Good From Evil?

Alright, so Satan causes evil, but why did God create Satan?  That brings the blame back to God.

1.     Satan made the choices.  He also had freedom.  

2.     God didn’t create him evil.  We become as we behave.  In other words, habits form and we change and what we are is determined by the decisions we make. The more we choose something, the more we are that way.  This is why God doesn’t create instant character.  The more we choose something the harder it is to choose differently.

Love is like this.  It starts with freedom, yet its goal is to become unfree, to be unable to be any different.  I John 3:9: “No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.”²

Further, we have to remember that you can’t make an omelet without breaking the eggs.   I am sure God knew that Satan would or at least could become evil, but guess what….it’s all part of the plan, and the plan has good and glorious results.

If men and evil spirits cause the trouble, it seems like God doesn’t have much control, and if he doesn’t have much control he isn’t really God.

Before the creation he was all-powerful, being all that there was.  With the creation, he surrendered some of his power, or better, he delegated that power. Our freedom is an example of that delegation of power.  God is still all-powerful and could take back the delegated power anytime he chooses. 

Not every event has a God-ordained purpose to it, except that he allows it to happen to facilitate the character development afforded by the freedom delegation which allowed the event to occur.   If I get drunk and run over a child, why should we ask what God’s purpose in that was?   He didn’t cause it.  A lot happens without a specific purpose, but it doesn’t matter because the main objective in this life is to prepare for the next.  Resting in the security of God’s love, we need not be concerned about these events.  Rm 8:35: “Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.” 

Even these wayward, accidental events are then taken by God as loose threads to be woven into the tapestry he has created.  The final picture will account for everything and it is wonderful.