Is God Good?
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Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
Lead us not, it does not say, tempt us not. God DOES NOT tempt! It's saying keep us from falling into temptation, from giving in to our human desire to sin.
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Garee again, two things, the same two things:
Jesus absolutely did receive worship and never rebuked anyone for it. In fact when Thomas called Him God, Jesus commended Thomas for believing.
The flesh and blood body of Christ was never in any way shape or form corrupted at all. He is spotless and without sin or blemish. He didn't even rot while He lay dead in the tomb.
Jesus absolutely did receive worship and never rebuked anyone for it. In fact when Thomas called Him God, Jesus commended Thomas for believing.
The flesh and blood body of Christ was never in any way shape or form corrupted at all. He is spotless and without sin or blemish. He didn't even rot while He lay dead in the tomb.
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My God is Just.
Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord God , ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’
Ezekiel 33:11 NASB
God knows the big picture. He knows what he is doing. To accuse Him of taking the breath from a being, with some sort of human motive, when every breath taken already belongs to Him in the first place, causes me feel VERY UNEASY. How dare any of us!!!
Lord, please forgive our foolish and arrogant ways that diminish Your Almighty Power and Goodness! We bow before Your all-knowing Authority.
Our ways and thoughts are not His. We see time and time again how He is able to do exactly as He pleases, any time He pleases. He can use evil any way He wants to, but He is NOT a monster with a corrupt mind, hoping to bring destruction, pain and heartache.
Again, He knows the big picture... He knows what He is doing!!
He is clear about His character, all throughout His word. He shows with great description just how vile darkness is and He will do whatever He chooses to free us from that reign of terror. Though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil. I will fear His ability to deal with it, however, for the well-being of my loves, as well as for my own.
Did He create the potential for evil?
Well, we see what happened with Satan and His minions. To me, having the ability to choose right from wrong points yet again to His unequivocal Goodness!!! He gives us a choice. He and His works are kind and loving. He even set a plan in motion to deliver us from the evil choice, for thine is the Power, the Glory, and the Kingdom... forever.
Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord God , ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’
Ezekiel 33:11 NASB
God knows the big picture. He knows what he is doing. To accuse Him of taking the breath from a being, with some sort of human motive, when every breath taken already belongs to Him in the first place, causes me feel VERY UNEASY. How dare any of us!!!
Lord, please forgive our foolish and arrogant ways that diminish Your Almighty Power and Goodness! We bow before Your all-knowing Authority.
Our ways and thoughts are not His. We see time and time again how He is able to do exactly as He pleases, any time He pleases. He can use evil any way He wants to, but He is NOT a monster with a corrupt mind, hoping to bring destruction, pain and heartache.
Again, He knows the big picture... He knows what He is doing!!
He is clear about His character, all throughout His word. He shows with great description just how vile darkness is and He will do whatever He chooses to free us from that reign of terror. Though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil. I will fear His ability to deal with it, however, for the well-being of my loves, as well as for my own.
Did He create the potential for evil?
Well, we see what happened with Satan and His minions. To me, having the ability to choose right from wrong points yet again to His unequivocal Goodness!!! He gives us a choice. He and His works are kind and loving. He even set a plan in motion to deliver us from the evil choice, for thine is the Power, the Glory, and the Kingdom... forever.
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He as a fool did not have to resist something he did not believe in . Stone cold dead in tresspapases and sin. No way to seek after him a so that he could believe. The Holy Spirit simply did not offer any mercy that could bless his heart and then believe in a God not seen . He died a fool.
Mankind is born with "no faith". Not a little none.
We as new creatures have little faith (not of us) , he can make it grow when he makes ours hearts soft. We then in turn can ask for a increase so that we might decrease . Just as Jesus the Son of man in his earthen body of death , with the father.
His unseen glory returned to the father as the glory of one God .Previously having it in his earthen body of death
2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
You have it backwards 
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Dave, if you are blaming God for your sins, I don't think it is possible for you to have repented of them.
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Dave, if you are blaming God for your sins, I don't think it is possible for you to have repented of them.
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The old testament the law of God is same law as the new. The letter of the law what we see with our eyes "death" kills.
The wrath of God being revealed from heaven to the whole world.
The unseen law of faith makes the partial law (letter) complete or perfect in either testament. The old testament born again saints had the faith of Christ working in them to both will and perform the good pleasure of their father in heaven just as us today . It is all one testimony of the mind of God. if either part is missing it is made to no effect.
In that way we are not to call separate what God calls as one or one that he calls separate . Then the father of lies cannot get his foothold into the door. It as it is written cast it out.
You have it backwards
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Dave, if you are blaming God for your sins, I don't think it is possible for you to have repented of them.
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Dave, if you are blaming God for your sins, I don't think it is possible for you to have repented of them.
I would agree. God creates a evil as a form of discipline .He would lift his hand of mercy and let the natural course run its course. (flesh verses flesh). And bring another nation against them to show he is not served by human hands .
But not the cause of evil. Evil comes when God's word is made to no effect . . .earthly inspired of the devil . We get carried away by our own personal lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, they provide false pride.
To attribute that evil to God not seen is blasphemy
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
James 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
God has curtailed evil but not stopped it altogether, and this is a question that many ask, especially non-believers, who claim that the existence of evil is proof that the omnipotent, omnibenevolent God of the Bible cannot exist. Dave, please excuse the length of the following:
Scripture shows that God did not create evil and does not promote it; rather, it describes God’s actions in combating it. God limits the impact of evil, warns us of the dangers of evil, acts to stop the spread of evil, gives us an escape from evil, and will eventually defeat evil forever.
God understands and acknowledges man's experience of evil. God’s willingness to grant us the freedom of making our own choices also allows for the possibility of moral evil. Moral evil leads to physical evil. Even so, God has always acted to soften the blows that evil and suffering land on humanity. He also provided the one and only means to make all wrongs right. One day, God’s plan to defeat and destroy evil will be fully complete.
Many of the Bible’s 66 individual books openly express what we would now term the “problem of evil.” In some cases, these expressions are all but a direct accusation against God, in response to the suffering the writers had seen or experienced.
The Bible makes it clear that evil is something God neither intended nor created. Rather, moral evil is a necessary possibility. If we are truly free, then we are free to choose something other than God’s will—that is, we can choose moral evil. Scripture points out that there are consequences for defying the will of God—personal, communal, physical, and spiritual.
Taken as a whole, as it is intended, the Bible describes evil as something God allowed, but never condoned, for the sake of our free will (or self will in opposition o God's will). All through history, God has taken steps to limit the influence of evil. And, most importantly, God Himself took the consequences of our sin, so every person can have access to forgiveness and salvation. As a result, all sin, evil, and suffering will someday be completely ended. Beyond the philosophical or theological aspects of this issue, Scripture in and of itself goes a long way to neutralizing the power of the “problem of evil.” source
Scripture shows that God did not create evil and does not promote it; rather, it describes God’s actions in combating it. God limits the impact of evil, warns us of the dangers of evil, acts to stop the spread of evil, gives us an escape from evil, and will eventually defeat evil forever.
God understands and acknowledges man's experience of evil. God’s willingness to grant us the freedom of making our own choices also allows for the possibility of moral evil. Moral evil leads to physical evil. Even so, God has always acted to soften the blows that evil and suffering land on humanity. He also provided the one and only means to make all wrongs right. One day, God’s plan to defeat and destroy evil will be fully complete.
Many of the Bible’s 66 individual books openly express what we would now term the “problem of evil.” In some cases, these expressions are all but a direct accusation against God, in response to the suffering the writers had seen or experienced.
The Bible makes it clear that evil is something God neither intended nor created. Rather, moral evil is a necessary possibility. If we are truly free, then we are free to choose something other than God’s will—that is, we can choose moral evil. Scripture points out that there are consequences for defying the will of God—personal, communal, physical, and spiritual.
Taken as a whole, as it is intended, the Bible describes evil as something God allowed, but never condoned, for the sake of our free will (or self will in opposition o God's will). All through history, God has taken steps to limit the influence of evil. And, most importantly, God Himself took the consequences of our sin, so every person can have access to forgiveness and salvation. As a result, all sin, evil, and suffering will someday be completely ended. Beyond the philosophical or theological aspects of this issue, Scripture in and of itself goes a long way to neutralizing the power of the “problem of evil.” source
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Scripture shows that God did not create evil and does not promote it; rather, it describes God’s actions in combating it. God limits the impact of evil, warns us of the dangers of evil, acts to stop the spread of evil, gives us an escape from evil, and will eventually defeat evil forever.
Taken as a whole, as it is intended, the Bible describes evil as something God allowed, but never condoned, for the sake of our free will (or self will in opposition to God's will). All through history, God has taken steps to limit the influence of evil. And, most importantly, God Himself took the consequences of our sin, so every person can have access to forgiveness and salvation. As a result, all sin, evil, and suffering will someday be completely ended. Beyond the philosophical or theological aspects of this issue, Scripture in and of itself goes a long way to neutralizing the power of the “problem of evil.” source
Taken as a whole, as it is intended, the Bible describes evil as something God allowed, but never condoned, for the sake of our free will (or self will in opposition to God's will). All through history, God has taken steps to limit the influence of evil. And, most importantly, God Himself took the consequences of our sin, so every person can have access to forgiveness and salvation. As a result, all sin, evil, and suffering will someday be completely ended. Beyond the philosophical or theological aspects of this issue, Scripture in and of itself goes a long way to neutralizing the power of the “problem of evil.” source
You have it backwards
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Dave, if you are blaming God for your sins, I don't think it is possible for you to have repented of them.
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Dave, if you are blaming God for your sins, I don't think it is possible for you to have repented of them.