As evil ramps up on every hand - mass shooting - wars and rumors of war - disrespectful to parents - evil and high minded and so on. How do we view what is happening in the world. The world operates from the sin nature - that nature has evil with it. You can see the sweetest of people and unheard of evil. They both play into the sin nature. Evil is not sin par say - but to do evil is sin.
This is where you have to look at scripture and see what it is that is in the world. Both good and evil were created by God - he DID NOT create sin. Sin is a byproduct of evil, so the sin nature came out of evil sinning - hence the original sinner was lucifer using the ability to sin by the evil that already exsisted in creation. Lucifer is a created being. Beautiful angel with pipes protruding from his body, scripture discribes him in creation. He took his liberty if you will - and decided he would be God. We know the story. The created world became a place that would need God intervention to redeem all in creation back to Himself.
The world will be a schoolhouse for bringing sinners to Christ. That is the ultimate in creation now to be conformed back into, if you will, that creation 'in the image and likeness of God.' only God can have a plan in place 'before he created anything, Ephesians 1:4, and his plan and purpose has never been thwarted by a created being - even an angel can not thwart the plan of God. Trust the school of the Father to work for His glory in the believer.
This is where you have to look at scripture and see what it is that is in the world. Both good and evil were created by God - he DID NOT create sin. Sin is a byproduct of evil, so the sin nature came out of evil sinning - hence the original sinner was lucifer using the ability to sin by the evil that already exsisted in creation. Lucifer is a created being. Beautiful angel with pipes protruding from his body, scripture discribes him in creation. He took his liberty if you will - and decided he would be God. We know the story. The created world became a place that would need God intervention to redeem all in creation back to Himself.
The world will be a schoolhouse for bringing sinners to Christ. That is the ultimate in creation now to be conformed back into, if you will, that creation 'in the image and likeness of God.' only God can have a plan in place 'before he created anything, Ephesians 1:4, and his plan and purpose has never been thwarted by a created being - even an angel can not thwart the plan of God. Trust the school of the Father to work for His glory in the believer.
