Why Did God Create Satan Knowing He Would Rebel Against Him?
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- čas přidán 4. 05. 2020
- Why would God create Satan knowing that he would rebel against Him? This is a good question. I mean really, is this all just some big game that's being played? What was the point of creating a being who would later rebel and cause all of this trouble? In this video we will attempt to answer that question as we explore the origin of Satan and God's original intent behind His creation. Enjoy!
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Hey BEAT fam! Someone recently asked me this question and so I wanted to provide the best answer I could to it. It's a difficult question that is not clearly spelled out to us in scripture but I hope this explanation helps. Let me know below if you have any other questions I might be able to answer at this time. Thanks!
Great points! Thank you! Have a great day!
Interesting story, thanks for telling all about it! 😊
Hey brother..thank you..
Feeling so blessed..
Have you considered making any webinar in such great opportunity as this time..??
That would be a good forum of discussion in apologetic or consolation context...
Once again, thank you for this. Knowledge, faith, and clarity is key.
Hello brother, did you head about the cult group called Eastern Lighting? Also known as The Church of Almighty God. Can you make a video about them.
Life is a maybe ❓
Death is for sure 💀
Sin is the cause 🍎
Jesus Christ is the cure 👑
I like the rhyme. Amen
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I like that! ♥️
Wouldn't been awesome that God did not let Satan come here & the choice would not have been between the both of them, but just to serve God like he wants us to like The Angels does? It's a Terrible Thought that anyone of us could give ( what we think ) serving God our best...then hear those awful words " Be gone for I know ye not"? A food for thought, a thought that puts fear in My Spirit!
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*Lol I feel so honoured you’re answering my question!* 😄
Great question! I thought this as well. He explains it well too! Praise God! Amen and thank you!
@sftcharine Except he didn't answer any question but just spewed nonsense and garbage.
Also:
Neithan Bravo6 hours ago
If I boobytrap my home knowing full well that if someone rings the doorbell they're going to get shot and die am I responsible for the death of innocent people when they inevitably ring the doorbell? The answer is absolutely yes, the same goes for God, sure Satan chose to disobey him but God by knowing full well that Satan would disobey and still creating him the exact same way makes him at least partially responsible for the actions of Satan because even knowing what the consequences of his creations would be he decided to just ignore them and follow through anyway.
And as for if V and Adam can make a meaningful informed choice for all future humans to separate from God or not, whilst not knowing what good, evil, (or death?) even was...
answer is pretty subjective here
2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
6:42 I love this part where he humbly admits that some stuff are unanswerable quoting that verse from Deuteronomy.
I could not imagine going through life not believing in God or the afterlife at all. I rather believe in God and find out he is not real. And not believe in find out he is real. God is good Jesus is King.
Outdoor Avenger my biggest fear besides God is dying and being black forever. If that happens, then this whole thing was a waste of time, but the evidence is all around us that He exists, and a book exists for God to show us who He really truly is. The evidence is just too strong for me to not believe in God.
@@brockburgi994 I am a Christian to but I never had that fear of nothingness and i never understood it. What does it mean? What is there to be be afraid of?
collins igbiks Basically, if you die and there is nothing, your life was technically wasted by following to something that doesn’t exist, and you followed someone who was a crazy man that somehow got all these billions of people to know his name and to follow and to come to him. It ultimately didn’t matter how you lived your life because you were just an accident that happened to happen in the universe, and that scares me to death. The only thing that can keep me from that fear is God’s love, because the evidence and my faith is too strong for me to let it go.
from so many gods, how do you know , you chose the rigth one?
Daniel Mendez there are so many reasons why someone became a Christian, but however how I became a true Christian was from researching the history of the world and the Bible trustworthiness from a biblical perspective, and how Jesus’s eyewitness are very accurate and reliable. I got saved from the personal witness that most atheists would just call “a really nice feeling.”
I will meet you in heaven and we will spend eternity with God the Father , Jesus Christ and with all of God's people .Amen
Amen.
Tony Scott .... if you actually read the book of revelation you would know that those 144,000 are jews who go through the tribulation lmao. us gentiles get raptured before the tribulation.
I have no idea why people would look forward to spending eternity with the vile sociopath called God
Amen!
Tony Scott omgg that’s scary
Love your videos! They are very informative and provide sound Bible teaching!
You answered this sooo beautifully! Great job and thank you!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Hope some one can answer this I have not found an answer yet thanks for your time
1) Did Lucifer had free will to decide to rebel against God?
2) Or did God created Satan just for the purpose of trying to find the true humans who love him and will worship for eternity?
3) Is the "corrupted world" the "trials of Satan" the way to determine what humans will receive salvation in their heart and will go to heaven with God and what humans will go to hell?
4) If God is all knowing and all powerful Why not create only the first group of humans that will get salvation and not the second so in this there is no need to send most of mankind to hell?..
The more I study Gods Word and He teach me through His Holy Spirit the more He reveals. This question is more complex then people think. But some reasons God showed me for why He allowed for there to be sin and for there to be Satan is simply: LOVE
Think about it. The fact that God knew what Satan would do and STILL let him exist shows how God even gave Satan an opportunity at life and to make his own decisions....just like with people. God didn’t abuse His power.
Love is freely given and at the same time Gods love is seen even when we choose to not follow His Will. Love isnt forced. God even says that for those that don’t want Him He gives them up to their desires and their devices. God literally has the power to make people follow and love Him but instead He gives people up to what they “love” (lust) after. That’s true love. So if people love wickedness and choose to sin well God let’s them have what they want. Just like how we act. If someone claims to want to be with someone else well we let them go to be happy with that someone else even if what they want is toxic. We like God do not control another person because that wouldn’t be love. The thing is that God has boundaries as well so if you want something else then you can’t have your cake and eat it too and stay in His presence because you don’t want Him. That’s one of the reasons for why Satan got kicked out of Gods presence, why Adam and Eve and Cain were kicked out of Gods presence. Why today if you don’t choose to love God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength by trusting and obeying Jesus then you can not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Had God made every human and every angel without the option to choose to love Him then it would contradict Gods own character which is love and not forced. If God only made people who He knew would come to Him then that would show favoritism and yet He doesn’t do this. He gives all people the opportunity to breath life even though He knows who will reject Him. Had God been selective about allowing only obedient people to be born then following God would not be based on trust and faith but obligation and compulsion which is not what God wants. God wanted to be THE OPTION of choice. He wants us to choose Him which requires us to have that option available to choose Him or to choose death. Sound familiar? This was in the garden of Eden. Notice that when you read Genesis God told Adam that he could eat from EVERY tree in the garden and the exception to not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was not to control Adam but out of love it was to warn Adam. Notice God never brought attention to the tree of life which was Him. He left that all up for Adam and Eve to CHOOSE to trust in Him. Adam and Eve didn’t know what death was because all they knew was life. Had they trusted God they wouldn’t have to experience death or even know what it was which is how God knew Adam ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil when he hid. Satan knew what death was because his sentence was already doomed to hell and set when he was banished from heaven but he decieved Eve into thinking death was not a bad thing even though they had no idea what death was. Now the stage has been set. Will they choose to trust in God freely or will they choose to trust in the snake and themselves? Satan was apart of there being another option to choose. Regardless it’s wiser to choose to trust in the One who made you, gave you everything for nothing in return, and who warned you out of love about eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil then to trust in a serpent who you don’t know, who is telling you something different than God and who has no reason to be your friend.
So why did God create Satan knowing what he would do?
Well why did God create humans knowing what they would do?
Satan is apart of Gods plan in that He wants people to choose Him and trust in Him. When we don’t then there must be an alternative that provides consequences. In order to choose what is righteous you must reject what is wicked. So that means wickedness must exist as well. There must be more than one option available besides choosing God. That and God loves us so much that He allows there to be an alternative option available for if we dont want Him. Yes God will still chase after the lost and remain patient unlike we can understand but when we all face Him on judgement day no one will have no excuse. He gives breath to the wicked and the righteous which falls along with His character of being just and showing no favoritism to all...even to Satan. God even allowed Satan to have what he wanted and to believe that he is in control which was to be worshipped. Satan has temporary dominion, children, and influence to have people worship him just as he wanted. By even being fair and loving His enemy, God allowed Satans desires to actually fulfill Gods own plan for people to choose Him. It’s amazing actually. Satan thinks he is winning and controlling God because he still exists and is running evil when in reality God is in control and uses Satan to fulfill His sovereign plan while Satan has to answer to Him.
This is so amazing and needs to be pinned. I've been wondering this for a long time but was honestly afraid of thinking too much on it in fear of turning against Him due to emotions and I feared I would end up hating Him. But now I truly understand. He's righteous and just and gives everyone a choice. Yes He directs the paths, but the paths depend on what you choose. I finally understand.
@@summermemories3087 That is so wonderful. I used to ask this question tooo and did back when I was little so He helped me undersrtand this. I am glad that God used me to explain this. It's why I made my you-tube channel. But never be afraid to ask God anything. In fact He wants us to ask Him things. there is a difference betweeen questioning God and asking God questions. One shows lack of trust and doubt while the other shows God that you want to be more intimate with Him and know more about Him which is what He wants. It's why He says for those who seek His face and ask they shall receive. So don't let that fear from Satan keep you from our Father. When we put all that fear of man and the fear that we have of things into the fear of the Lord then He reveals so much to us and most of the time it's in examples in the stories in the Bible. Love you so much and God bless! :)
@@ServantStatusMinistries Thank you and God bless you too. I will definitely do what you suggested and lately I've started talking to Him more about my feelings or stuff and usually whenever I get anxious in my head or out loud. Thank you for the information and God bless 😇 🙏🏾❤️🕊️
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Satan knows for sure he just a mean for God to save human... Poor satan! He knows but he can't do anything!
I am so thankful you put out videos that are consistent with the scriptures that are so well taught so that we can understand and think deeper into verses. Thank you and may God continue to lead and guide you through the Holy Spirit. I pray for your ministry often
Bro. God bless you for being who you are and being a good teacher.
Oh my gosh I get this question from loved ones and I could not explain it to them. Blessed is our GOD. Thanku pastor. Thanku Jesus
Makes sense, like we have children purposely, knowing they will sin. but we love and have them anyway and they have free will
Wonderfully said!!!
Will you burn your children if they reject you?
Except we aren’t all powerful beings.
Would you have them if you knew they would become serial killer, rapists'?
Using a phrase like "knowing they will sin", Karla, is disingenuous. It sounds relatively benign (they'll steal cookies, they'll lie about whether they've done their homework, they'll lie about whether they've smoked weed etc).
But replace "knowing they will sin" with "knowing they will go crazy in a high school with a gun and murder 40 kids and teachers" puts a different light on it, doesn't it? THIS is the knowledge of the future that an omniscient god has.
If someone from 2036 appeared to you now and and showed you video footage of the massacre that the child you will conceive later tonight will perpetrate, and scenes of the victims' families crying and burying their dead kids, would you still go ahead and have unprotected sex tonight - rather than, say, waiting a few days or weeks? Would you happily get jiggy with it tonight and just shrug and say "Oh well, if I DO give birth in about nine months' time, our child will have free will to commit the massacre or not - let's hope for the best!" Because if you choose, despite knowing the horrific and dreadful eventual outcome, to go ahead and conceive, then arguably YOU - not your soon-to-be-conceived child - is the real monster here. Not that you're a monster - LOL. I'm sure you're lovely - but do you see my point?
"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things."
Isaiah 45:7, KJV
Hmm, and Amos 3:6?
And did not word Satan originate as a impedance or adversary? A general term?
@Jose Riquelme Either God is all knowing and therefore knowingly created evil, or he is not all knowing. Which is it?
@Jose Riquelme I'm not assuming this at all, it's simple logic. Either God is all-knowing and therefore chose to create an entity that he already knew would be evil, or he is not all-knowing. Which is it?
@Jose Riquelme If the Bible is true that means God knowingly created evil. This means he is not a benevolent, loving god. Just another of the many contradictions in the Christian religion.
@Jose Riquelme If age makes that argument invalid, then it also makes the Bible invalid. You are a terrible apologist, are you sure you are really Christian?
Thank you for this!☺️ God bless!❤️
Excellent, and so great to see people learning and exploring these topics and questions. Blessing of The Most High to all of you. Live. Love. Laugh. ✌️🙏🖖😁
Why did God create Satan, that was your question?
A: God did not create Satan, God created Lucifer, son of the morning as the angel that covers the very throne on God. (To be that close you would have to be made - perfect).
Looking perfect and feeling perfect with an all-knowing mind of wisdom can if not kept in check by total humility - turns into vanity, pride, proudness and of course arrogance.
Yes, God made Lucifer knowing later in his path he would turn against his creator. Just like he knew King David would sin before his very sinful act of sexual lust of a married woman, then murder. God sees the long game and everything he creates has a purpose to eventually bring goodness to the centre of everything.
In Revelation, this final curtain of sin dies forever - for everyone. Is there a limit to God’s power? No. It is said, that where there is up, there is down. But in the last days there will be only up. God has the power to change what we think as impossible and not science or equation. God is outside man’s laws of physics and their version of spirituality. This why Satan’s battle with heaven was futile. Satan was an angry child looking for attention and his punishment was permanent detention.
As for the lake of fire. You speak of as if you know how God will punish to detail at this event? - You talk about the length of time each person will burn for or burn until they are no more? No one know for sure? But my best guess is that if your name is not in the Book of Life, you will be cast into the lake of fire and will be tormented - day and night forever and ever and forever. There is no time but eternity. That is what scripture outlines. Do not add semantics to what is clearly written.
But of course, there is one way to test your theory. Do bad continually till death - and find out... ?
Satan create himself via sin and created the seal of his own death by his works. God allowed him to carry out his purpose until the very End of Days. Period-
I don't think to will be on fire for eternity because that would mean forever and ever and Jesus said that the only way to have eternity is to believe in him and God his so good and Merciful I don't think he would let the people whom he loves burn forever I think the amount of time you burn goes by the wages of your Sins. This is just my opinion out of love God bless you❤️
But God knew that Lucifer was going to turn against him when he created him so what was the point of making him ( not trying to be rude ❤ please reply if you know The answer🙏🙏)
@Christian girl, some of what God does is just outside the understanding of people. Some people might know or at least have a theory, but we aren’t likely to know for sure unless we stand before God and he tells us. I know that’s not the type of answer you wanted, but I don’t really know either.
Very true God created a angel n gave him free will like all of us n to choose God or self. Satan chooses self n this is what happen to the people of Israel God warns us. King David took the census on Israel n Juga n God was very angry at King David n gave him 3 choices 3 years of famine or 3 months fleeing from his enemies or 3 days of plagues. David chooses 3 days of Plagues. 70000plus men died. Many ask why he punish the people for what David did? Simple the people turn AWAY from God. It's a sin its call SELF. THE PEOPLE DID NOT THINK THEY NEEDED GOD. GET BACK TO GOD OR DIE
That is such a dumb explanation and doesn't answer the question.
This is a question that I have thought about for a while, and you posted it at just the right time! Thank you so much Allen, this was extremely helpful! :)
Solid teaching my man. That really ministered to me. Thank you.
Awesome thoughts . Thanks Allen please keep sharing & keep coming.
Praise the Lord ! Amen 🙏
Hope some one can answer this I have not found an answer yet thanks for your time
1) Did Lucifer had free will to decide to rebel against God?
2) Or did God created Satan just for the purpose of trying to find the true humans who love him and will worship for eternity?
3) Is the "corrupted world" the "trials of Satan" the way to determine what humans will receive salvation in their heart and will go to heaven with God and what humans will go to hell?
4) If God is all knowing and all powerful Why not create only the first group of humans that will get salvation and not the second so in this there is no need to send most of mankind to hell?..
God is all knowing for sure but there is free will to an extent. Kinda like that movie The Adjustment Bureau, He has a right path for us all but we can deter or stray away from it. But then He tries to get us back on the right path. Ultimately its up to us to decide to stay on that "destiny" path though.
Can you choose to do something different than what God knows you will do? No, there is no free will as you describe, as that would contradict God’s omniscience. There is will, you do what you want, not this thing called libertarian free will, which is nonsensical.
@@Creshex8 Having foreknowledge is not the same of forcing someone to take a path. God knows all the variables there is not surprising him but its not the same as forcing humans to follow his plan.
@@myballsitchsomethingfierce6319 you are literally ignoring basic common sense AND god's character. if god knows you will do something, and your "free will" decides NOT to do it, then it means that god did NOT know you would to that thing, which in that very moment proves that god does NOT know everything and that therefore he lied about knowing everything. How do you not understand this extremely, extremely, extremly simple concept? On the other hand, if god does in fact know everything you will do, that means that you do NOT have the free will to do things that are not included in his foresight, because if you do, it means he deas not know everything. STOP IGNORING REALITY TO MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.
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Great comment ❤
Literally Love these type of topics helps us grow spiritually individual and also answer our questions
Scripture to study: Psalm 4,18,23,24,96,118:17,119:114, Psalm 91 + Proverbs 3, Nehemiah 8:10, Proverbs 4(good to speak verses 20-22 over any sickness/pain or sickness symptoms) Luke 10,18,19,20
A couple of my students have been asking me this question recently. Thank you so much for making this video.
All I can say is amen especially in the ending thank you for being so insightful and helpful I really appreciate you brother and will subscribe
This has been a question that I find myself often pondering, which sometimes causes me to doubt my faith. I appreciate you trying to explain this topic as best as you can with what is in the Bible. You have a great way of explaining the Bible! Thank you.
Hope some one can answer this I have not found an answer yet thanks for your time
1) Did Lucifer had free will to decide to rebel against God?
2) Or did God created Satan just for the purpose of trying to find the true humans who love him and will worship for eternity?
3) Is the "corrupted world" the "trials of Satan" the way to determine what humans will receive salvation in their heart and will go to heaven with God and what humans will go to hell?
4) If God is all knowing and all powerful Why not create only the first group of humans that will get salvation and not the second so in this there is no need to send most of mankind to hell?..
Facts..I understand we not robots. But seems like to me so humans were put on earth to fail while others were put here to excel and thrive in life. I feel like God didn't want everybody to win in life. If u know better u do better! I pray sometimes and have hard time believing he exist or care. Why do the world have to suffer because God suffered on the cross. I DON'T UNDERSTAND
God bless brother! It def isn’t easy to understand how the Lord works sometimes but it’s ok to not understand, it’s like the verse our fellow brother on this video posted the one in Deuteronomy. We don’t always know why the Lord does things or how he does things but the Lord is still good and real🤍Don’t feel that way, it can be stressful but remember his thoughts are higher than ours and ways, so certain thoughts we have of God can be wrong. I want to encourage you that God loves you and has great plans for you, keep believing in him, he’s there for you🤍and does care about you just like that song “Reckless love” - Cory Asbury explains✨ The world suffers because of freedom of choice, humans get to choose if they want to do bad or good, Us as his servants have to suffer to learn how to be humble, love others, see Gods love for us in hard times, helps us get closer to him, understand each other, help each other, and get our reward soon in Heaven👑because we chose to love God and fight daily to live for him just as Jesus died and suffered to separate us from sin and to show his love for us♥️
God bless! God placed in me to message you and say He has great plans for you and it can be hard to understand the way God works or certain things he allows, but always know it’s for a good reason♥️he has great love for you and many :) His thoughts are higher than ours and ways higher than our ways (Isaiah 55🫶🏽) Keep believing child of God, he’s there for you and will help you daily. Any questioning about him, you can ask a fellow brother/sister in Christ (someone who accepted Jesus)or just know that we may not know some things but God is still good and he is real🤍 If your faith levels down, remember to keep going because questioning God doesn’t come from him, God loves you and keep going! My testimony can be shared if you’d like!
@@supersisters0517 Thank you! I really needed that. The struggles I have been facing now are very different than what they were when the above was posted in 2020. Your post has given me hope for today!!
If you know exactly how the action you're about to take is going to go wrong, know exactly how to prevent it from going wrong, then do it anyway, again, knowing full well that it is going to go wrong, then you are *absolutely* responsible for that action going wrong. You don't get to say "It was out of my control, so it's not my fault" because you were in control the entire time, you could have prevented it but made the conscious decision to let it happen
Straight up and plainly spoken. Great site. CZcams needs more like this!!!!!! Nice merch too. Subbed and thumbs up.
Why was evil even a choice in the first place. Who put evil on the menu?
They can't answer you my friend, because they don't know the answer themselves.
Listen to the video again. You're question was answered.
God Himself is the source of all origin of evil.
This is what makes the Creator incomprehensible!!!
@@featurebroadcast297 it wasn’t. He merely makes up excuses for evil.
@@guyfawkes7949 Read & study the book of Job.
We have to learn to pray for our enemies
Pharaoh Ramesses II 😬😬
pray for our enemies while they are preying on us
dumb ass nigga no wonder they say Black folks are lazy ,stupid n never did shit
@@realpopv234 Its Facts tho
They don't want to learn the history for one major reason maybe 2
1)They was told the reason why they getting enslaved &everything else is because all that they did was wicked so theirs no point into looking into history
2)Jesus is going to repay the debt the world owe them
Jesus is strategic to believe in cause he teach about accepting oppression to get to heaven
Tough to do but...we need to
@@trell9221 Praying means asking for God's protection and intervention in that situation. It's not "let's sit back and be lazy because those preying on us will magically die if they try." We pray for protection, yes, but God still gave us a brain and strength to use- we still need to remain safe and trust him to truly make the change.
Also, not sure what race has to do with this because even white people pray.
This was an excellent answer to a very difficult question. I'm thinking that evil being present in this world makes our desire to follow God to be much more meaningful. Thank you Pastor for this!
Very difficult but he broke it down well. Take care
too many fallacy in the answer tho..
Do you believe God knows everything? Knows what happened in the past, knows what will happen in the future in all circumstances? If you do... then necessarily it follows that he made me knowing I would leave the church and become an Atheist. Yes, he is responsible for that, he could have made someone who wouldn't become an Atheist, but he made me anyway. He is responsible for that if he exists. You can't have it both ways, you can't have an omniscient and omnipotent creator who is not responsible for the actions of their creations. You either need to give up omniscience, or omnipotence, you can't have both without culpability.
@@Nekulturny he isnt responsible for that. You have free will and you made the choice to leave the church, he isnt responsible... you are. You have free will and the choice to follow christ.
God knows who you will choose and if you decide to leave the church that isnt God doing. Thats your own doing. God already knows who you will choose before you was born. That doesnt mean he made it that way. It means he just knows what you will in your life before it happens so hes just waiting for the day in your life you pray and call out to him.
@@Nekulturny its simply called "Free Will"
God bless you for tackling this big question man! This really made sense to me! Gods not to blame for the sin that is made by ourselves!
I been asking God this question millions of times and he finally answered it yay!
I love how simple word "attempt" shows your humility and pure concern only regarding this topic. It takes away the glory to you, rather used to be channel of wisdom.
"Will attempt to answer this question" you said.
Glory to God for this ministerial work of yours.❤️
i thought the same thing wow
@@Trishatakinawa there's so many channels these days we listen to, we need to have discerning spirit every single day. God bless you brethren!
HG T you as well
"If god took away our free will and forced us to love him, that would not be love"
If god created laws and if we choose not to obey he'd sent us to burn for eternity, that would not be love.
"God created angles to worship and serve him."
If your purpose in existence was to worship and serve your creator knowing if you disobey even by thought, you'd be sent to burn for agony, I'd rather be a robot. What good would knowing evil do me?
"God did not create satan...."
Who did?
If something gives itself a different name, it is suddenly not God's creation?
"God gives people freedom to make choices"
Could god have made people with freedom without the need to make choices? Why is freewill = knowledge of evil?
How's god not responsible for that evil? Did he not create everything that is in existence? Is he not all powerful and all knowing? Did he not know Lucifer will be come evil? If you knew that a single action of your's towards a young child would turn that child into a dictator that wipes off all of humanity, would you commit to your action knowingly? A majority of society would agree that would not be in humanity's best interest and considered evil. But, if God did it, wiping off the entire world because of his own mistake, its glorious.
"God created humans, not murders. The human decided to murder."
Numbers 31 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”
3 So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the Lord on Midian.
You're right, he creates wars.
Raising children does not equal creating good and evil. Also, if the parents were all knowing, I doubt they would've made any mistakes as every action they took, they knew the absolute outcome.
"In the presence of evil can god's love brightly shine."
So it is okay for God to stand idly by as Lucifer, no Satan, killed Job's family. In the verse, Satan was not even intrigued by Job, God called out to satan for a bet... Would you be okay if God were to let satan kill off your entire family? Or what about basic friends that do not wholeheartedly agree with you? What about the flood? Was it evil to wipe off all of Humanity? In the case of Noah, his love was dim and narrow, pointing to a single family. Was the water he sent to earth refracting the brightness of his love? Christians calling Satan evil despite God killing off newborns, causing famine, flooding the world... getting pissed off at Cain's offering for no reason which drove Cain into jealousy. God's death toll is astonishing.
Who caused Evil?
Did he not create evil? If you saw someone bleeding from a recent stabbing on the street but decided not to call 911 or did anything in your power to get them help leading towards their death. What does that make you?
Obey all of his instructions. Even slavery and stoning children to death for not obeying parents.
Satan was mentioned about 72-75 times in the bible depending on the versions. A majority of him was mentioned and called upon by Jesus or God. In the bible, Satan killed 10 people. Each of them allowed by god and before each one he spoke to god beforehand.
This answer brought up more questions.
Also, Satan got BaCK into YHWH's presence, before Job business too,. so fairly odd...
Idk what or how to feel about this thing you just said. I wish I never read it because the more I read the more I wanted to read. I feel horrible feeling this way. Is this a sin?
@@poeticprincee9750 Not a sin, you're just being curious. Humans are curious creatures and we want to know stuff. Once you start questioning everything you know, in order to seek out what is true and what is false, you then become a skeptic.
thanx for the ebook. God bless your ministry
I was actually thinking of something along these lines last night. You gave some great answers, and as you said, there are some things about the Bible that we just will never understand.
Hope this finds everyone blessed. God loves you ❤️ In the mist of the storm focus on him.He will never leave or forsake you !
Watching your videos really uplifts my day. I’ve been wanting to grow in faith and not be a “casual” Christian. Thank you for being empathetic while holding us accountable brother.
Amen. I luv your channel. I've been watching off line for a couple years. Finally joined u tube! God is great.
Such an important topic like this deserves more thought in discussing Allen and not a quick thought.
I have not watched this yet...However..THIS is THE hugest question to answer to skeptics. I am about to watch this now and probably on repeat. May GOD add special blessings to you AND YOUR FAMILY.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I have been thinking about this for at least the past year and this helps😊😊
Hope some one can answer this I have not found an answer yet thanks for your time
1) Did Lucifer had free will to decide to rebel against God?
2) Or did God created Satan just for the purpose of trying to find the true humans who love him and will worship for eternity?
3) Is the "corrupted world" the "trials of Satan" the way to determine what humans will receive salvation in their heart and will go to heaven with God and what humans will go to hell?
4) If God is all knowing and all powerful Why not create only the first group of humans that will get salvation and not the second so in this there is no need to send most of mankind to hell?..
Amen brother. Thank you. Praise God in Christ Jesus!!
Thank you so much brother Allen, we (Recovering Addicts) at the Woman Anti Drug Assiciation Rehab are enlighted much. GOD BLESS YOU 🙏🏿❤️💪🏿
this is a question that just came up today a couple hours ago, i love when i ask God a question and he's quick to answer☺️
Are you calling Allan a god? Isn't that blasphemy?
Surely, if Allan had been divinely inspired, he would have told us as much. I mean, that hasn't happened since the writing of certain texts, so if a supernatural being inhabited Allan and made him do this video, surely he would have let us know?
@@whitescar2 No i'm not, i just believe that God can lead you or me to the right video to watch at the right time, just like he can show you the right song for your situation or whatever, Allan is obviously not God and i wasnt saying he was inhabited by God or anything else for that matter, i was praying about the same thing this video talks about, then this video is in my reccomened, so i interpret it as an answer to the prayer, that is all🙃
@@hannie6486 I have heard that god works in mysterious ways, but that he also works in the CZcams algorithm is a new one. :D
Considering the question is fairly common, and you probably have watched similar content before, it's slightly more plausible that the boffins are CZcams made a program that gives you more of what keep you engaged, and that something happened to be a thing that engaged you.
I think it's not really fair to say god did it, when so many software engineers put so much effort into making such a fine-tuned piece of software. Not to mention the creator of the video itself, who surely deserves more praise than god, since he actually made the content whereas god, at most, nudged an algorithm that was likely already going to recommend you this video-to recommend you this video. ^^"
Just saying, seems like stolen praise.
@@whitescar2 you are entitled to your view and so am i :)
@@hannie6486 Of course, just give some credit to the people we know actually, definitely contributed to the good things in your life. I think that's only fair, is it not?
Surely if a stranger is kind to you, you should thank them for their kindness and only then consider maybe thanking god or some other supernatural power that may have been involved, since you cannot be sure of their involvement, but definitely can be about the human's?
Amazing question! Second question: Will there be another rebellion after we get to heaven?
Will we have free will after we get to heaven ?
SwissBro1400 there will for sure be a second rebellion after the 1000 year reign of Jesus on earth
No, because we would have already made our decision to follow God. Unlike Adam and Eve, we would have decided to serve God.
I'm assuming you mean in heaven. Biblically I would say no. Michael and his angels defeating and kicking out satan and an third of the angels is only mentioned happening once in the bible. Everything else is on earth like with the antichrist during the tribulation and after satan is released from the bottomless pit in revelation 20.
@@SwissFenyx I believe we have the mind of Christ so I would say biblically speaking I would say no. The bible says things like God cannot lie and in him is no darkness. Then the bible says there will be no male or female or jew or greek in heaven but we will all be one. So o would say no but that's a good thing. We won't have to worry about any sin ever again.
Thank you My Lord who created all things and is in fully control for putting the knowledge in this man to explain
Why did God create Jesus if he knew they would crucify him?
beautifully explained brother Parr!
“I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.”
- Isaiah 45:7
Can you explain why God said he created evil aka calamity?
I second this question
Yes I can actually
Blaster Master Blaster Master God is control of evil, and good. Nobody denies that except for Christians who love the “prosperity” gospel. Job talks about it as well. “If we accept the good from God, we must accept bad also” along the lines of that. Satan is simply someone who rebels against God, or the spirits of angels and spirits that rebel against/ oppose God in general. Thanks for explaining tho. God bless!!
@@adiyahhhh1435 Do you think Satan rebels against God? then God would not be in control of Satan; but God is in control of all things down to the roll of a dice Proverbs 16:33 "God is working everything according to the counsel of His will " Ephesians 1:11 Read Daniel 4:35 and Isaiah 46:10 God makes vessels of honor, who do honorable things and vessels of dishonor who do guess what ; both vessels are doing His will
@Blaster Master are you an atheist!?
But if god is all knowing and "the yesterday, present, and future" he would have seen the future becuase he IS the future and he would of known the angel he created (Lucifer) was going to become the devil, so why did he create him knowing that?
God created lucifer because what happened to lucifer could have happened to any one of God's creations. If it didn't happen with Lucifer it would have happened with another angel because of how God created his creatures (Smart and with freewill). If God had made us like animals he wouldn't love us like how he does now. God knew that there would be a risk in creating intelligent beings with freewill (the creatures he would be able to love the most) and he took that risk because he loved us. This is how God created evil: By creating intelligent creatures with freewill, someone he created would have turned away from Him and evil would have come as a result. But should we say: well if it was going to happen then why did God make any intelligent creatures? No we shouldn't say that because that would be selfish on our part. We make children even if we know we're bringing a person into a world with suffering. So we are no different from God. We make children because of our love for them.
Because God never intended to impose his will or absolute control over any of his creations, including the bad apples 🍎 . God is perfect in every way, his thoughts are absolute, every desicion he makes is void of error, so he knew that by choosing to not create Lucifer, he would be contradicting himself, his words, his future plans for humankind. He wanted to create us like he did the angels, with the free will and self control to decide for ourselves who to worship, who to love with all our heart. He knew that this would be his promise to us, his plan for us, so he had to allow these angels to exist in order to not contradict his own word. As Jahna explained beautifully, God did not want us to be like the animals; confined to their primal instincts, but rather, he wanted us to be created in his likeness, an image of intelligence, free thinking and reasoning. but for that to happen, we all needed to be given free reign over our desicions, desicions that come with consequences, like weights on a scale. With every desicion, God carries a heavy weight that produces numbers (of infinite scale). For us to exist in his image, we too, needed to bear our own weights. Those weights are the desicions we make, our consciousness. So for this reason, the Lord had to create every angel that was intended to serve him. And they all carry their own weight.
And it also works with our offspring; you don't know who you are bringing into the world, your child could be a teacher or a murderer, and it would be outside of your control. But you knew beforehand that any child you bring into the world will suffer one way or another, and you will know that the possibility exists, a child with physical illness, mental illness, or both. But your love for that child is too great and you will bring him into this world regardless. Mothers pregnant with autistic or physically handicapped children already know that their child will be born this way, but they still choose to have them anyway, because they love their child. In the same way, God loves all of his creation, all of us, he loves us all before we were even conceived. A Mother's unconditional love, a Father's tender forgiveness, all of this was part of God's plan for our existence, and one thing could not exist without the other.
Lucifer is a name for a "spirit". Apparently he was in the Garden of Eden according to one of the Prophets. And there is one of only two time that name is mentioned. if Lucifer is the cause of so much strife. Would'nt it make sense that he would be mentioned a bit more? A mystery no doubt
@@Zeldafan1ify But God knew what he was bringing into the world. Your example is flawed because humans don’t know the the future nor are they omniscient.
Thank you for this explanation 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Dope video, God bless you brother and your channel
I had to listen twice love how you explained it ❤
To all my fellow believers, while there's nothing wrong with asking questions,in fact I implore you to
because God has nothing to hide and has always encouraged me in my spirit to be inquisitive of the things that I may not understand. However,let's make sure we keep these things in context and don't let them become stumbling blocks to us in our walk with the Lord,for the unbelievers do such things but we who trust and know God,should be able to still trust him in those things that aren't fully revealed to us and that we may never fully understand. Satan wants us to get confused and concentrating on things that will only disrupt our walk with God and we must always remember that. Some people are honestly trying to look for the best possible answers to these questions but others are simply atheists who are looking to throw you off track and we need to have the proper discernment to be able to separate the two. Always research and do your best to answer what you can but also be vigilant that your'e not simply being used by an audience who's not interested in the truth but only in being a stumbling block. After all,if we knew all the reasons why God has done what he's done, then we would be God correct? Even Jesus doesn't know when God is sending him again so find comfort in even our blessed redeemer doesn't know every last detail of God's plan Amen?? So research and for most things you'll find a suitable answer but if you don't just trust in the Lord and his goodness,grace and mercy and lean not on your understanding or the understanding of people who don't even know God.God bless and keep you all in Jesus name!!!❤🙏💪
Wait jesus dosent know that? But i thought he was equally powerfull as god idk im sorry i never read the bible
Glad I found your channel. I love you brother for all your great videos!!!
This really helped, I really recommend this to anyone
This just shows me how far greater is Gods' thoughts than my own thoughts. It is so opposite of what I naturally think, yet God says that it was all good (Genesis). This is one of those ideas that would mess my mind up even more than it already is if I continue to think on it.
"But it's only in the presence of evil that God's love can brightly shine!"
So, does God's love not brightly shine in heaven? Or is there still evil in heaven? Based on Allen's own logic, these are the only two possibilities.
Heven is just a reward for doing good, no more.
So it would NEED to be a paradise to persuade people to do good.
Sorry for bad englihs
God's love shines brightest in Hell. If you want to bask in his love, you must go to hell. In heaven, you will not feel it. It will be as ambient as the temperature of your home and become as unremarkable as dust.
@@fakedoorsfordinner1677 Heaven is a reward for having faith, not doing good.
Doing good doesn't get you into heaven. Not at all.
You can be a terrible person. Do crimes, kill people, destroy and (to an extent) even blaspheme. You can still get into heaven if you have Faith and repent for your actions.
And vice-versa, you can be the most goodest person in the world. You can be selfless, caring, loving, humble, generous and all-round a great person. You can live a great life and have improved that of countless others. But unless you have Faith and repent, you're going straight to hell.
God doesn't care about your good or evil deeds. Not really. He only wants you to be scared of eternal punishment for your limited actions, and if in your limited human capacity you don't manage to make a singular decision, you will suffer for eternity for it. Because that's how love works.
@@whitescar2 So you will feel god’s love and grace the most as he tortures you in hell for eternity? You’re giving mixed messages here.
@@2l84me8 They are very likely being sarcastic
Am really blessed with this platform
Great video Bro Parr, these are the questions that are tough but needed to know to help us and others. Keep it up
What of all the other majorly skipped parts, though, @Van Jones ?
@@chrissonofpear1384 brother of you study that deep you let me know, im trying to live by the basics of the word of God thebest i can. ..
@@vanjones1749 What, things like if Adam even KNEW he could give anything away to Satan, let alone a world...
Because that's kind of a major, major, omission.
And wtf is a 'natural man', anyway...
@@chrissonofpear1384 bro sounds like you have a lot of deep what if questions im not the 9ne to answer brother, but I do know for me I gave my life to Jesus Christ and have been better for it, with bo regrets. The answers you seek only God can reveal them to you . I would say also hit up Bro Parr it seems as though he is adapt at teaching and elaborate on these types of subjects.
"God is beyond anything we can imagine, and here's what he's like...[¡¿]" -Dr. Bart D. Ehrman
Nice one. You got the whole comment section laughing
Yep. It takes a skeptic to utter such nonsense and believe they sound wise
Travis Burch So you do agree that it's actually a nonsense statement. At least you're being reasonable. Funny thing is that's exactly how apologists like Mr. Parr here always try to explain away God's obvious failures and shortcomings.
Towser Difilippo thanks, man.
So, any thoughts on Romans 10:9 to 10:17, and John 4:8 to 4:20...?
The hate in the comment section is incredibly revolting. Leave Alan alone, and dont you have anything better to do than to write paragraphs on how much you hate our Faith?
Exactly!!
I think it more accurate to state that there is an abundance of ill will towards ALL religions by Atheists, it’s just that here in America, Christianity dominates and so is the recipient of that frustration. If a belief in astrology were causing people to go berserk-to deny medical care to their children or to murder unbelievers-many of us would speak and write about the dangerous belief of astrology. This would not be bigotry or intolerance on our part. It would be a plea for basic human sanity. And that is all that an Atheist’s criticism of religious tribalism and superstition ever is- or should be. There are right now, today, cults who steadfastly identify themselves as Christian and who handle venomous snakes, ingest poisons, and maim themselves in the name of God so as to show their fidelity and belief in their interpretation of his words, and they have every empirical right to declare that they have the one, true faith citing Acts 28:1-6 in the New Testament, and all other Christians have got it wrong. Further, there is great contradiction in the New Testament as to whether you are saved by deeds of good work, or saved by belief in Jesus. Which denomination do you belong to? There are thousands of them. Christians expect the world to fully agree with them, yet they can't even agree among themselves and so adopt separate, denominational-type names all too easily so as to assert their own particular dogma. Jesus said his followers should be “ONE”- the desire for certainty, the need to be right, and the tendency to miss the point have conspired to keep Christians from experiencing full unity, and instead have led to endless divisions within the Christian faith, and many of these separate organizations are the result of serious, irresolvable divisions. This fracturing in large part accounts for much of the verbal outpouring of derision and disbelief you see.
@charlie rammstein Sometimes CZcams algorithms shows them these videos and they just can't help but click to hear the rediculous claims.
They won't say anything about Islam though... Because we all know how that ends.
@@Ricky_SpanishhIslam is a religion of peace, why would we say anything bad abt that?? 😅
Thanks Rev. Parr
Liked, loved, and shared ❤️
Remember, he was an angel with a free will...
He was/is prone to the same short falls of character as humans: Jealousy, anger, hate, murder, & vanity etc. Interesting how this patterns Cain's behavior. King David's son Absalom had similar treacherous behavior; both influenced by the father of sin: satan.
And remember who gave him that freewill knowing that if a bad choice was made what would happen or not knowing and then knowing hey he made a bad choice that I gave him the will to make.. well god probably thought oh no this is not good that I created I have to do something with him. Thus god created hell. Listen to what I said GOD created hell for the freewill was not so good after all. Sent satan to hell and continued to create billions of freewill souls knowing he could send them to hell if a soul has done wrong. Yes god may very much be a good god but also have intended for all good things. But in a good creation of freewill he realizes it was not so good after all. Therefore god may not be all loving if he’s so quick to judge you and send you to hell based on the freewill he created? Doesn’t make sense to me.
@@kww2997 In your opinion, what would have been a better alternative to God’s system of free will, Heaven and hell?
@@iamphayvoured that’s a good question in fact I really like that question and others should think about that as well that does get you thinking and honestly I don’t know but how could he let it go on knowing what happened the first time according to the Bible the Rapture why a second rapture ? Why repeat what has already been damaged before I just don’t understand this whole world I feel like we have been lied to a lot Who knows the real truth and who knows if the truth is even the truth guess we will have to find out one day as for now may we always have faith even though we don’t understand why we do something tells us we do I guess I’m a Christian myself but I have always been curious about that question you asked ! I like it :)
@@iamphayvoured i’m also a Christian that is not afraid to ask questions and wonder along with other people who may have other religious views or not know Jesus or even an atheist I don’t judge people I love everybody I wish more people would understand not all Christians are scared to ask questions that make it seem like we are questioning the Bible in a bad way, if people can’t give feedback without shoving god down someone’s throat then maybe they should question themselves. We should ask questions and get opinions it Hass to lead us somewhere right :)
I haven't watched yet, but technically, God created Lucifer who became Satan through disobedience, much in the same way that God created a sinless Adam who became a sinner through disobedience. God wanted to create beings with free will (Calvinists exit here) such that they could pick among the choices that God allowed. God allowed Satan to be able to choose rebellion, and God allowed Adam to defy his will. In the same way, all who are presented the gospel have the option to choose to believe it or to continue in sin.
Thank GOD someone pointed that out. Calvinists cannot stand this. But this evidence that God did create free will.
As Jesus said, a bad tree cannot bear a good fruit. What i mean is that Satan could not rebel against God unless there was something wrong with him. First, you need to become evil and only then to be able to do evil. So free will does not give an explanation on why did Satan decided to rebel in the first place. Bible gives that answer by saying Satan was so beautiful that he fell into pride and pride was the mover, the decider to rebel against God.
We dont know why God created such beauty, was it a necessity or maybe something else but either way, free will is not an answer to why he became evil i the first place.
No the problem is when you sin you can t turn back doing good stuff if God doesnt want you too. That is why satan cannot repent because of God s curse. When you sin you CANNOT freely choose to do Good again only God can restaure everthing that s been broken again. That is why we have Jesus. So Calvinist do have a point
Goufack Kentsa Leandrin Lebel so if Jesus died for out sins, but we continue to sin during our lives and repent before death. Why are we allowed to be forgiven but not Satan?
@@ariyannaingram3421 Because of God Grace and mercy, that is why. We could have the same destiny as satan. Satan cannot repent because God chained his heart in darkness that is why he can only do evil. God was very merciful with humans
Thankyou so much for explaining this so I can understand it.
You Sir are an excellent speaker. God bless you and your ministry.
I know you've already done a video on birth control a couple years ago, but could you please make an updated, longer version?
There are sooo many views and ways to interpret certain Bible verses in order to support one standpoint or another, and it's gotten quite confusing. Some say God's given us critical thinking in order to plan and make decisions about our families, taking risks, pregnancy health issues etc, but others say that some birth control methods equal abortion. I'd love to hear where you stand on this, and maybe even have your lovely wife discuss this topic!
I think a much better plan would be to realize the scriptures that endorsed slavery, genocide, rape, the subjugation of women, and many other things (as well as attributing all of these actions to god himself) we would all agree are evil can't possibly be the work of an all loving and merciful god and stop worrying about what that monster thinks. Even if everything in the bible were true that god doesn't deserve your worship and you don't deserve to be twisting yourself into mental knots trying to figure out what that piece of shit would want you to do.
Vivi2372 God cannot sin. He allows evil but He does not do evil. He allows evil because He can make good from it.
That was my question too, "why did God Created satan? even though God loves us and want's us to be in heaven?"
I've been asking my self this question but I have found the best answer thank you so much 😘
Well said brother 🙌🏿🙏🏾
After spending time praying for revelation God revealed to me everything. You need to sit down for this!
Our whole reality and existence is based on the principle of symmetry, balance and polar opposites.
“Life and the absence of it is death,
Love, the absence of it is evil,
Light ...... Dark
White ...... Black
Right ........ Wrong
Good ......... Bad
Truth .......... Lies
Humility........ Pride
Morality.......... Immortality or Carnality”
I hope you get where this is going.
My conclusion is in the same way, might and divine God is, there is a polar opposite and Darkness which rivals God.
This darkness and void is an entity that exists just like God but only where God isn’t, in the absence of God this force works against God.
This darkness created sin as the ultimate weapon of perversion. This was used to corrupt lucifer and one third of all the angels in heaven.
Lucifer became its first son as Satan.
Like God’s weapon is salvation through Christ which is the antidote to sin.
In the beginning When God said let there be light, I think God drew the first blood. So it began.
Before lucifer knew he was going sin, God spoke to him like Father to son. God advised him to be cautious, and remember not to fall into temptation. God said he saw sin knocking on the door of heart just like he said to cain before he gave in to the darkness.
The battle for Good and Evil already started before angels where made, and this competition is the culmination of free will as a point that God want to proof to his polar opposite The darkness that his creation will always choose him in the end no matter what they go through.
So as sin corrupts God’s Perfection, Salvation reverses the corruption into perfection through Jesus!
My understanding is based on Genesis 1vs 1-4 and also the fall of lucifer and cain’s wickedness.
This war is bigger than us but through our love and redemption in Christ we can show we’re on God side forever.
@Asquzy this is the only attempt at a thoughtful answer I've seen thus far in reading through the comments. The thing however is polarities are not as you describe - "the absence of" something. Opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree. Hot and cold are extreme opposites (polarities) of temperature. It's the same with all of your examples. So the logical conclusion is that God is both "good" and "evil." This does not for me negate that Jesus is the way, the door, etc. But I'm left with having to accept the realization that God is the scriptwriter for the whole drama.
Did god reveal the name of the psychiatric professional you should visit?
@@disrxt I should be asking you that
@@DCUOSourcewall very interesting, quick question, what about God knowing the outcome, does God choose to not know the outcome, or do to free will, is the choice suspended in probability until the agent makes the free choice?
@@michaelstevens3618 hey Michael, thanks for seeing my perspective. Basically God knows all outcomes fro every choice we make but He chooses not to interfere because of the promises of free will. He made us in his likeness to be able to create and destroy. To be express all the spectrum of emotions. But nothing stands as the best test of his creation, if it cannot think for itself. God created us to be independent to the core, also to choose the life we want and to choose to believe that He exist and to freely love him purely for who he is not for our selfish wants from him.
Best example I can think of is from the scene is avengers infinity war where doctor strange having the time stone went to future to see all the outcomes based one all the choices they made and didn't make. See how cool that was,that's a fraction of God knowing the past,present and future even before Time started.
A similar question to this is why God put the tree of knowledge in Eden
Alex B. Great Because how could he ever put people to hell if that hadn't happened?
Because God gives us choice.
I guess those answer my questions
@Pharaoh Ramesses II Enlighten me
At the end of the day No one has power over Our Lord God, He does as he pleases. Right now we may not understand his methods for letting things play out the way they did but know day we will understand 😎 Peace be with you all in Jesus Christ name Amen 🙏🏻💕
This is a really good explanation for a difficult question.
Viced Rhino's response to this makes far more sense.
Tends to happen in videos from people who actually do their research.
Vivi2372
What fucking research can you do on beings you cannot see or hear? Mythical creatures are impossible to interview or find any real data. What a crock of shit you are selling.
@@sidepot You seem like an angry little man. Why would you think that the Bible could not be researched? It's full of weapons grade BS of course, but the historical context behind it can be researched, and the contradictions within it can be shown.
@@ferrumignis the KJV has tons of contradictions BUT if you go further back in translations you see no contradictions. I read the ISR. which has english in it but uses hebrew and greek. Before King James
@@sambeezy007 Don't you find it interesting that men decided what to put into and what to leave out of the Bible, which texts were canonical and which were not? The "word of God" was literally written and compiled by homo sapiens.
The number below this is how much we love Jesus
Amen😇.
God bless you Alan❤.
Because God's Love Story for US is BIGGER than the enemy! 🙏📖✝️👑🕊️💖
This was the best explanation I have ever heard. God bless you for your great work!
Allen, I love your channel brother but I am just having a hard time understanding this. Particularly when we get to the "if someone choose to murder someone that isn't on God" thing. Just from the sound of this it makes like then why... pray? If we are just free beings I mean why pray for protection against murderers etc?
I love your answer. God bless you!
Very good question, my first thought was to NOT question God. There are things that can never be known to mere mortals, believers or non believers! However good explanation! God bless you Sir! 🙏
I heard this once and it really was the best way to explain it, Its not that evil was created, evil is the absence of God's goodness/character. Just like darkness is just the absence of light. satan didn't "become" evil he chose to reject God's standard - absence of obedience , and that made him "evil". He is classified as evil because his pride kept him in a continual state of disobedience to the standard of God. I hope that made sense.
Pushes thumbs up on video before video starts.
Like the unthinking sycophant you are. And you're proud of that? YIKES!
@@disrxt What?!
@@yaboibdc You approved of his incoherent rant without listening to it. Are you also a Christian who's never read that book you worship? My guess would be.... OF COURSE!
@@disrxt First, you don't know ever who I am. Second, who you are as a "Christian" going around assuming what people are doing is wrong and that you're so perfect. And third, I hope that you will find peace with your self and God. Just calm down.
@@yaboibdc THIS the internet, don't post foolishness in public if you can't take criticism, stay in your church basement safe place.
It's YOU who got no idea who I am, I know your self righteous ilk all to well. I ain't a Christian, I am not bound by that book you worship. I offer rebuke for anything I please, all the worse for you.
Now go tend to that beam in your eye, hypocrite.
Love the video...thanks
This is a wonderful break down your saying it correctly my Brother
You've heard it said, "God is in control." Where does our free will end and God's control begin?
God's reign begins through His word or law but we can choose not to follow it. However we are not in control of the concequences of such an action.
That's a mystery way to deep for finite mind.
With an all knowing god there is no free will, not even for himself.
@@Syrnian That's an interesting thought, Syrnian - an omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent god having to live for eternity with choices that aren't even his (or her!) own. That's quite dark and bleak! :)
Satan is controlling this shitty, crappy world, and he's not doing a good job here,
Jesus is either a liar or a loser.
Interesting video that requires deep thought however let's just focus on the basics by accepting Jesus as our saviour while living a righteous life before God and turn from sin, there are many questions that will never be answered that is beyond our understanding. Focus on God and let everything take care of itself, bottom line is we have power over the enemy in Jesus name hallelujah!!!
Brother, it's good to dig into these questions because these are what the world around us, including unbelievers and believers, will begin to ask.
Thank you for this explanation!
Thank you for that bro
He looks like Denzel Washington can anyone see that? Plus this is one of The Best Answered Question I heard Biblically! Thanks Mr. Parr!
Yes!!
Yes he does, lucky man!
Pretty much every video has at least one comment about how he looks like Denzel, so you’re not alone haha 😆
@@Amanda-ze2ut Oh...O.K. I hadn't read that but thanks for replying. I look like. Billy Dee Williams.
@@timothybright7064 "Plus this is one of The Best Answered Question I heard Biblically!"
Considering the old testament doesn't include a fallen angel named Lucifer becoming the devil and most of the quotes he claims refer to Lucifer here actually refer to individuals like the king of babylon and the king of tyre when you read them in their full context it makes me extremely sad that you think this is one of the best answered biblical questions you've ever heard. Even if I believed the crap in the bible (and I don't), he'd still be wrong about pretty much everything in this video. Hell, the old testament doesn't even support the idea we were created with free will. These things simply are not in there. All of this fallen angel crap comes more from Milton and Dante than anything in the old or new testaments.
Another question along these same lines would be how was Lucifer able to sin in the first place since he was in Heaven?
It never says he was in heaven
@@adonaymebrahtu4280 he was created as an angel made to worship God, but then rebelled against God. Causing God to cast him out of Heaven. We also know that Satan can go back and forth from Earth to Heaven, because he went to Heaven to ask God to allow him to tempt Job. Which indicates that there are times when God allows Satan to bring trials and tribulation into our lives, because God has seen our faith and knows we truly love and trust Him and might be able to lead someone else to Him through going through something ourselves. But in Isaiah it does describe Lucifer being cast out of Heaven, and we know that Lucifer was an angel, and angels were created prior to the creation of Earth. Also, it wasn’t just Lucifer who was cast down, there is evidence that at least a third of Heaven’s angels rebelled and were cast out with Lucifer. The Bible doesn’t tell us exactly how or why, or when Lucifer was kicked out, but it tells us enough so we can know that Lucifer was in Heaven, and since he tempted Eve, we know he must have been cast out sometime prior to that.
That good questions it not how was he able to sin ,the thought and the desire to sin how did it come about out of no where how did prefect go so wrong
@@racingfuel28 So then god messed up tremendously and is responsible for creating a being he knew would rebel against him. Why not just kill the devil?
That is a question I am struggling with as well. All knowing God would have known every decision beforehand, so having free will wouldn't make a difference, since God would have known the decision to betray/disobey/end up in hell before he created angles and human.
You answered the ONE question, that is breaking me. Thank you, sir
Actually, he didn't. God is all knowing and no matter how you twist it with charisma... he would have known exactly what he created... free will or not.
Good explanation Allen. Good enough!
Thanks for this clear explanation. It's disheartening sometimes when bad things in the world happen and almost everyone blames God, but when good things happen, nobody even mentions His name. How funny that the only most important thing in life, Jesus, almost means nothing in this world. Shows God is really a humble God who is patient and loving and doesn't mind being the butt of every hurtful comment, because He is well, He. I sometimes too feel sad why there's so much confusion in the world and in my life, but realized that instead to blame God, we are all doing these to ourselves. God created beings with free will, because control is not an act of freedom, and control is an act of selfishness. He could easily make beings to just worship the ground he walked on like minions right. But He didn't. I pray for everyone to find His love in their pain and struggles.
I hear Non-Christians say "Thank God" all the time.
Ultimately even Non-Believers understand the concept that God is in control of absolutely everything in this world. Even one's own life. He is the Author and Finisher of each and every one of our stories.
So when bad things happen. Yes, people blame God. And even without realising, many people Thank God in moments of relief.
Try again.
@@rylan.music.x Try again to what ? That's good isn't it that non believers know of God's existence and His grace. I would care less how important or heavy my words weigh. This ain't about me.
Bullshit, a saying that developed in our language says nothing about the belief or non-belief of someone.
I also have a question. What about the children that were brought up to believe in other gods and doesn’t know any better. Does that mean they still go to hell?
Funny thing is that they believe that of you as well. Now who's right?
@@muzzy164 everyone is wrong
Exactly the questions I. Had..... Thank you so. Much