good and created evil, is evil good? If evil is good, then does evil even exist?
It exists, and it is used by God to guide and influence. I'll explain.
Then where did it come from?
As far as I am concerned, NO EVIL GETS DONE WITHOUT GODS KNOWLEDGE. Conversly, since he has the power to stop any and all evil events, it must serve God a purpose.
For all the free will folks who claim that man clings onto evil, so therefore it's a self perpetuating disease created/used by man. I say, that's not the point.
That's like saying that because man loves to ice skate, and it's completely in his realm, then man must have created lakes, and ice.
I also present to you Job. Poor, kind, loving Job. This story is presented in an effort to show us how deeply we must love the Lord. But the underlying reason it's there is to show us the relationship between God and
satan.
When it wanted to have it's way with Job he had to ask Gods permission. Through this we can plainly see the relationship between God and evil.
God didn't send someone else to take the meeting with
satan, reasoning that because he can't be around unclean evil. Nope, he talked directly to the EVIL one and gave him PERMISSION to do evil.
......and there are tons of other references to this relationship. It can't be denied.
I live and hang around some pretty dangerous folks and I can see how tough love can be the only alternative at times.
I'm okay with Gods relationship with evil. I would
much rather it be under his control.
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