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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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
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...
Lucifer had free will, just like us!
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
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.
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.
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!
I'm showing this to everyone who asks these questions. He explained this really well. GOD Bless this man❤❤❤
Awesome
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
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.
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
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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?
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.
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.
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?😅
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.
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....
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
Very encouraging, may God bless all those who listen with knowledge and understanding.
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
If you love God Keep His Commandments. James 2:26
Yes
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.
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
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.
We as humans don’t comprehend enough God’s gift of free will for us!!!
Thats right,
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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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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.
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!
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.
Awesome-excellent emphasis on God's character! The full video is on my channel
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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.
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What’s most interesting is that sin and evil is possible *even* in heaven.
Exactly. Freedom exists in heaven.
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@@anilkanda611 I want to understand this more in depth, bc how can we sin in heaven?
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!
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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
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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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
You have to remember that God is holly. And when He created everything He did it without evil. Since He is holly wickedness never crossed his mind. I will use this example: why do people get cheated? Because they trust the person so much and never crosses their mind they would do something like that.
God created Evil.
@@gracehillcolorado2668he sure did.
Evil is a by-product of free will. Everyone can choose to be evil but most do not because Evil always loses. It's like choosing a rock instead of eternal salvation. There is nothing of any value in the entire Universe other than love. Without it, you have nothing. Money, gold, diamonds, etc...are all worthless, except to Satan, who uses them to enslave and control the weak and tempt them to do evil.
@@dbranconnier1977 But God created satan and evil. And He also chose His sons and daughters - before time began. (It's All in the bible)
@@dbranconnier1977 "Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes." NO FREE WILL. Eph. 1.4
I respect this man for even trying to answer the question, hard question indeed
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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.
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
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.
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."
GOD DOESN'T WANT ROBOT BUT LOVE. AND LOVE CANNOT COME WITHOUT FREE WILL. I DON'T WANT SOMEONE I CAN CONTROL BUT SOMEONE WHO LOVES ME ENOUGH SO I CAN TRUST HIM
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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.
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❤
I just found this. This is great cant believe people are having a civilised discussion about God hallelujah ❤
Awesome you feel that way! 🙌🏽
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!
Good conversation!
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
Im not religious but man I didn’t expect such a good answer. I’ll give him that
Thanks man. Seems the Lord is working on your heart. 😊
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.
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.
If God got rid of all evil, then none of us would be here.
Exactly. Well said
Isaiah 55:8 EASY
[8] The Lord says, ‘Remember! My thoughts are not the same as your thoughts. The way that you do things is not the same as the way that I do things.
Let Him be God, if we knew than we became God😊
But God reveals some things for discussion. Don’t be superficial with God.
I don't think God can show us how much he love us without Satan
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wow ! This is fantastic insight. Thank you
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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?
God will not go against his word because he is holy. Never changing
What about in Jonah where God said he would destroy the Ninehivites but they repented and God turned away his judgment
@@anilkanda611 I say this to you not in sarcasm but have you even read the book of Jonah. Better yet the bible. If you had ears to hear and eyes to see you would know from chapter 4 alone God never changes nor does he go against his word. The whole point of the Lord sending Jonah to Nineveh was to get the people to repent or be destroyed. My God is Holy and gracious and kind and long suffering toward man. From the beginning of the bible right through to the end. Nineveh is given a choice (free will) to continue sinning and face destruction aka Gods wrath. Or repent and receive his salvation. That has been his word from the beginning. Is his word and will be his word until redemption. If you don’t understand the Lords words, then in humility go before him in prayer and ask. If you love the Lord he will freely give it to you. Hope this helps
God decreed everything that has ever been or ever will be.
But He did not want or desire evil
@@anilkanda611you’re saying something happened outside of Gods plan? You better rethink your remark
@@anilkanda611I can’t imagine God shaking His head thinking man I never saw that one coming.
@@anilkanda611what theological background are you coming from because you don’t seem to have a clue about what you’re talking about
@@mountainman78629 You should have stopped at "I can't imagine God." Please feel free to study the Bible yourself so you might have something to debate about. You clearly seem interested and I am sure you understand that antagonizing people simply because you do not understand, will not change your situation. In fact, we love you and I pray for you. Become open if you wish to learn. Anilkanada is clearly no scholar, yet he meets all the criteria to receive the word of God, simply because he is willing to listen. He is knocking at the door, while you, my friend are shouting from across the street, franticly because the image is blurry. Come closer. Come see.
The mental gymnastics required to attempt to make this utterly incoherent religion make sense, never ceases to amaze me.
Exactly, the far more logical explanation is that gods and devils don't exist.
That explains everything perfectly and requires no mental gymnastics to justify ridiculous religious assertions that are made without evidence.
@@teks-kj1nj Why does anything at all exist?
@@SOG323because it exists
@@SOG323 I don't know, and neither do you, and neither does anyone else.
That is the answer, just because you are uncomfortable to say 'I don't know', doesn't mean you can make shit up.
1 Corinthians 2:14”But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
Interesting. You think it is unknowable?
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And this is why the entire church is 100% apostate. The actual truth of the Bible is foolishness to the people of the church. The last thing the people of the church want, will listen to, and will accept is the truth of the Bible.
Great example about Judas!
P.s: " The Bible has a passage that highlights GOD saying:" My ways are not your ways. Just as the heavens are sbove Earth, so my ways are above yours".
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You can’t do what is right to be saved.
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,”
Ephesians 2:8 ESV
Amen.
Yes but God does predestined some to be saved and others to be lost
And yet it says "Be perfect, as your heavenly father is perfect." Or how about "Faith without works is dead." Or what about "Make every EFFORT to enter through the narrow gate, for many will TRY and not be able."
UUH!!! This revelation was So Profound!!✊❤️
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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
I think the answer is in 1st Corinth 13:4. Love always hopes and believes, love is patient and God is love and He wanted Lucifer to choose the right path because he was created perfect. He was one of the creations who showed the glory of God the most. Im sure He didn’t want him to fall and then eventually he did.
I think you're absolutely correct. Have you seen the full video yet? He elaborates on that some more.
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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Evil is nothing in and of itself. Evil is simply the absence of good, the absence of God. No human being is totally evil. Even the worst have relationships with family and friends and, on occasions, do good. When we reject God we reject good and embrace evil and when God withdraws evil has free reign.
Yup a deviation from good.
God is showing that he is the Almighty by Not using power that he's able to use, having free will means just that. He is God Almighty Jehovah and Jesus is his son.
That’s right
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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We all have LIMITED free will anyway......
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He created us knowing what we will be as well.
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We can argue that evil is inevitable as long as there is free will and that we woukdn't know evil if there wasn't good. I've often heard it said when discussing God's foreknowledge about lucifer and mankind choosing evil that God is all knowing, sovereign and supreme and therefore doesn't have to avoid any particular outcome but instead is able to provide a solution to every moral and spiritual dilema that ever was and ever could be.
We are saved because we accept and believe in Jesus Christ and that he died for us; not by works. Jesus is the only way to God.
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You are 100% incorrect and have spoken as a fool. You are not a Christian and do not at all understand the Bible. You only understand the fake christianity of the apostate church. Repent!
Jesus said, A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
What Jesus said is not about choice or free will. A good tree does not have the will to bear bad fruit, nor does a corrupt tree suddenly has the choice to make good fruit.
God doesn't want us to be his slaves. He wants us to come to him of our own free will.
Yes exactly
Free Will is equivalent to Freedom. God allows us freedom over guaranteed unearned safety, which is where His love for us is proved.
thats right
Just like us. God wants to be loved for who he is, and he is pure love, life, light and goodness. He gives each of us in His creation a choice to do that and be with him for eternity. When we choose to not choose him or love him for eternity, he does not force us, then for eternity those that reject him are rejecting love, light, goodness and life. That means an eternity in hatred, darkness, evil and death. Being separated from God for eternity is the worst thing about hell, and knowing you had a choice to not be there.
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?🤔...
You talk like God is a human with human emotions.
God's plan for salvation already from the beginning
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God is love. Without a choice then there is no love, only force.✝️Repent and trust in Jesus Christ🙏John 3:16
That’s right
Easy answer. God doesn't want robots following him. He wants us to choose Him over evil. We have a choice. He's not gonna manipulate things where only his followers exist. We see good and evil now......and we can choose to live or die by the consequences of evil.
Hod has given us a wonderful gift. The power of choice. He doesn’t force us to choose. He gave Adam and Eve a choice, the prodigal son, Jonah, Job, Samson. David with Bathsheba, Judas. Even Jesus was faced with choice, but He chose to die on the crisis anyways. Lucifer and a third of the angels exercised their choice. He had laid before us 2 paths, and we choose! Everything in life is a choice, God’s way or ours!! He will not force us to choose that which is right, but we have to pay a price when we choose wrong! I choose Jesus!!
yup
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
Seems like we wouldn't know mercy unless we knew pain and suffering. You wouldn't know what good was without Evil. There's always a opposite
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I think it’s because all God’s attributes can be seen in the Cross of Christ and it brings him Glory.
Justice and mercy all at the cross
@@anilkanda611 Every attribute can be seen at the Cross including wrath, love, omnipotentence, omniscience, asiety etc etc etc…
The first question was raised about why did God create Lucifer knowing how horrible he will become? I have a similar question: Why did God create the Human Race? He surely knew how crapy the Human Race would become. Just not create us at all.
Because being committed to freedom means in spite of the outcome.
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)
If we served a God that made us slaves to His will we would be miserable.
Correct
to know the light you must see the dark because darkness is the absences of light, to know what is right you must first know what is wrong because sinfulness is the absence of goodness, for peace to be achieve there must be chaos first... its all about the balance of life.
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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
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."
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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Because God is All Knowing, All Wise, he knows what you don't, he sees the angles you don't...
Yea that’s right
We have to accept that not everything can be understood or explained. Trying to fathom God is like trying to empty an ocean into a bucket. The harder you try, the more you lose your sanity.
But God rewards hard thinking too
Great interview! The Lamb reigns victorious! 😊❤️
Glad you enjoyed it!
When we accept Jesus Christ we are saying, God’s Will Be Done, not ours. It’s His WAY, not ours. Study the Lord’s Prayer.
Me for one, can enjoy life eternally, without my will being done. Might want to think about what you think Heaven is??
OMG I don’t want to waste my breath. We are in the past and in the present all the time in front of ourselves…but to God we are in past (creation) present (existing) and future ( the end). God didn’t want that knowledge spread far and wide. Lucifer is the one who opened the third eye because he is brilliant ( full of knowledge and light).
Don’t waste anymore breath please
The genuine devotion of our heart to love as Christ loves is what will be measured [for great rewards], not deeds [for acceptance]. Apostle Paul was welcomed into Heaven by those he had personally martyred. THIS should/could be how WE see/treat each other now.
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@anilkanda611 this video confirmed what I'd been pondering from another video earlier.
When God puts Himself in creation... it has a will, God-given will. When it's not recognized, angels and man become a god within themselves.
Isaiah 14
The Fall of Lucifer
12“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’
15Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the lowest depths of the Pit.
16“Those who see you will gaze at you,
And consider you, saying:
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
17Who made the world as a wilderness
And destroyed its cities,
Who did not open the house of his prisoners?’
interesting.