This thread is taken from a previous one WHAT IS EVIL. Much was said about what it is in terms of simile and what evil does.
This thread is more to do with why and what makes evil, evil. Do you know?
Hi Eromonnis,
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God is love, complete love, full of love.........Evil is no love, completely void of love, empty of love, hate.
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The things that we call faith, pride, anger, etc., are all facets of the singular ideas. It's how love and evil show themselves.
Love........no love
Joy..........no joy
mercy......no mercy
kindness...no kindness
peace.......no peace, etc.
Reason.....no reasoning, animal, flesh.
Understanding......without understanding
Light......no light, darkness (of the mind, spirit)
Selfless....Ego, self centered, selfish, pride
in control, body and spirit.....without self control, body or spirit, animal
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And here is the contrast, between those who know God, know love, know wisdom, and the ways of love, and those who don't.
We live in a place between these 2 ideals, sometimes showing one or the other, the flesh and the spirit.
Sometimes wise, and sometimes fools.
It is up to us to choose who, what spirit, will guide our lives.
We can give the power over us to the Spirit of Love, or the spirit of no love.
James 4:7-10, 7, Submit to love, give love the power over your life, Satan will flee from you.
When you become a Christian, you receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, Acts 2:38, That is your power over evil, the power of love.
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In the end, when this material world is gone, and we are either with God or separated from His love, it will be like it was before the world began. Where God is, or where God is not. Where there is love, or cast away from the presence of love, and those who love.
Those who are with God, will be surrounded by love, no one who doesn't love will be there, no bullies or souls who hurt, and our souls will be made perfect by the blood of Jesus.
The souls who are separated from love, are without love forever. All the ones who choose not to follow the ways of love will be there. Living with heartbreak, guilt, and sorrow for ever.
The suffering of this world, is nothing compared to the eternal suffering without love, after death.
But the joy, the joy, the rejoicing, the love and mercy of love God, surrounded by His love, wow, what is to come, friends, it will all be worth it, many times over, eternally. Thank you Jesus.