(September 12, 2011 at 4:48 pm)searchingforanswers Wrote: But God created the imperfection and has allowed it to exist for thousand of years? Why?
God created Lucifer, but evil is committed, it is not created. God is pure, evil cannot come from him, but beings that have the ability to choose between good and evil, can choose to commit evil.
God allows evil to run its course with limitations at times, he declares that someday he will give evil an overwhelming freedom and Christians will suffer greatly in those days. He does this because people must be given the chance to choose. If I tell you apples are good and oranges are evil, but only present you with an apple to choose, then what am I doing short of controlling you? I must give you the chance to choose apples or oranges and you must taste for yourself if I speak the truth.
"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Hebrews 11:6
