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Apr 22, 2024 · God did not and does not create sin, nor does He delight in punishing those who choose to sin (Ezekiel 33:11). His desire is that all come to repentance and experience the blessing and joy of eternal life with Him (2 Peter 3:9).
- What Does It Mean That Sin is Lawlessness
The Antichrist will be one who knows who God is but declares...
- What is the origin of sin?
God is sovereign over all things (Exodus 4:11), but He is...
- What Does It Mean That Sin is Lawlessness
Jan 28, 2021 · Learn how sin entered the world through Adam's disobedience and Satan's rebellion, and how God will destroy sin and evil in the future. Explore the biblical evidence and theological implications of God's role in sin and evil.
- What Caused Human Sin?
- Sin and God’s Will
- The “Enigma” of Sin’s Origin
The question of the origin of sin holds importance because of what it tells us about both man and God. According to modern theories, man’s sin originates in his evolutionary origins. History is said to involve an ascent from savage beginnings, so that sin simply is seen as native to mankind’s nature. The effect of an evolutionary view of man is to ...
This biblical data brings us to the question of God’s relationship to the origin of sin. Herman Bavinck comments: “On the basis of Scripture, it is certain that sin did not first start on earth but in heaven, at the feet of God’s throne, in his immediate presence.”2Does this mean that sin has its origin in God, or in God’s will? Given the divine at...
In answering questions as to the origin of sin, while we can affirm many important truths, we nonetheless stand before what Herman Bavinck called “the greatest enigma of life and the heaviest cross for the intellect to bear.”7When considered as an explanation for the world as we know it, sin makes perfect sense: indeed, without a doctrine of the fa...
Jan 4, 2022 · God is sovereign over all things (Exodus 4:11), but He is not the author of sin (1 John 1:5; cf. James 1:13). He hates sin (Proverbs 8:13). Moral evil originated with the creature, not the Creator.
Dec 9, 2021 · Why did God allow sin? Does the advent of sin mean that God ceased to be in control of his creation? Though hard to understand, Scripture teaches that God is omniscient (all-knowing), omnipotent (all-powerful), and sovereign (in control of all things, including evil).
Aug 30, 2007 · God is not the “cause” of sin, but it is by his “ordination.”. For the modern reader, the distinction is not evident. To ordain is to cause, and vice versa. If causality entails blame, then ordination would seem to entail it as well; if not, then neither entails it.
Aug 29, 2007 · God does bring sins about, but always for his own good purposes. So in bringing sin to pass he does not himself commit sin. If that argument is sound, then a Reformed doctrine of the sovereignty of God does not imply that God is the author of sin.
