September 10
THE PURPOSE OF EVIL / PART 2
GOD CREATED EVIL
According to A. P. Adams:
-"Now I hold that the following proposition is self-evident. Given a God of infinite power, wisdom and goodness,
He is responsible for ALL things that exist. And this also follows from the wisdom and goodness of God: All things
that exist are for an intelligent and benevolent end. These conclusions are inevitable from the premises; they cannot
be modified except by modifying the premises. For instance, if you say that some things exist contrary to God's will, then
it follows that God is not all-powerful; and you cannot escape this conclusion by bringing in the orthodox doctrine
of man's free moral agency, for whatever a free moral agent may do, He is responsible for it Who made him a free moral agent.
If God made man a free moral agent, He knew beforehand what the result would be, and hence is just as responsible for the
consequences of the acts of that free moral agent as He would be for the act of an irresponsible machine that He had made.
Man's free moral agency, even if it were true, would by no means clear God from the responsibility of His acts since God is
His Creator and has made him in the first place just what he is, well knowing what the result would be. If God's will is
EVER thwarted, then He is not almighty. If His will is thwarted, then His plans must be changed, and hence He is not all-wise
and immutable. If His will is NEVER thwarted, then all things are in ACCORDANCE with His will and He is responsible for
all things as they exist. If He is all-wise and all-good, then all things, existing according to His will, must
be tending to some wise and benevolent end. Thus we come back to my proposition again: If God is infinite in power,
wisdom and goodness, then He is responsible for ALL things that exist, and all existing things are tending toward some
wise and good end." ( The Purpose Of Evil, A. P. Adams )
-Having stated these things, let us now look to the Holy Scriptures to confirm what has been stated. Colossians
1:16,17 states, … For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him:
And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist …
-Isaiah 45:7 states, … I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I
the LORD do all these things …
-Isaiah 54:16 states, … Behold, I have created the smith that blows the coals in the fire, and that brings
forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy …
-Amos 3:6 states, … Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there
be evil in a city, and the LORD has not done it? …
-Job 42:11 states, … Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that
had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over
all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: …
-Job 12:16 states, … With Him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are
His …
-Genesis 3:1 states, … Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD
God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, has God said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? …
( Also read Revelation 20:2. )
-2nd Thessalonians 2:11 states, … And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie: …
-2nd Corinthians 5:18 states, … And all things are of God, Who has reconciled us to
Himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation; …
-We must be honest and come to the conclusion that GOD CREATED ALL THINGS ( GOOD AND EVIL ), and is responsible
for all things.
-ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD!-
