Didn't God know Lucifer would turn evil? Why did He create him? Listen to what this professor says!!
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- Amazing insights!! Didnt God know the future of Lucifer before creating him? Why allow such a being to come to existence then? Check what this theologian says! *Anil Kanda interviews Professor John Peckham
Good God? Evil World? How does it make any sense at all.
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No one can fully understand, comprehend the depth amd magnitude of God's LOVE until the day when we all stand before Him. His ways is not like ours.
I believe that you will be disappointed then, one day. First, we will not be standing there. Because we then no longer will have a physical body.
Secondly there is no HE or HIM. Maybe there is a god or a force that created everything, but definitely not a male person, or persona. no "father".
if you are a loving parent capable of directly talking to your child, would you directly talk to him or communicate with him through prophets, messenger, holy books ??if you love your child, would you ever put him in hell for disobedience of your commands??if you love your child, would you talk to him , interact with him or remain invisible and mysterious?🤔...
@@petervermeer.4904 well if you’re right at least some tried to live a good life according to the positives off the bible so nothing lost on that one . ❤️
Don’t kid yourself… you misuse issaiah to suggest we just can’t understand gods ways…. Instead read the whole passage. It explains why god will forgive your sins even if you find that hard to believe
love is between persons ....asking people to love an invisible, mysterious spirit sounds like a childish fantasy or fairytale ..stop treating adults like kids...
It’s called “free will” to worship God. He allows us to choose him or not. To choose Love or not. That is why he gives us the opportunity for repentance and forgiveness to turn back to him. He loves all of us. God is sooo patient & merciful.
I'm not sure if I even believe in free will any longer. More and more I believe in choices. God has sworn unto Himself because there is no greater power that every knee will bow and tongue confess. This predetermined event (in 4 separate texts) does not involve any of mankind's free will.
Read what Paul has to say about his own sin and you will see what I mean. Paul says he understands the law is right, but he does what he knows that he should not do. Because of this, Paul states it is not he who sins, but rather his sin nature handed down from Adam (Adamic sin). Paul also states ALL are confined to disobedience, so that God may have mercy on ALL. So I agree with you that God loves us ALL and that His mercy triumphs over judgment. Paul said where sin abounded grace abounded much more.
What I feel like I'm left with are choices, and since Jesus, Paul, John the Baptist, etc, all taught repentance, belief, and that actions should follow repentance, my life as a Christian is spent in a cycle of repentance, then changing my lifestyle or mindset to match the desired correction. I still sin no matter how much I desire not to sin, just like Paul.
More and more I think Paul got it right when he said "As in Adam all are dying, thus also in Christ shall all be made alive". Think about it, this is involuntary. Did you choose Adam as your personal condemner? Of course not. So how much free will do we truly have? Seems more like Paul is laying out the relational status between God and mankind. So I know it's splitting hairs, but I find more instances where I do not believe in free will, but rather choices...and those choices are limited and myopic at best because no one has free will as a child (no free will over parents, siblings, culture, race, gender, socio-economic status, cognitive ability) and all of these factors play a role in the proclivities we develop as adults.
@@johndalton1043 Let me ask you a question then.. what is the point of being tempted if we are all predestined as you claim? The act of the devil tempting Jesus doesnt make sense with your argument
We didn't need free will we would have never known the difference
@@africaninvestor7032 Even children that dont fully understand the concept of good and evil can understand bondarys and rules...
Not free at all, if you'll go to that place down below if you don't, I don't ca, that free at all
Wow this is profound! I’ve heard this parable several times and it finally just hit me with understanding. If not for the devil and all the problems in my life I would never realized how badly I need Jesus and Gods love. PROFOUND EXPERIENCE JUST HAPPENED
It's like saying if without covid, I never realize how bad I need covid vaccine.
Awesome that’s great
no.
Hallelujah! God is good.💟🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
exactly we would think that evil was natural but now we know theres good and it's evil and now we can choose
It is SUPER RARE to get some much substance in so little time. I'm glad this video was recommended.
Glad it was helpful! Amen! Check out the full video on my channel
Satan whom is labeled as evil can only tempt us. That is why we pray "Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one." We are judged by OUR actions, and can never use the excuse "The devil made me do it". That excuse didn't work for Adam and Eve and it won't work for us. IMHO
Matthew 26,41
41 Keep on the watch and pray continually, so that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit, of course, is eager, but the flesh is weak.”
Amen 🙏
True. Plus now that we're after the fall and sin is in our blood, our flesh alone can tempt us without Satan even being involved personally/directly.
(we also can't say "my wide made me do it" -Adam tried that one lol)
If we were judged by our actions then many can say they are good which isn’t the case .. read your Bible .. there is nothing we do that is good because then we would boast
@@the6twenty2nd you read the bible. It says that we gonna be judged by our action in the Judgment day. Our actions do matters
I was just praying thanking God for allowing me enough time to turn my life around and be acceptable to Him.its free will and we all must make the decision to follow Jesus and worship Him.thank You Lord for your love and patience and sending me Your Holy SPIRIT AS MY HELPER.THANK YOU
amen
God bless you my brotha❤
I'm showing this to everyone who asks these questions. He explained this really well. GOD Bless this man❤❤❤
Awesome
Can you explain to me why god didn't create us with free will and without sin and satan?
@SuperMrAndersen lol watch the video. Gives a really nice perspective. BUT since you asked me directly. I always tell people. That GOD is the truth. If evil is here now, that means that evil could exist. And if GOD said that HE is good. How could we know that if we don't see it. If evil said it was good. And we never saw true good, we would think evil was good. But now we see how clear if is. We clearly see evil is evil and good is good. And GOD is good. Evil is is only to kill steal and destroy. GOD IS LIFE AND LIFE ABUNDANTLY.
@@amierphromphilly I couldn't watch the video till the end because the guy said he doesn't know and gives two options. And none of them make any sense to me.
The problem for me is that god could do anything, literally anything - create us with free will and without devil and evil. Nobody can tell me why he didn't 🤷♀
@SuperMrAndersen I will not lie on GOD. all I will say is we see the fruits of evil and good. and we know evil is not good and evil has to go. People who love evil get a kick out of it, but hate when evil happens to them. But everybody loves when good happens. So we know Good is GOD. I can't tell you why GOD allowed evil to enter into the heart on Satan, or why HE Let man fall to sin and let's evil go on. All I can say is. HE will destroy it. I can tell you one thing I know for sure. GOD does whatever HE wants. And in exodus when HE delivered the Israelites with Moses. HE told them that HE did it to show HE was GOD. so again like I said before. HE allows things and shows things to show us who HE IS. That HE is the only GOD. If HE just told people HE was GOD a person could easily trick people. Like a parent could trick their kids and tell them that. Just like the dictator monarchy in North Korea. They tell their civilians that they are god. And we all know that's not true. The difference between. Us and the and the Angels is that they saw GOD create people. And create the earth. And GOD Put then In their positions and they saw HIM. and some of them still rebelled. And they know very well that GOD is GOD and the only GOD. and HE even shows us that HE exist everyday. That's why there will be no excuse in the end and before HE ends the world HE will make HIMSELF known to everybody first through YESHUA HIS SON and HIS HOLY SPIRIT. So all I can say is GOD gave us an option. Not forced us to worship HIM. because HE knows how annoying it is to force somebody to be around someone you don't wanna be around. But the thing is. GOD is where good comes from. So if you don't want to be around HIM, you will be around evil. Because HE won't be there. HE is going to get rid of evil. But HE is fair. and yes HE knows if you choose evil I stead it is very stupid. But this is why HE gives us so much time and signs and blessings to change our minds. If we didn't know about evil, how could we choose good. And we see that since evil does exist and people choose evil. We see that GOD was just to let it happen. To weed out the ones who love HIM from the ones who hate HIM. peace and Blessings to you and you family from. GOD THE FATHER and YESHUA THE MESSIAH our LORD WHO IS GOD'S WORD WHO HE CALLS SON. ❤️❤️❤️
I mean never have I ever heard this explained better analogies on point
If God didn't create the creatures who were going to do evil, then NONE of us would be here.
Well He created them with choice not for evil.
@@anilkanda611
Did he? I mean really think about it.
You are correct Karin!
Some ppl evil some good. This place better of without US thats for Sure. We are false in so Many ways idk anymore
You clearly didn’t listen to the doctor or did not understand it at all. You could read the parable in the bible which the doctor explained very well.
Very encouraging, may God bless all those who listen with knowledge and understanding.
Wow. That part about God not wanting to answer the allegations with a show of force is incredible. Most important thing I’ve learned in years.
Yea it was so clarifying
Thanks for sharing, Brother!
That is right, we are not robots, Adam and Eve our original parents were not robots, they had a simple command to obey, do not touch the one tree, they had plenty of food around them to keep them satisfied. It is the same for God's angels they are free agents like Satan was before he sinned
God wasn't so shy and cautious when he send in the flood to kill the entire population of the Earth. (maybe that was a different god?).
Anyway. Luckily also that flood myth is just a myth. Probably a real myth thousands and thousands of years older than Abrahamic religions.
Story like in the bible never happened like that. Nevertheless this is how the Christian-Judean God is portrayed in the bible.
@@nigelmcculloch3746..... You buy a young dog, a puppy. Take him home. Put a piece of meat or sausage on the table. Tell him he is not allowed to touch the meat or sausage.
Then leave the house, and come back six hours later. What will happen?
If he eats it, steals it from the table. does that make him a bad dog? Or is it just a thing that a young dog would do?
First time visiting. Really solid discussion! Using scripture is key--as well as humility: "I don't claim to know". Also, its a "Conflict over character"I've NEVER heard that. "We want God to step in and stop the bad guy...But THAT'S NOT going to reveal God's goodness, HIS CHARACTER"🤯
Amen! Glad you watched it.*don't forget to like and subscribe for more content. Thanks friend!
Wow I have heard many explained on this topic but the in-depth breakdown done by this Guy is profoundly making sense and fill many holes on my understanding of good and evil in this world 🌎 .. thankyou May God bless You
The story of Job is one i don’t think I’ll ever truly wrap my head around. While yes, Job ends up having more than what he had before, he still had to live with the “trauma” of what happened to him. From
losing his kids, his livestock, his health, and even having to listen to his wife’s belly-aching, lol. My best guess is that the story of Job represents how the enemy can totally wreck our lives in this life, but, if we keep our faith in God, the life to come will be more than worth all the pain we had to endure.
The testing of Job by God is multifaceted. The devil needed to be refuted, Job needed to be proved loyal and true, and at the same time God wanted to show Job something about himself that he was unaware of. Job 32:1
Job said that which he feared most had come upon him in verse 3:25; fear was the gateway that made his all of it possible. Job was an honorable man in his day, but he was walking in fear, not faith; satan had an access point into his life.
The lesson God wanted Job to learn was not about keeping his faith in God. The lesson God wanted him to learn was that he had a self righteousness problem, and that he needed to get rid of it. God knew he was faithful. That was not the issue. The issue is that Job thought too highly of himself. God used Satan to correct Job out of that mentality, which is why He allowed Satan to do everything to him except kill him.
@@theeternalsbeliever1779 For Job to have been such an “upright man”, that just seems like a pretty heavy way to teach him a lesson.
@@ALTheFreeMan yes it does - but we don’t judge God - we have to learn to FEAR God - and by the fear of Him learn to fear nothing else. Nothing down here is half as real as God and what’s to come…
Once as individuals we are (if we ever are) Glorified after we die - which is the step beyond Salvation and Sanctification - then we will understand what we presently cannot down here (in our humility) about God’s ways. Perhaps all we need to know - and that will be that…
We will never understand such things now - other than to know that the Bible is the actual Truth - as was Christ. So, we must grasp that God is Righteous (Righteous more than Loving according to the obsession with this vital word).
Jesus manifested perfect Righteousness. So this is the path - this is the our ‘magnetic north’ to follow all the way Home.
Sinlessness - not just “love” …
Perfect Justice therefore awaits us all.
And that - whatever we’ve done - is proof of His Righteousness.
THIS world is not yet Heaven!
We are being tested - and sorted.
Love and all the rest we hope for to a healthy and oerfect degree will certainly follow.
And for those already so blessed as to be Chosen now - these very real glimpses of what’s to come in His magnificent and sublime Creation are very real!
Paradise is NOW - where we are not.
So, don’t blame God for what He is not guilty of.
Praise Him for what we know He IS the reason for - and that is an endlessly beautiful list!
This is how I am now so blessed to see it and respond to you, brother.
Scripture says Lucifer was perfect in his ways. God created him perfect. It was Lucifer’s choice do what he did. God gives us free will and respects our choices, even Lucifer.
Exactly. Finally a reasonable person.
How could a perfect being choose to be sinful ??a perfect creator God cannot make imperfect creation..
It's the risk of choice which allows a perfect being to become imperfect.
of course god is going to say in the bible he was created perfect and the problem lies with his decision and not who he is created as.
@@Inner.divinity saying He can’t create an imperfect being is putting a limit on His power. God gives us free will. If we were made without the ability to disobey, then God would essentially be forcing us to be perfect and we would be nothing more than robots. There would be no meaning to our relationship with Him and we were primarily created for relationship with God.
Young man, you are awesome. Thank you so much for explaining this to us. It really wasn’t until the 9-minute mark, your explanation of the mayor of a town being falsely accused and not using his power to squash the false allegations, that I was able to have a much better understanding. Makes perfect sense. Thanks again so much. Been a strong believer for 36 years now. Have not heard anybody explain it as clearly as you have. 😊
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing that!
@@anilkanda611How You Can Have Eternal Life ! Realize you are a sinner being sorry. Sin is lying, evil thoughts, lust,etc. Therefore, do not trust in your own works to go to heaven because you realize, being a sinner, you cannot offer the perfect blood sacrifice that God requires to pay for sin. Instead, believe, meaning fully trust, that in Christ's love for you, on the cross, His one perfect blood sacrifice, when Christ bled, suffered and died, in your place, paid for your sins in full, past, present and future ! Believe that Jesus rose from the dead ! Believe Jesus is God Almighty, God the Son, alive for evermore ! And believe that the sinless blood of Jesus Christ is what cleanses you from all sin, which purifies your soul ! Then the Lord Jesus will forgive you,save you from hell and give you eternal life ! And you will be sealed with the Holy Spirit who will dwell within you forever! And thank Jesus ! Rom.3:25,5:8,9,10:9, Is.53:5,6, II Cor.5:21, Ephes.1:7,13,4:30, Heb.10:14,38,39, I John 1:7, 5:7,13,20
Woh!! Finally John Peckham, a theologian that explains the truth. You know how many people have this doubt in their minds. I evangelize and I've encountered this over and over. They claim, this theologian said this, and this other one said this. But finally, you spoke the truth!!! Thank you and may God bless you and protect you!!! 🙏
This false teacher spoke no truth, and has no idea what the truth of the Bible is. You, like him are completely Biblically illiterate, blind, lost, and deceived. Repent!
So you are saying God didnt know how to create a perfect world? So you mean God is not perfect? Why free will couldn't be a perfect will in eyez of God? Why free will mean doing evil things?
You haven't even tried to answer that question..no one can answer ..many hide in free will and forget that also shows God is not perfect. Why free will means doing bad things?😅
That was NOT the TRUTH, nor was it BIBLE.
@@markchristopher8522 ,...You are correct. This was not the truth and was false teaching from a false teacher.
Letting things play out was the only way to banish evil forever.
That’s right.
Well said. Thought provoking and profound.
And succinct!
That's right Clapson and the last day; the day of the resurrection of the just and the unjust will be the eternal state.
Either eternal life through Jesus Christ our LORD
or
by the second death = eternal death
Matthew 10:28 "And fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in 'Gehenna'.
Revelation 20:14 "And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire, this is the second death."
Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
I was part of a church where the worship leader was very gifted, he started thinking that he was better than our pastor, he started criticizing the pastor behind his back then he convinced half the church that he could do a better job as pastor, so he left and took half the church with him, and started a new church, then after a short time, when the members of his church kept calling, him needing prayer and counseling, he told them I have my own problems to worry about, this pastoring is not for me, but the damage was already done to our Godly unity we shared. Just like in Heaven with Lucifer’s rebellion, God’s Holy Unity has been broken, that’s where we come into the picture at Ephesians 1:4-5.
fascinating.
Hmmm, sounds like what happened at my husband’s childhood Church in Shelby County, TN. Must be a common problem-Religious narcissism.
What a fascinating question, one I hadn’t thought of. The answer and the subsequent talk have me a deeper understanding of how much our God loves us, truly, unconditionally loves us. Boy, that sure makes me love him that much more! And I didn’t think that was possible.
Amen. Thanks for sharing
Wonderful. The teaching here is God needs us to have a proper understanding of His love, otherwise we could not worship and enjoy Him in truth. Indeed, as John the apostle said "Perfect love casteth out all fear". If the bird knew all you wanted to do was give it some birdseed and water and enjoy observing it (take a few selfies!), it wouldn't fly away. Beautiful. Grateful for this video. Hallelujah
Amen!
In the beginning there was God and his word!
God has a plan from the beginning and he knows the beginning and the end!
He is now looking for the best of the best of children of God and those who are willing to fully give their heart's, lives, faith and trust in him!
Love God first then love our neighbors as ourselves! If we don't love, then we do not love God because God is love 🙏🙏🙏
Yes but God did not want evil and was in no way, responsible for its entrance. It says of satan "he stood not in the truth" -John. Lucifer was good from his creation.
@@anilkanda611
In the beginning there was God and the word. The word is God in completion. From Genesis to revelation. His word is part of him along with his love. God knew you before you were formed in the womb. Because we were part of him and his spirit from the beginning.
But NOT just “love”… Righteousness is the key. Everyone even monsters have love for something… If your love is absolutely correct and your own personal Jesus IS the Biblical one - meaning the Truth - then you will know He speaks about hell. He is the ONLY voice that talks of hell!
Righteousness is the key to Covenantal love - which is obedient to His Commands… NOT ours!
This is why we must be careful of those who bandy the word “LOVE” about from twisted pulpits in order to pervert the Word and the God of perfect Righteousness.
God in the beginning ❤️
Which means that God knew that lucifer was going to betray him before he actually did.just like Jesus knew that Judas was going to betray him.God know what's going to happen before it occurs
EVIL is dark, it make you appreciate light more ,it deepens your understanding of love and GOD
Why do you need evil to understand God?
Your perception is skewed. You are thinking of evil from the perspective of it existing for thousands of years prior to your birth. Evil acts have been committed and documented. Your conscience disapproves of behaviors that have been practiced and offenses that have been committed for millenniums.
You are not viewing this from the perspective of Adam and Eve. You can't unlearn the evil that has persisted since their fall. You can't forget that on your own.
Essentially, and I would hope inadvertently, you're excusing their behavior since you're arguing they couldn't truly appreciate God’s goodness and love without being exposed to a rogue angel’s wicked deception.
@@mercyletsgolike you appreciate health after cancer
@@lizhongxu4042 and after roll over accidents and tornados
@@mercyletsgoGod is not a slave master.... HE IS LOVE.
IF GOD MADE US AS AUTOMATOMS THERE'S NO LOVE.... WE WILL LOVE GOD BECAUSE WE MADE THAT WAY.... TRUE LOVE BY DEFINITION HAS TO BE FREELY GIVEN..... MEANING THAT WITHOUT FREE WILL LOVE DOESN'T EXIST..... WITH FREE WILL THERE'S ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF EVIL...... YOU HAVE A CHOICE..... THAT'S TRUE LOVE.
i was just reading this chapter a few minutes ago (my first time reading the Bible) and even though i understand some parts of this specific parable, i can't really understand how it applies to life. then i prayed to God, to help me understand what i'm reading and what is the message that i need to get. and this is actually the 3rd video since i prayed explaining the specific chapter about the parables in Matthew. God really is soooo amazing, just wow 💜
I can share more studies with you!
@@anilkanda611 thank you! i am sure you have content that will i will come across and will help me understand the scripture more. ♥
I actually enjoy this take overall.
It’s quite odd and funny when living in 2024 AD, that the struggle is between “Character Assassination” vs “Character Observation”.
You can really see this battle in real time when, how some men treat other men, in general.
I have better appreciation of God, in general I was curious, but now I have a better view of my curiosity of God’s character.
Thank you for this odd video that randomly popped up in my feed.
I love this
This is good. I've never heard someone use the wheat and the tares as to why there is still evil in the world 🙏
Well, actually that was terrible analogy about the wheat and the tares. Matt 13, tells us the meaning of the parable. The reason that there is still evil in the world it is simple, the whole world is full of sinners. God would have to destroy all human beings who don't belong to Him if He was to eradicate all evil from the world right now. The good news is that He will eradicate all evil from the world in His set time, meaning all sinners who have rejected Jesus Christ. Book of Revelation tells us all about that. At His second coming Jesus will separate His sheep from Satan's goats. Read Matthew 25. Only the true sheep of Jesus Christ will enter His earthly kingdom of which Revelation 20 tells us lasting 1000 years. Jesus is the only one who can separate the wheat from the tares, because, He knows which is which.
That is not what that parables mean.
That parables actually means polluted dream not cancelled by you, will give Satan legal rights to steal your blessings and substitute God's plan with Satan plan.
Like if you dream about your old school.
Satan causes to go backward if dreams are not cancelled under the blood of Jesus.
So you are saying God didnt know how to create a perfect world? So you mean God is not perfect? Why free will couldn't be a perfect will in eyez of God? Why free will mean doing evil things?
You haven't even tried to answer that question..no one can answer ..many hide in free will and forget that also shows God is not perfect. Why free will means doing bad things?😅
That is is not what thus scriptures meant.
Hence Christians stumble
This scriptures actually mean that at nights when you dream about going back to your old school, old house, hometown, past jobs.
The enemies gas just rob you a future blessing are about to blessing if you did not repent for agreeing about the dream or cancel stolen blessings.
For years in knowledgeable pastors let you believe that in church you will have true Christians and non believers.
This is where the enemy sow tares on the bring of you achieving something.
These dreams are demonic and that is the representation of this scripture.
Basically we are seeing things in the perspective of created. When God answered Job, He did not answer Job's questions, instead he made Job realize that Job has little knowledge to understand or to make an assumption on what God is doing.
THE most brilliant explanation of the problem of evil I've encountered so far! It is essential to really grasp the true character of God. His wisdom is infinite!
Amen! I agree.*Don't forget to like and subscribe for more content! Thanks friend!
Just stumbled on your channel and pleasantly enjoyed this video. I think this has to be the best explanation for the case of God's goodness and his attitude towards evil. Dr Peckham is really insightful. Loved listening to him❤
This was really good. I like how he then explained the enemy is not fighting against God in the way you would think but it's a battle of character. The enemy was defeated at the cross. The devil is no longer ruler of this world. However, he fights God's character.
Exactly people miss that
With “free will,” comes our accountability to GOD.
Yes very true.
with omnipotence all accountability lies on god.
So you are saying God didnt know how to create a perfect world? So you mean God is not perfect? Why free will couldn't be a perfect will in eyez of God? Why free will mean doing evil things?
You haven't even tried to answer that question..no one can answer ..many hide in free will and forget that also shows God is not perfect. Why free will means doing bad things?😅
@@gumodokamehuna915it’s crazy how ppl literally avoid this question and just say that we shouldn’t question God. I believe In God but I become really confused when ppl try to explain how he works and they all have different view points
I agree
Could you provide clarification on the purpose of granting free will to humans, if we may be condemned for its exercise if deemed displeasing to God?
Great interview! The Lamb reigns victorious! 😊❤️
Glad you enjoyed it!
I find the question insanely simple: All of this is for his glory. He is showing us his immense glory.
God didn't created evil. He is in wise for the entrance of moral evil in our world. Satan by his choice rebelled. This was not part of God's plan but He was prepared to meet it.
It’s not insanely simple, to think so is insane.
@@anilkanda611 true, Satan by his choice rebelled. And God was prepared to meet it. You are saying it wasn't part of God's plan?. How can you know it? Why the first angel He ever created was the most magnificent and illuminated His light, 'the lightbearer'? Are you not saying this didn't have anything to do with Lucifer's rebellion? It was a case from admiration turned to envy...against God. The real downfall for Lucifer was that he created the first lie to himself and drowned on that. There was only God and him, Lucifer at the beginning. Lucifer illuminated God's light so he might have thought he would too evolve like God. Lucifer knew he didn't create himself so it must be God behind it. In here Lucifer told the first lie to himself that God isn't who He say He is . And that both of them arrived out of nothingness...God just made it first on the spot. But admiration turned into envy when Lucifer saw God made other angels as well....
@@anilkanda611 So Jesus wasn’t part of the plan from before the beginning of the world?
Ephesians 1:3-6 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us[b] for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.”
I believe St. Augustine said: "As you, by your memory, do not cause past acts to be done, so God, by His foreknowledge, does not cause future acts to be done."
Yuy I like that! “free actions do not take place because they are foreseen, but they are foreseen because they are to take place."
Interesting that Augustine said such thing!!! It must be at his early writings!
Can you provide a source/citation? Because this is what Pelagius believed, Augustine’s greatest opponent. Perhaps he was simply citing Pelagius…
@@HusGoose I saw the quote in an Encyclopedic Dictionary at the entry "Predestination" in the back of a New American Bible (Catholic Bible). Unfortunately, they do not provide a citation. That is why I said "I believe . . ." because I wasn't completely sure. You could very well be correct, (and probably are.) I have no seminary training, just a fascination with theology. I tried to look up the quote online but couldn't find it.
@@twfourofsix no worries at all. Yes if that is a Roman Catholic citation it’s very likely out of context because one of Augustine’s life’s missions was to counter Pelagianism. Augustine was clear on his advocacy of both pro-foreknowledge and predestination as scripture suggests.
Pelagius position was foreknowledge only. “Free will,” or man can choose his salvation because there is no love without choice was the crux of Pelagius argument. Sadly, this has become prevalent today again despite Augustine’s warnings.
In Matthew 13, The main teaching is that in this present age, the righteous and the wicked co-exist together in the world. However, at the end of the age when Christ returns, there will be a final separation - the unbelievers will face judgment while the believers will be gathered into Christ's eternal kingdom.
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The biggest question 😅d ask is if we have free will then why do we HAVE TO do “HIS” will and why is repentance a must? And if we choose not to why are we punished by the one who gives us free will?
Choices, which are made through free will, have consequences. Free will ≠ Omnipotence
Your question is a good one..ive asked this too. All I can conclude : God's law. His universe , His rules. As creations of God, we belong to Him ultimately and exist under His authority. We are given a choice to exist in God's universe of creation. We make the choice by our free will. You can live in it by the conditions of the rules..or you can choose not and be sent to a place outside creation and apart from God...
God commands all men , His creation, to repent and return to Him and has even provided a way to do it through Jesus.
It might seem like it's a forced thing, but it's not. God doesn't willingly send men to hell. That's a consequence of choice made by man.
Your sins , crimes against Gods law, already condem you to hell. God , as the perfect and just judge, cannot go against His own established word / law and must follow through with sentence for sin...which is death and locked in the prison of hell forever separated from God ,life and creation.. Salvation through Jesus saves you from that condemnation. Jesus, your lawyer in God's courtroom, pleads your case before the perfect Judge/God. Because God loves us so much, He gave Jesus , His only begotten Son, as a sacrifice so that we might be spared this sentence and be saved from the consequences of our sin. To do this, Jesus steps into our place, takes the blame of our sins onto Himself and suffers the death penalty/ sentence in our place and was separated from God on the cross when God turned His back and Jesus cried : father why have you foresaken me?
That was meant for us to endure.
For there is no greater love than one who would lay their life down to save a friend. That is Jesus.
The work / payment for our sins is final and finished to satisfy the requirements of the judgement upon us. Through Jesus sacrifice ,we are saved and redeemed back to God as God commands. Upon completing this work for us, Jesus picked his life back up and rose from death and returned to the father, which shows us that we will also be resurrected from physical death through Jesus and redeemed back to God. It is a free gift from God by His grace..we only have a choice to accept or reject it. The cup of life is free to any who would take it so that they might be saved.
All who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
We are saved sinners through Jesus by God's grace . You will not be instantly perfect but you will be saved and nothing can take that gift from you once you receive it with a sincere heart of repentance and asking forgiveness. It is sealed forever and nothing, especially your sins , can remove you from Jesus's grasp. It is a faith and belief in what Jesus has done and promised for you. What you do with your salvation through Jesus is still a choice of freewill and will be judged accordingly in the end on the day of final judgement when all men are judged for their works in sin or salvation.
Choose wisely.
God bless.
@@mattmccain8492 thanks for the answer but I’ve been passed that since I was 17 though when I did have one that was it I’m 42 now
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”
Romans 12:2 NASB
It is a privilege and the only way that brings pure joy! I can go on and on but you will only understand once you become a servant to our Lord! Then you will see “His” will has the best intentions first you.
“The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.”
1 John 2:17 NASB
I have faith in you and will be praying for you brutha!
Interesting.
Watch full video to see the rest!
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It's so, so far beyond our capability to comprehend that our feeble attempts to explain or answer these things is almost pointless..
But it's still ok to ask these questions and ponder the possibilities... But not get hung up on them. Because we're not God
Yea I agree
What confuses me about free will being the reason evil can't be removed is because if you remove an option, it's not true free will. But in the new heaven and new earth we will be unable to sin so is our free will removed?
The option isn’t removed because freedom isn’t removed. But sin leads to death. God is ending the problem of evil and bringing about the eternal security of the universe
@anilkanda611 we do not have free will. And I can prove it to you
No our free will not have been removed because we already chose to serve the Lord while on earth, like when the angels chose not to side with Satan but remained with GOD so we also choose to be with him now and for eternity that's why sin will never rise again
Especially this last part is so clear and logical to me, it just makes total sense! 💡
He didn't explain the main question - why all powerful created Devil 🤷 He could create him and us with free will and without sin.
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Good conversation!
Foreknowledge doesn’t equal predestination. Creatures of freewill have always had the choice.
Yes amen
Agreed.
And I’m sure you have a scripture to back that statement up, right?
Wrong. There is no free will. Or there is no god. Proof in the bible.
Admittedly, I'm not a native speaker. But I do believe "foreknowledge" does mean you know what your "creatures of free will" will end up choosing.
I'm just gonna dump this here:
You can design a remote-controlled robot and navigate it through a maze. The robot doesn't move unless you make it move. No free will there.
You can also design a robot to decide for itself where to go under which circumstances. Once you turn it on, it moves on its own. You're not directly controlling it anymore.
BUT: you created it and its decision making process, AND you created the maze it's going to navigate. You'll still be able to tell in advance exactly what it's going to do, and you're still responsible for the outcome.
If you love God Keep His Commandments. James 2:26
Yes
I guess according to you no one loves God
@@stevec9095 what are you talking about. Loving God is keeping his Commandments. you must follow Christianity who teach false doctrine all the time like John 3:16 means the whole world when world in the bible means cosmos, government controlled etc.
This is the best I have heard in a lawng time...God is so gracious. This is profound.
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The fact is, this was all 100% false teaching.
wow ! This is fantastic insight. Thank you
You're so welcome!! Glad it was a blessing
The mystery’s of God are being revealed in these last days, the Bible speaks of mysteries that were hidden for ages and generations, mysteries that were even kept from the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 3:1-13 Also Colossians 1:26-29 The mystery that was hidden for ages and generations, Christ in you, the hope of glory. Romans 11:25-29 The mystery that all of Israel will be saved.
Hey check out the full video: Full video! Why did God create Lucifer? With Prof. John Peckham! *
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What’s most interesting is that sin and evil is possible *even* in heaven.
Exactly. Freedom exists in heaven.
Hey check out the full video: Full video! Why did God create Lucifer? With Prof. John Peckham! *
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@@anilkanda611 I want to understand this more in depth, bc how can we sin in heaven?
That really makes sense to me now. A big thanks to this man for his clear explanation 🙏
This man knows nothing of the truth of the Bible.
@@awatchman-um7vy thanks for sharing yr view.
@@ingrids27ec39 ,...I did not share my view, I shared the truth of Gods word. When the lost are presented with truth, they will reject it and just believe the truth is just ones opinion. To the lost truth is only what is not truth.
If the guys in this video spoke actual Biblical truth you would not have watched it, and would have rejected it as you have rejected the truth I gave you for your edification. You are completely steeped in deception and in a 100% fake christianity.
Repent!
@@awatchman-um7vy hmm... "with the measure you use, it will be measured to you".
@@ingrids27ec39 ,...Yes, and the truth I gave you will be given back to me more abundantly,....
Matthew Ch. 13,
10, "And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11, He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12, For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13, Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14, And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15, For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
16, But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear."
Would you allow an assistant manager that you fired and banned from your business property for gross insubordination and the disrupting of your business to be in the presence of your new trainee employees and allow him to train them?
lol, so you lower a god to the position of a human ?
The truth is that the assistant manager is not nearly so close to your trainee employers. You fired the assistant and destroyed him and wrote in your company manifesto. The only problem is that your trainees either never read the manifesto or they read it with a mindset. Ephesians 1:17-23, 2:1-6, Hebrews 2:12-14. Satan is not God's errand boy, he has been stripped of all, Collosians 2
@@belovedflorence4109 I am just wondering what all Job's dead family members have to say about this game that God and Satan played with Job to "glorify" God. The "wonderous" book of Job is soooo SICK on so many levels when a person looks at it rationally and logically without cherry picking, rose coloured and cognitive dissonant spectacles on! This "God" used Satan as his pawn to kill women, animals and children to prove what a "glorious" and "wonderful" God he is? WTF?! This God is such a coward in the book Of Job, to the point that he does not even have the backbone to perform the despicable and filthy task himself of killing animals, women and children?!
Representatives of the most despicable and evil man-made being that has ever been imagined into existence, the delusional followers of the Abrahamic religion Death Cults, wants to save the world from 'perversions'. How utterly Ironic, hypocrisy, sadism, masochism, arrogance, bigotry and hypocrisy in its vilest and most sinister form, how absolutely Disgusting!
For any Christian to defend the goodness of the story of Job is proof enough that there is no such thing as Christian morality.
Anyone who has been in an abusive family can recognize the excuses that the enabling victim uses to preserve the family dynamic and excuse their abuser.
You might need some serious mental help, making excuses for torture, murder and sadistic and psychopathic behaviour, are you serious right now? Job is just one example, how about your god hardening the heart of Pharaoh so that he can flex his "holy" god muscles like a high school teenager showing off? Killing and torturing a nation because he decided time and again to harden the heart of their king? According to your own beiiefs God and Jesus is one and the same character, with the same characteristics, so how is a shapeshifting entity any different than the shape he shifted from? Is torture and murder always wrong or not?
Even as a kid, when they would bring up the story of Job, I would always think about how God "gave everything back twofold" and I thought, "Yeah but, his first family is still dead? God killed his family on a bet?" Ridiculous. If the God of the bible exists, he's a monster.
It's pretty telling how many people like you can gloss over that part.
It makes sense if God is a psychopath, he would be unable to understand why a new family to replace the dead family isn't just fine and why its not okay to torture Job (physically and mentally) since he gave him even more goodies at the end. The God of the bible is obviously not tri-omni nor all good and all loving or even just. Luckily he is imaginary so no need to worry.
Of course, in the Bible, women and children were just a man's property. And if your property is destroyed, then the solution is to get new property to replace it. No problem, right? It's not as though women and children are PEOPLE with lives of their own.
But as a man, I can't even imagine how another man could accept that. OK, some men want to trade up to a younger, hotter wife, I suppose. At least, that's the movie version of men. But your kids? Are they also replaceable like that? I don't get it.
Moreover, as a man, I cannot even begin to comprehend how any rational, moral and intelligent Woman can just deem this to be acceptable and not be able to even judge this completely psychotic behaviour of this God as completely deranged and evil.
The worry is that people read this story and still believe their God is not only perfectly good, but the source of all morality, to the point that good and evil are defined as what their God does or does not want. What a sick and twisted moral foundation!
Funny how those asking these questions never see themselves as evil.
They seem to assume that they are somehow not evil and everything else that they see as sinful is the only evil.
And you think you are somehow above being evil?
I thought about this, mainly about myself. You see, I make the attempt to be good, as per God, but i swear, I lose patience, I forget people who were counting on me, but, there are people on Earth who do things that are so vile, heartless and dastardly, that I want to throw up thinking about it. Now THAT kind of evil, I don't have. These people are willful malicious weeds, and I've always struggled with why doesn't God remove them? Why shouldn't WE , who don't cross some kind of line, remove them? And I think, ok, maybe I could have become like that had I lived a different life, and then you know what the kicker is? I didn't. Whether I could have become horribly wicked or not is irrelevant because I DID NOT. That can't be ignored. I'm taking credit for that, cuz I HAD choices, and I'm going to continue to do my best to choose right, for Jesus and God, even if I may never understand the necessity of terrible evil.
what has how evil the asker is got to do with the question being ask?
@xepherial4725 Your patience for those can be found in the fact that you were of such sort of a person before you found God. Quite simply put, they do these things because they do not know God. If they did know him, they would not do these horrible and evil things. Sin, except for the un-pardinable sin are all one in the same. We all at one time.. were them, but by the same grace given to us they still hav time. Peace
@@bamboo1763My understanding the comment is We ask why does God let evil things happen? we don’t ever think that we are evil. If he got rid of the evil he would get rid of everyone, because we are all evil and have sinned. He shows his long suffering for all mankind giving us a chance to be saved through his love for us
@@robinlowery100
if you believe that, you have indeed bought into his lie. god could have created us to be holy, but he created us sinful.
sure, humans commit sin out of their will, but if humans do not have a sinful nature in the first place, human would not have sinned, just as in the eternity to come humans in the new earth would not sin despite having the free will to do so.
god is not being patient and long suffering, for god knew it is useless for most people to wait for them to repent. if he truly wanted humans to be saved, he would have a 100% success rate and there would truly be none that would perish.
This doctor did a phenomenal job answering this question.
if you are a loving parent capable of directly talking to your child, would you directly talk to him or communicate with him through prophets, messenger, holy books ??if you love your child, would you ever put him in hell for disobedience of your commands??if you love your child, would you talk to him , interact with him or remain invisible and mysterious?🤔...
@@Inner.divinity If you have been deceived by the serpent (aka Satan), then you believe you posses inner divinity (as easily explained by Genesis 3:5 "For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”) We were baited into rebellion by the serpent, for which God promised death would occur. We had one simple command to follow which God directly communicated with his children; we being responsible for this decision because a loving God provides free will, not forced worship and servitude. God created Hell for Satan and the fallen Angels as punishment for their celestial rebellion. Prophecy began in Genesis 3:14 "So the Lord God said to the serpent:
'Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.'”
Though God created Hell for the Angels, all who are of the seed of rebellion (aka "your seed" the serpent's seed) will follow him there. Those who are of the seed of a woman, that person being the one who will bruise the head of the serpent with his heel, but he himself will be bruised in the process, those who follow this seed will find redemption and eternal life.
It's a biological fact, woman do not bear seed. Hence, God himself was that seed, as spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel (which means God with us)." And later in Isaiah 53:4-6, "Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all."
Lastly, God is not invisible or mysterious as spoken of in Romans 1,
"18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like [h]corruptible man-and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things."
I hope this helps answer your questions.
@@Inner.divinity If you love your child, would you place him / her in the best environment for eternal life? Yes, you would. And Scriptures say in Matthew 7:11, "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven..." So, God definitely places all His children in the best environment for them to get the greatest gift ever -- eternal life.
And we know from Adam's experience, that the best environment for this is not necessarily the perfect one that Adam was created into, and where he could fellowship daily and without mystery with God, because even there, Adam still found a way to choose sin and death and not choose eternal life.
So, perhaps, God knows better than you what environment and situations are best for His children to choose and have eternal life.
The fall of Lucifer was caused by a manufacturing issue associated with the fact that either Lucifer was first angel created or one of the first. So when Lucifer became conscious all he saw was the CREATOR and himself which would then later make him doubt the fact that the CREATOR had created him.
The other problem with Lucifer was how he was created in that his skin was covered in something like jewels that reflected the light from the glory of the CREATOR. Lucifer means "the bearer of GOD's light." This fact made Lucifer believe that the light appearing on his skin was not a reflection but was actually emanating out of him and that's what caused him to believe that one day he would evolve into a being like the CREATOR.
Lucifer then convinced a third of the angels of this lie and they rebelled. But really they were like AI machines gone bad.
But everyone has to understand that without Lucifer's rebellion Adam and this universe would never have been created. None of us woukd exist. So yes the CREATOR knew what would happen before it happened and HE saw a new Heaven and new Earth filled with people who would carry HIS image and the population of those people would grow forever.
Before the rebellion of Lucifer the CREATOR had only one Child but because of that rebellion the CREATOR would have a family that would grow forever!😀
So as the Bible says, "all things work for good for those who love the LORD and are called according to HIS Purpose!" Amen
But that's a good question that I also asked GOD some years ago and the above explanation is what was explained to me.😀
Yes, the god was a sloppy designer who was not as all-powerful as people think.
In the theology of Moses and the Prophets...then the lessons of Yeshua, the adversary/deceiver/serpent/Lucifer is now the "ruler of this world". That being the world or universe East of Eden. On the mountain the evil one offered Jesus all the world and nations. That would be ridiculous offer to the God-Man or the Son of Man if Lucifer didn't have celestial title to this post Eden world.
In doing so Lucifer is now locked into time as were the children of Adam and all the things of heaven and earth creation. Therefore Lucifer can't see the future.
The Father however is atemporal. I Am. Outside of time an observer can see all of time and space in one singularity. Even Einstein said that.
So you and Lucifer are in time together as Adam made the choice to enjoy the life offered by the serpent instead of following the rules of the Garden Paradise. Adam, The Woman and The Serpent were all standing there when The Creator dropped in to ask questions. Like a parent who knows full well what happened...questions are to discover the character of those questioned.
The serpent was asked no questions as The Creator was well away of the established character of The Serpent. A&E were new and developing.
@@STho205 I do not think Einstein said that or made that part of special relativity.
@@mickeyguide3112 You demons are so desperate and pathetic. Lucifer knew perfectly well what he was doing. There was no misunderstanding whatsoever. Stop making excuses for your boy.
There was no ‘manufacturing issue’. Lucifer wasn’t confused about anything. Give it up already. Time to pull out the weeds.
We all have LIMITED free will anyway......
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If we didn't experience evil how would we ever know love, forgiveness or repentance.
If you don't burn your hand before, how do you know not to put your hand over naked fire?
You know not to put your hand over a naked fire because obviously heat is generated meaning it would 100% burn your hand. You would know from boiling water or from burning some material that the naked flame would burn your hand so that's honestly absolutely ridiculous to say what you said. Sorry brother
@@Gary-xl4mt
it sounds ridiculous to you that people don't know that the fire burn their hand if they didn't try, but you don't find it weird that people don't know what good is if they never suffer from evil.
@@Gary-xl4mt ....It's NOT ridiculous.
To use logic for awareness of the consequences of being burned....is NOTHING like the EXPERIENCE of BEING burned. (which you will NEVER forget). If you've ever had children, you would know that one of them may learn lessons from the other kids mistakes....but theres always one that learns everything the hard way. It depends on their personality. (and yours).
@@Gary-xl4mt people didnt know any of that as a child. Bamboo’s point is absolutely correct to the analogy. You have to learn from experience or from being told by those were here before us. This is exactly whats wrong with the world…those who have the age, experience and wisdom are not teaching the children well. You will always have those who do opposite of what they are told is right and that is the influence of Satan. It is an easier path to just do whatever you like, right? There are lessons from God for us to learn as we grow from birth. Its all our choice but the knowledge has to be shown to us first.
God is so good, all knowing and perfect. I was struggling today with understanding and this video came down my feed. It gave me clarity we don’t know this to be true but it’s a great start All glory to God Yahweh Yeshua Holy spirit the true living God
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God is not a God if the beings He create can not exercise choice.
I agree!
then why be angry when we dont do what you want us to do then... makes no sense
Have you ever read the verse, man plans his way BUT the Lord directs his steps? Most likely not. Try seeing the difference. Imagine it said man plans his way AND the Lord directs his steps. What difference does the word “but” differ from the word “and” in that verse? If man planned his way AND the Lord directed our steps it would mean He helps us accomplish our goals. But that’s not what it says. It says “man plans his way BUT the Lord directs his steps.” In other words we can plan till we’re all planned out and it doesn’t matter. God is sovereign and we aren’t. When He opens a door no one can close it and when He shuts a door no one can open it. He’s the potter, remember. We are the clay. He has mercy on whom He wants. Why didn’t He just say He has mercy on everyone? Because He doesn’t. He doesn’t have to. He owes us nothing and we owe Him everything. He does exactly what He wants. He’s sovereign and most the world perishes, now deal with it
Absolute wrong. There is no choice or there is no god.
He will have just created Robots as in Calvinism
I don't think God can show us how much he love us without Satan
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So how will god show us he loves people in heaven? Most apologetics that defend god’s allowing of evil often mess up our theology of heaven by defending why we have or need evil on earth.
That's what happened in the Garden of Eden.
Take note Calvinists...without free-will, love CANNOT exist!!!
I have never heard that explanation of the wheat and tares before as an allegory of how God is overall handling evil. Really good.
Yea! That’s great
Yes, God has foreknowledge, but God is also sovereign. His will will always be done even if we're never gonna understand why He does what He does in this lifetime.
His purposes are undefeated but not His will.
He is willing all should be saved and none should lost… but can people reject Him? Yes.
I asked this same question, and I felt Him telling me that He is the author of everything that is happening in the world. Just like in books or movies, there are parts of the story we don't understand. We might wish the story would unfold according to our own desires, but that’s not always how it works. This is why the Bible is called the Living Word-it’s still relevant today, with prophecies yet to be fulfilled. For those who have felt God's touch and heard His voice, be thankful. Not everyone with ears can hear and understand, and not everyone with eyes can see Him. We are all part of this story, and it’s up to us to respond to Him.
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I've heard enough of this mumbo jumbo.... so i subscribed LoL, keep spreading the good word of God almighty.🕊️✝️⛪✌️🙏✝️ God willing may you all be abundantly blessed & God willing may your faith in Jesus Christ of Nazareth grow so strong that the evil one can never temp you into losing faith, Amen.🙏✝️🕊️
Lol thank you!
People always find fault in everything and have something to complain about. Even if God created a perfect world where evil cannot exist and everyone is in submission to Him, people will still say that He is cruel for making them that way and not giving them free will. Free will is a gift that we should be thankful for and not take for granted because we only realize its value once we lose it.
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The Good is intertwined with the Evil, this is why one must not uproot the weed prematurely. We would not want to undercut the good, and we would not want to leave behind Evil.
yes we want to leave behind evil. The whole point is that God is patiently dealing with evil so it's a permanent fix.
Great conversation!! Thank you.
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What of Isaiah 45:7? States that God creates both good and evil, he is the creator of all things. Which makes sense if you think about it. He is the origin of everything. My mind may not comprehend, but I feel like without evil, we would likewise have no concept of good. Without sin we wouldn't need to seek and desire forgiveness and salvation. God creates things with a purpose, all things. What I don't understand is that if that's the case, is Lucifer not serving a purpose that God is allowing or willing so that we choose to seek him? Likewise if Judas never betrayed Jesus, leading to the Romans crucifying him, we would not have a path to salvation. Did Judas not serve a purpose according to Gods will? I want to think that he was forgiven, as his guilt and remorse (giving back the silver), had him take his own life. I hope he still had the faith after all he had seen. I rarely hear these things talked about. I like that this is, just wish it went more in depth.
Well done!! God is omnipotent and omniscient. He is pure wisdom. Therefore, He is WORTHY of our trust and worship!!!❤❤❤ Love to you all!
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One question I’ve always had is regarding God is love. I can get him allowing us to make up our own minds and experience the consequences while here on Earth. But what I still can’t wrap my head around is having those who couldn’t accept Jesus as savior spending eternity in Hell. Not entering Heaven I get. Spending eternity asleep and unaware of the glorious eternity. But live forever in unending pain and torment seems extremely cruel and uncaring.
You are right. Please check out this video. It answers this very question.
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Great viewpoint of God allow us to see his truth in many ways to show his love to do the right thing.
That’s right
Thats a great answer! I have thought for the last few years and told my wife “God turns off his foreknowledge”.
But didn’t quite know why, but yes FREE WILL!
This also puts another hole in calvinism. If Romans 8:29 means what calvinists say, then we have no free will. 😎
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It's a variation of why does God allow suffering in this world. This is a tough question but I believe the answer lies somewhere in Romans 8:18. "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
Why is it so hard for Christians too accept that God is Sovereign, more so, God owes us no explanations
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So, should we follow his examples?
I believe the reason God allows evil and all the negative things is because no matter what it is he can get us through it for one and two the second we leave this body nothing we went through down here will matter because it will be like it never happened. In his presence there is fullnes of joy. God will wipe every tear from our eyes. This world is not our home we are only passing through. But we forget and take everything down here so seriously. We're supposed to wear this world as a loose garment.
Yes
Nothing down here matters, or will even be remembered? Why even have any of it in the first place?
beautifully explained, gives me food to ponder
we know God knows at least some details of the future (prophecy, Revelations), but we don't really know the extent of that knowledge. I heard one theory, that God may not actually know everything about the future, He only knows either all potential possibilities, or only knows everything "that can be known", which might not include the future, until it is actually set in stone (until we actually make the decision, take the action, etc). That makes more sense, along with how a fair judgment day can't really exist without free will.
if that's the case, then it makes sense that Revelation describes general events and types of ppl, but doesn't go into specific names. Scripture seems to say we can accelerate God's timing (Jesus turning water to wine, and scripture that says we can delay(first Gen of Israelites missing promised land) or hasten (aka speed up) the Lord's return). That shouldn't be possible, if it was all set in stone and unchangeable. This also makes sense with God delaying or seeming to be slow about His promises, to try to give more ppl time to repent and turn to Him
Also fits well with the tares and wheat, perhaps it is unknown actually who is a tare and wheat (aka all details of the future either aren't known, or God limits His foreknowledge), until maturity, in which case people will have made their decision to turn to God and start living for Him, or not and go their own way or live self-focused. Though, even if God did know all future things, knowledge alone doesn't equal causation. Free will can still exist even with future knowledge, as long as God isn't directly forcing choices.
scripturally we can say God doesn't always get what exactly what He wills/ plans/ wants/ desires, bc it says He desires ALL be saved, yet we know some ppl will end up in hell. So, for some reason, God won't be getting exactly what He would desire/ prefer, largest reason I think being free will, and not everyone will choose to surrender to God and turn to Him
good points on the devil being a liar, and about the devil's accusations not being something that you could/should merely overcome via power. I read another book that mentioned that point. Asking, when Satan first sinned, why didn't God just destroy him right then and there? Well, if He did, He would look like a mafia boss, hey, where's that guy Lucifer that rebelled against you, and accused you of being bad or tyrannical? What would God say? Oh, he's sleeping with the fishes now. Or I blinked him out of exostence. Then what would the other angels around think of God? Would any of them ever feel truly comfortable serving God out of their free will, or would they not all start having internal doubts about God and His goodness? If anyone who opposed God is erased, that would be like silencing free speech and assassinating your opponents. You wouldn't be able to trust the leaders, and wouldn't be free to serve or trust them in good conscience anymore, for fear that if you opposed or said something contrary, you too would be silenced and disappear.
So instead it seems, there's an appointed day when the devil will finally be judged and sentenced to hell. And in some ways, perhaps humans were made to help illustrate the point. The angels got judged right away for rebelling against God, bc there is no excuse. On earth, we can sin, but we can be judged less harshly by God, justifiably, BECAUSE we see through a veil, or as through a glass dimly. God is able to extend more grace bc we don't know better. That's a theme scripturally as well, the more you know, the more harshly and immediately God judges ppl, Adam and Eve or ananias and Sapphira, vs sons of Eli
so I think that's one purpose at least for why we are here, and that this can help answer the question once and for all that God is good, and has good reasons for doing what He does, which will enable us to be able to live in heaven later sinlessly, while still maintaining free will, why? Cause we'll have billions of human lifetimes of examples to show us, and in nuanced and a multitude of examples, where doing good (even when it seemed undesirable) was ultimately good, and how doing bad/sin even when it looked like there would be no consequences or they'd get away with it, or even when that little white lie seemed inconsequential and wouldn't thirst anyone, turned out bad for everyone or snowballed into a big huge mess
for now, we don't have the full picture, so some part we do need to trust and obey. But from scriptures you can see examples of how God has interacted and worked, with the general reasonings of why. Later, we'll find out more.
Till then, turn to Jesus and give your life to Him. Turn away from evil, towards instead doing good. Seek truth, seek God. Find out what He wants to do with your life, instead of going your own way. God has good plans for you, but bc of free will, it's up to us to choose to walk and do God's plans instead of our own
That’s right. Thank you!
Love puts focus on what is pure and lovely and worthy of praise. Love is God's character and it is patient and kind and enduring and hopeful and humble. Yes, God is humble. Jesus wiped out sin AND death by asking that the deliverers of the most incredible painful undeserved suffering not be held accountable.
The man on the cross next to him called Him Lord and asked to be remembered in His Kingdom and Jesus took that as the man believing in Him, telling Him He would be with Him in paradise! There was not any complicated confession or sinners prayer.
God is not wanting anyone to perish and is always jumping to the best possible conclusion about everyone. And if we love Him, we will be like Him.
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Think of a sin such as a lie. Now imagine if anyone who has told a lie, was struck down by God at the moment they tell a lie. There would be nobody left. God does not want us to perish and provided a way through Jesus Christ that we all may be saved. The choice is will you do your own thing or will you follow God's will? Without free will, there is only slavery.
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God’s love is absolute, it’s not conditional. Creations/things have potential to change towards positive or negative. He gave us the chance to experience life despite of our potential to do evil. It’s to give us the chance to exercise our free will, and not being controlled. Our parents also take the risk to have children despite not knowing who we will turn out to be.
veyr true
#humility #forgiveness #love #dietoself.. God is love, thank you professor, excellent interview 🙏🏽
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When he speaks of the parable of the wheat and tares around @4:37, I am reminded of when Abraham asks God many times that "if there was such and such many people in the city, would You destroy it?" God, every time Abraham lowers the number, says "no, I will not destroy it for the sake of the righteous". (Genesis 18:16-33) Scripture is clear in it's words (and even clearer with this verse being at the end of Genesis {while at the beginning is the fall}), "But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive." Genesis 50:20. Also, "God has committed us all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all." Romans 11:32. God wants us to lean on/trust in/have faith in Christ our Righteousness, who is the expressed image of God, the Lord from Heaven, who will live among the saints on the new Earth in new Jerusalem. God spoke it, and He cannot go against His Word; He cannot deny Himself. Therefore His will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven, Amen.
I believe the whole point of allowing evil is to show that there is no one good/perfect/holy but God, and to trust in Him alone above ALL else. For "He puts no trust in His servants, even charging His angels with error" (Job 4:17-21)
But a more straight-up answer is in Romans 9;
"But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.” That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed. For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.”
And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac (for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls), it was said to her, “The older shall serve the younger.” As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.” Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.
You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?” But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
As He says also in Hosea:
“I will call them My people, who were not My people,
And her beloved, who was not beloved.”
“And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them,
‘You are not My people,’
There they shall be called sons of the living God.”
Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel:
“Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea,
The remnant will be saved.
For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,
Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
And as Isaiah said before:
“Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed,
We would have become like Sodom,
And we would have been made like Gomorrah.”
What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith; but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone. As it is written:
“Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense,
And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”"
Romans 9:6-33 NKJV
But God prerogative doesn’t diminish our freedom
@@anilkanda611 You're right, and His prerogative/"will is to have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:4), for "God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father" (Philippians 2:9-11), for "whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Acts 2:21), and "by this you will know the Spirit of God: for every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God" (I John 4:2-3), for "no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit" (I Corinthians 12:3)
Almighty God's patience with Lot comes to mind before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
True. God is patient
Free will. They created the 1st MOST precious being and gave it the MOST precious gift of free will knowing what comes with freedom of choice. God is Love.
Amazing answers. Thank you
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Sometimes evil plans end up working out for good.
1 Corinthians 2:8 KJV
[8] Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Genesis 50:20 KJV
[20] But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
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What a clever way to share the gospel. Bravo. Keep up the good work.
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My question is - Who does God have to answer to - to show his character? We are in the middle of what God would/is doing, but who outside of this world is viewing this so God has to prove Himself to them?
Pray for time to speed up so Jesus can come sooner. Pray for those who are still sleeping on the truth of Jesus' word that they wake up. God bless everyone.
That was a good, biblical answer. I appreciate that very much.
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God uses evil many times to bring about good in the end. God loves us and He’s a gentleman. He doesn’t force people to love and worship Him. He wants our love and devotion freely.
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Wow what an awesome answer. Praise the Lord.
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Hello brother, is there a part two to this video? I would love to see all the discussion. Greetings and blessings from Texas. ❤️🙏🏽✝️
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When we were yet sinners CHRIST died for us ..that is how deep GOD love for us!
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Great question.
But an even more complex question is:
How could Lucifer sin when he was in a state of perfection? Lucifer was in the perfect presence of Almighty God where there is no sin, no evil, no darkness. How in the world did he all the sudden create it?
I don't think Satan created evil he adored GOD but over time because he was so beautiful and wise and walked on the very fires of GOD he turned his love and adoration from GOD and to himself therefore iniquity / sin was found in him and he eventually wanted to be like GOD he wanted to be praised and adored but in a selfish way like I'm better than you and more beautiful and more wise he became vain so he wanted others to follow him because in any rebellion he thought with others on his side he would win the throne but like a toddler against his dad it did not work out the way he thought it would
Free will..stop question our Lord...he has gave us life and be happy with it..we can't understand our father way beyond us!!
It’s not questioning God but asking questions about what God has revealed
My mother has unconditional love and so does God. The choices in life are yours to make but remember that you will be judged. God is perfect and knows your future but gives you that chance to repent for your mistakes. If you go to heaven or hell is up to you.
Thank you for sharing this message. It has provided me with profound insights into my understanding of God and the workings of the universe. I deeply regret the times when I questioned His goodness in my heart.
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God is free to do what He wants. Knowing the devil was gonna fall isn't a good enough reason to NOT create him. God provides a brilliant solution to prevent the devil from falling.
Put the devil so close to God so as to provide him all the means to have a strong deep relationship with Him.
But lucifer still chose to go his own way.
So God didn't let this good opportunity go to waste. He made man. And gave mankind free will.
Mankind is free to choose righteousness or evil. God or the devil.
Mankind is fallen, but God made a way for mankind to be redeemed.
Still everyday mankind has the blessing to exercise free will, to choose life or death.
Gods mercies are new everyday.
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Beautiful explanation. Praise God.
That's whats fascinating about some argumentd id they follow the format that would only be satisfied if God only created copies of Himself, and nothing more.
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6:20 You're basically saying that God is not powerful enough to make love exist without the freedom of choice.
God is God so there's nothing that God cannot do.
Really? How can love exist between 2 adults with choice? It’s the beauty of love.