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- So why didn’t God just create us in heaven without the ability to sin, by forcing his way into our car from the get-go as a coercive co-driver? The answer is: because then God would have been the ultimate source of who we are morally, and in addition to arguably erasing us as real persons, that would absolutely break our resemblance to God.
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Jan 30, 2024 · Question. Why did God put us on earth instead of taking us immediately to heaven? Answer. The Bible says that God created the earth for a purpose, and that purpose is His glory (Psalm 19:1–2; 50:6; Isaiah 6:3; Romans 11:36).
Sep 30, 2014 · This teaching is unbiblical because God has not abandoned the earth to man. He retains His sovereignty (Psalm 24:1; 50:10). Why God choose not to create a spirit man just like the angels in heaven is a matter that rests inn his divine and higher purposes that he has not revealed to us.
Apr 8, 2016 · It has been asked by inquiring minds, “Why did God create us as humans here on planet Earth? Why not just create us in heaven?” Sometimes this question is rooted in legitimate curiosity, while other times it is used by secular progressives seeking only to antagonize the Gospel.
- By His Will
- For His Glory
- Knowing Most People Will Go to Hell
- Dissecting The Skeptic’s Accusation
- God Wants All People to Choose to Be Saved
- God Shows No Partiality
- Yes, But God Knew Some Would Choose Hell…
- Conclusion
- References
Revelation 4:11 declares: “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for you created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created” (emp. added). The “take home” message from this verse is that God freely chose to create and was not constrained by any outside force or by a need to fill any type of deficiency. Psalm 11...
The Bible also says that God created humans “for His glory.” The God of the Bible declared: “Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory, I have formed him, yes, I have made him” (Isaiah 43:7, emp. added). It is at this point that we must confess that the phrase “for His glory” opens the door to a great deal of speculation. ...
Once we establish the fact that God created humans by His will, to live completely happy lives as they receive and respond to His glory, the skeptic is quick to seize upon the fact that many people are not blissfully happy. In fact, a large number of people are unhappy. Not only that, demands the skeptic, but most people, according to the Bible, ar...
The skeptic’s accusation that God is evil because He created humans, even though He knew that most would go to hell, crumbles under closer scrutiny. First, the skeptic is quick to include the idea that “most” people are going to hell. This word “most” must be included in the accusation, because if more people go to heaven than go to hell, one could...
The Bible is clear that God allows all accountable humans to choose their own final destination. Throughout the Scriptures, we see God placing before humans the ability to determine their own destiny. Moses wrote: “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choo...
Another key concept to understandingGod’s dealings with humanity is His lack of partiality. The apostle Peter correctly stated: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him” (Acts 10:34-35). This verse testifies to the fact that the Bible presents God as a perfec...
Once the skeptic realizes that he cannot rationally conclude that God is unfair for allowing all people to choose their own destiny, he must insist that the mere fact God knew some people would choose hell should have kept God from creating those people. An adequate response to such a statement is simply, “Who says?” Is there anything about the ske...
There is no possible way for our finite human minds to understand all the reasons behind why God created humans. There is enough information about God and humans for us to reason properly that God is not immoral for having created humans. We can know that humans were created by an act of God’s free will to receive and respond to His glory. The skep...
Barker, Dan (2008), godless(Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press). Butt, Kyle (2003), “Do Babies Go to Hell When They Die?” https://apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=13&article=1201. Butt, Kyle (2009), “Is God Immoral for Killing Babies?” https://apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?category=11&article=260. Butt, Kyle (2010), A Christian’s Guide t...
Jan 30, 2016 · So, all things considered, it appears that God created humans and angels with the ability to sin (freely deny Him) because He wanted us to be able to love. God did not want robots, after all, so He allowed himself to be hidden just enough that we must choose to believe, follow, and love Him.
Jan 4, 2022 · Question. Why did God create such a vast universe and other planets if there is only life on Earth? Answer. The question of whether God created life on other planets is certainly fascinating. Psalm 19:1 says that “the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork.”
So why didn’t God just create us in heaven without the ability to sin, by forcing his way into our car from the get-go as a coercive co-driver? The answer is: because then God would have been the ultimate source of who we are morally, and in addition to arguably erasing us as real persons, that would absolutely break our resemblance to God.
