The Genesis of Evil

Job 15-16

Went to Atlanta tonight to listen to Ravi Zacharias and Os Guinness speak on Good and Evil. Ravi defined evil in the context of being opposed to created purpose, that is when we do not do that which we were meant to do... that is evil. Or when we do that which we were not meant to do... that is evil. Of course, the purpose must also be understood in the context of the Creator.

One of the audience members in the Q&A time asked the question, If God is good and all powerful, why does evil exist (also implying that God made evil)? Both Ravi and Os agreed that God did not create evil, he created good and gave people free will from which they chose evil.  Taking it to the next level, it is as though you could say God is Good, and Evil is not Good, therefore Evil is not God...or anti-God.

In today's reading, Eliphaz the Temanite has some nuggets of truth amongst his drivel. He says "For the godless are barren... They conceive trouble and give birth to evil." Catch that? The godless give birth to evil... something God never intended, but graciously allowed through his love. A love that was so great that he did, however, provide the solution to evil... his son. Thank you, Lord.