If God is all, if all things are possible in Gods world, isn't God evil too? Our limited mortal definition of evil, anyway. If God is everything, then He must be all that I hate as well as all that I love. Right?

Tell me what your views are, please.

jrebel7

My belief is based on what I read in the Bible. It teaches that God is love but also teaches that God is a just God. It also says He cannot look upon sin so He sent His son Jesus to die on the cross as payment for our sin, a one time blood sacrifice, and we have the choice as to whether to accept Jesus into our lives and put our faith in Him or not. God tugs at our heart so to speak and beckons us to ask Jesus into our lives. When we do, we can pray about anything, any time or any place and know that God is not seeing the sin and ugliness in our lives because the Bible says when we receive Jesus, He clothes us in His righteousness so that is what God sees when we pray, the righteousness of His son Jesus Christ. The Bible teaches that salvation cannot be earned, it is offered as a free gift. But if we do receive this free gift of salvation we will want to do good and help others and love others and allow God to love other's through us. We still mess up because we are human and live in a fallen world and make mistakes but God is a gracious and forgiving God. That does not mean we won't suffer some consequences for our choices. An example might be that we have received Jesus into our hearts, have tried to live as we believe we should according to God's word then we might make a choice to lie about a fellow employee. Just in the blink of an eye we might decide to do this even though we might regret it later. We might also be found out and be fired. God is not evil nor did He cause us to lose that job. We have simply placed ourselves in that position by our choice. For me it is important to know that even when we receive Jesus into our lives, God still gives us freedom to choose each day what we do, what we say. We are not puppets. There may be consequences for wrong choices but God is still here loving us, forgiving us. If our child climbs on top of the house and we have told them not to do so, we forgive them, we continue to love them with all our hearts but that doesn't make the break in the broken arm go away that the child got when he disobeyed us and climbed on the house and fell.

A lot of people would like to think that the only fair kind of God would be one like the pie in the sky bye and bye. But when the Bible teaches that God is love but is also just, it shows me a God of balance. He does love us totally yet just as we train up our children we occasionally must hold them accountable when they get out of line of what we require. All of us sin every day, sometimes, sins of omission, some of commission. Once we place our faith in what Jesus did for us and ask Him to come into our lives, the Bible teaches we still are held accountable for our actions. He is not evil for requiring this any more than a parent would be evil for scolding or chastising a child for climbing up on top of the house when they had been instructed not to as stated earlier as an example. It is for the good of the child's safety. When the child chooses to disobey, that child removes himself from the protection that his parents have provided by giving good guidelines and instruction.

We all come from such diverse teachings, backgrounds, experiences. I have just shared my beliefs as I have come to know them by what I read in God's word the Bible and shared some of my thoughts on God being love and yet being just. God is not evil.

Perhaps if one has not placed their faith and belief in God through asking Jesus Christ into their lives, one might ponder such concepts. Having come to know Jesus as my personal Lord of my life, (I am in no way perfect but I simply have placed my life in His hands by faith such as a person who sees a chair and looks at it, has a choice to put their trust in that chair that it will hold them up prior to sitting in it then sits in it therefore, not knowing ahead for sure but choosing to believe the chair will do what it is to do has acted on faith. I know this is a simple example and maybe too physical considering we are visiting and sharing about spiritual matters, it does make a point of choice.) I have experienced the love and the just God. My experience and my faith and my study of His word tells me God is not evil.

firmbeliever

The Mighty One,the All-Knowing,the Great One,the First,the Last,the Pardoner,the Most Bounteous,the Maker,the Source of All Goodness,the Judge,the Self-Sufficient,the Reckoner,the Wise,the Aware,the Powerful,the Giver of Life,the Giver of Death,the Merciful,the All-Hearing.....
These are just some of the attributes of the Almighty.
Being evil is not one of them as far as I believe. Evil is a trait of some of the created beings.

But him being the Most just will give each one their due in the end, and this when seen with human eyes without knowing the reason why someone is being punished might assume it an evil justice,but it is most fair that each one get his due in the end.
He is the Pardoner too,so those who receive pardon in the end will think Him the most Merciful too.

Just my personal thoughts on it.

marvin_082500

not all things possible to God. Thats why He is Not evil.

wHY God is not all possible to Him. Because He is a God Who cannot lie

simoneaugie

Thank You for the awesome answers. Made me think. God is a just God, all I remember from reading the Bible is, God is a jealous God.

marvin said that God can not lie. We are made in the image (like a mirror) of God. How could we be capable of anything if He is not capable of the same thing? He is our creator/inventor, every part of us was created by God wasn't it? Our human selves are capable of evil.

Perhaps, through the eyes of God, no act is evil, just a choice.

Maybe it slips and squirms during definition through our darkened glass, because even though God is everything, we are not able to conceive of everything, yet. For instance, what of the child who climbs on the roof, but has never been told not to. What of the children who have no parents, or have parents who are "absent?" What happens to the person who lives in the Amazon and never hears about Jesus?

Where can I find the quotation that, "God can not see our sins?"

Fr_Chuck

Man was made orginally without sin, but man was tempted by the devil, satan and decided to disobey God. At that point, sin became part of mans nature, and man was no longer after the image of God

One of the main things he got was the ability to feel guilt, since when he heard God after he sinned, he realised he was naked and hid, showing he was ahamed of his state, And before he was not and exactly the same.

simoneaugie

You are talking about the original sin, in the garden of Eden. God created the heavens and the earth, all of it. Didn't he create the serpent? How did the snake speak to Eve if not given words, by God?

firmbeliever

I always believe He is the Most Just.

Humans and other created beings cannot be on the same level as the Creator.And the Creator's attributes cannot be compared in the same level as human characteristics.

And the Almighty is not human.


I did not know your question was aimed at Christian beliefs.

As far as I believe,each child is born pure with the knowledge of the Almighty.They grow up and are exposed to the personal beliefs of their parents and as they become adults choose their own paths.
Those who never get the message of the Almighty will be judged by Him who knows all that is in the hearts of men.

Regarding Satan,here is a brief description of what I believe-
http://www.understanding-islam.com/r...estion&qid=291

simoneaugie

Fascinating information regarding Al Shaitaan. I haven't learned much about Judaism or Islam, yet. So, thanks.

My question was directed towards human belief. My post about the garden of eden was mainly in response to what fr-chuck posted.

Handyman2007

Look around at the world today ----Is God Evil???