Why God Created Lucifer. Part [13] 05/07/2024 (Evening thought)

Ezekiel 28: 15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created till iniquity was found in thee.

Just in case you didn’t know, Lucifer was not a baby when he was created. He was made as an adult with all of his reasoning and intelligence in tip top shape, and just like how God had doublechecked His work after Adam and Eve were created, persons can rest assured that the same routine was followed when the angels in heaven were brought into existence.

Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Then God double checked His work, to make certain that Adam’s adult powers of reasoning and freedom of choice were up and running perfectly. Like Lucifer, Adam and Eve were created as adults, not as kids. Therefore, when God brought all the animals before Adam, to see what names he would give them, God never suggested any names.

Nor did He give him any clues, nor did He influence Adam’s mind or choice in any way, shape, or form. Adam’s intelligence went to work, untrammeled by any external influences, and he comes up with the exact names for each animal, and then he makes a deliberate decision to name them as such, and the rest is history.

Genesis 2:19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

Why God Created Lucifer. Part [12] 05/06/2024 (Morning thought)

Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

His deliberate choices become who he is at his very core, so that even though he is still a possessor of freedom of choice, he just will not do otherwise. That’s because deliberate decisions and choices become frozen into character permanently. The same is true with righteousness, for our choices to do good could be so deliberate and well thought out that over a period of time, they could become second nature without the possibility of us doing otherwise, even though we still retain the freedom of choice.

It is because of this why iniquity would not arise a second time, not because God would permanently prevent us from doing evil, but because folks have deliberately chosen to accept Christ, and all that the decision entails. This now brings us to a very grave, and important juncture in our study, where we must now confront the issue of responsibility for evil. Many Christians struggle with the thought that because God created Lucifer, God bears the responsibility for sin entering the universe. Thus, we must ask a direct question:

Does God bear responsibility for persons, and angels using freedom of choice to do evil, just because He created them with the freedom to choose? Answer: He absolutely doesn’t. If they were kids He would be responsible, but if they were created as adults, with all of their intelligence, and reasoning powers up and running, whatever decision, actions, or choices they make are fully their own, and in no way the responsibility of God.

Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!