Isaiah 45:7

[jeffnevins]

"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things]. "

Sorry if this has come up before, but any thoughts on why God creates evil?

I don't remember why before. I trust in Him. Maybe it's one of those things I won't find out til after I'm dead (like Satan not being eliminated).

Thanks for any insights.

[JB Horn]

"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things]. "

Sorry if this has come up before, but any thoughts on why God creates evil?

I don't remember why before. I trust in Him. Maybe it's one of those things I won't find out til after I'm dead (like Satan not being eliminated).

Thanks for any insights.

I form light and create darkness,

I make success and create disaster;

I, the Lord, do all these things. HCSB

The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all NAS

[Blien]

It's because God wanted to give us the freedom to Love Him or not.

[Openly Curious]

"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things]. "

Sorry if this has come up before, but any thoughts on why God creates evil?

I don't remember why before. I trust in Him. Maybe it's one of those things I won't find out til after I'm dead (like Satan not being eliminated).

Thanks for any insights.

Hi jeffnevins,

Every thing that God creates is under His dominion the light, darkness, peace, and evil all of these things only the Lord himself could create it all the role of Jesus in the end-time is still to come as evil will be done away with forever more.

It is not hard for me to accept that God created evil as God is the creator of every thing we see with our eyes and things we can't see with our eyes for God is God and he is Sovereign. It is His world not ours even the next breath of air in which we breath is His.

And the answer to your question, "Why God creates evil"? the answer is that every thing that God creates is for His purpose even we were ourselves are created for His purpose and in Him we move and have our being. It may sound like a simple answer in which you have asked but God created evil for His purpose and He is Sovereign.

blessings

OC

[jeffnevins]

Good point. Thanks, OC.

[Shiloh62]

"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things]. "

Sorry if this has come up before, but any thoughts on why God creates evil?

I don't remember why before. I trust in Him. Maybe it's one of those things I won't find out til after I'm dead (like Satan not being eliminated).

Thanks for any insights.

Because as humans, He needed us to have free will. That way,when we accepted Him, it would be what we wanted to do. The Decision must be made by us, He won't force us, but if you don't you might break His heart. Imagine if you told your father that you didn't love him. I couldn't bear to ever do that; imagine how much less I could ever tell that to my Father in Heaven .

[EricH]

A book I highly recommend that discusses this passage in detail is:

God's Greater Glory: The Exalted God of Scripture and the Christian Faith by Bruce Ware