livingwaters “Hey Ray. As part of my study Im looking for people well educated in the Christian faith, asking them if they can help explain some of these biblical contradictions. These are an extremely small fraction of what is easily attainable. Thank you.” Jack Santamaria “The Lord is good to all.” Psalm 145:6: “I make peace and create evil. I the Lord do all these things.” Isaiah 45:7 God gave us our lives, the rain, sunshine, fruits, seasons and all of life’s incredible pleasures. On top of that He commended His love for us by providing a Savior so that we could have eternal life. To say that He is good to all is a massive understatement. But His goodness will be fully acknowledged by all of humanity on the Day of Judgment when He punishes all evil. Of course God created evil. When He created up, He naturally created down. When He made light, He naturally made darkness, and when He created good He also created evil—“evil,” which is the natural absence of goodness. Each of us have a choice to do good or to do evil. There is no contradiction. “Whosoever shall say Thou fool, shall be in danger of hellfire.” Matthew 5:22: [Jesus said] “Ye fools and blind.” Matthew 23:17 Those who use the word “fool” in describing others are in danger of Hell. God is morally perfect in all of His judgments. When He describes a fool He is right and true, and He does it many times in scripture—for example, He describes the atheist as a fool (Psalm 14:1, 53:1) as well as those who simply ignore God’s will. Jesus is God in human form. Judgment is His prerogative. “For all have sinned.” Romans 3:23: “There was a man... whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright” Job 1:1 While all have sinned against God, in many places men and women are described in scripture as being “perfect and upright” or “blameless.” They were justified in God’s eyes through simply trusting in His mercy (see Hebrews 11) through animal sacrifice. “Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign.” 2 Kings 8:26: “Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign.” 2 Chronicles 22:2 See below. “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” Genesis 32:30: “No man hath seen God at any time.” John 1:18 The Bible makes it clear that no one has ever seen God. However, He has manifest Himself (called “theophany”) in many difference forms—to Moses in the burning bush, through dreams (as in this case) and visions, through angels, or to Jesus through His voice, etc.
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