I keep thinking about him. Not in an obsessive way, but just pondering. It started with the study on Job that Pastor David is doing.
I know that God created the Devil, and Satan made the choice to disobey God. I just don't get why God created him.
God KNEW what choice the devil would make. He KNEW what evil and horror the devil would be the father of. So why create him? Did God need evil in the world? Was evil necessary to send Jesus? I mean, did God plan evil to come into the world so that He could send Jesus?
Basically, had God not created Lucifer, then the whole Garden of Eve fiasco wouldn't have happened. Because Lucifer wouldn't have been hanging around the Garden.
I don't want to go so far as to say that God created evil, because God is pure and no evil is in him. But He willingly created the thing that would become the basis of evil.
Why?
I think of Job, hanging out, having no idea that God offered him up to Satan, not once, but twice. I KNOW the good that came from all that, and I know that Job got "reimbursed" but I always think of what a dear friend of mine says. Job didn't get the 10 original kids back. What he went through cost him greatly. Dearly. I know what it did for Job, and I know that I've walked some harrowing paths with God that I wouldn't trade for anything. Not even what it cost me. But the point is, Satan cost Job a lot. Or was it God? God allowed it. Recommended it. Whew.
So I just can't figure out why God created Satan. I even wondered if God was... bored? Is that blasphemy? I mean, not bored, like we get bored. But if there were no evil, this would be heaven on Earth, and we wouldn't need a real heaven. Or a Savior. So maybe God needed a "bad guy."
So He could send the good guy. Jesus. Look what we would have missed out on if there wasn't a Devil. Would we have missed out on Jesus?
And I think about Satan, prowling about like a lion, seeing whom he may distroy. And I think about the lake of fire, and how he'll be tormented for an eternity. I think of all the bad that people I know suffer through. And to think that it's all because of evil.
David talked about suffering again on Sunday. He talked about how suffering is a result of sin. And how when you suffer, you need to realize that you're suffering because of sin. Not just your own sin, but sin in general. And how we should take an opportunity to use your suffering to cleanse yourself of sin. Use your suffering to feed your hate of sin. Or, I thought, turn the anger of suffering toward the Devil, the father of sin. Not towards God, whom from all blessings flow.
Oh well. I just needed to ramble that out. I need to go Google "Why did God create the Devil?" and see what the really smart people say.
I know that God created the Devil, and Satan made the choice to disobey God. I just don't get why God created him.
God KNEW what choice the devil would make. He KNEW what evil and horror the devil would be the father of. So why create him? Did God need evil in the world? Was evil necessary to send Jesus? I mean, did God plan evil to come into the world so that He could send Jesus?
Basically, had God not created Lucifer, then the whole Garden of Eve fiasco wouldn't have happened. Because Lucifer wouldn't have been hanging around the Garden.
I don't want to go so far as to say that God created evil, because God is pure and no evil is in him. But He willingly created the thing that would become the basis of evil.
Why?
I think of Job, hanging out, having no idea that God offered him up to Satan, not once, but twice. I KNOW the good that came from all that, and I know that Job got "reimbursed" but I always think of what a dear friend of mine says. Job didn't get the 10 original kids back. What he went through cost him greatly. Dearly. I know what it did for Job, and I know that I've walked some harrowing paths with God that I wouldn't trade for anything. Not even what it cost me. But the point is, Satan cost Job a lot. Or was it God? God allowed it. Recommended it. Whew.
So I just can't figure out why God created Satan. I even wondered if God was... bored? Is that blasphemy? I mean, not bored, like we get bored. But if there were no evil, this would be heaven on Earth, and we wouldn't need a real heaven. Or a Savior. So maybe God needed a "bad guy."
So He could send the good guy. Jesus. Look what we would have missed out on if there wasn't a Devil. Would we have missed out on Jesus?
And I think about Satan, prowling about like a lion, seeing whom he may distroy. And I think about the lake of fire, and how he'll be tormented for an eternity. I think of all the bad that people I know suffer through. And to think that it's all because of evil.
David talked about suffering again on Sunday. He talked about how suffering is a result of sin. And how when you suffer, you need to realize that you're suffering because of sin. Not just your own sin, but sin in general. And how we should take an opportunity to use your suffering to cleanse yourself of sin. Use your suffering to feed your hate of sin. Or, I thought, turn the anger of suffering toward the Devil, the father of sin. Not towards God, whom from all blessings flow.
Oh well. I just needed to ramble that out. I need to go Google "Why did God create the Devil?" and see what the really smart people say.
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