catalyst to Wiz writes:
nothing can exist that did not originate from Him!
Except free will. Free will is a thought that originates from a source besides God.
Why is it so hard for u to c that "evil" and "good" are human concepts?!... Do we not learn from "bad/evil/ occurances and even mistakes?
Yes.
Adam had already been given the knowledge of good and evil before he ate from the tree! When God told him not to eat from the tree, Adam would have know that to go against Gods word would be "Evil"!
Not necessarily. If I tell a kid to stay away from the street, the kid may not know that a car could hit him. He only knows that I have instructed him to avoid the street. God instructed humanity to avoid the entire dualistic realm of evil. Some belief paradigms say that God knows what we will choose before we choose it, since He is outside of time. He is in the future, thus, He knows what we will decide. Others say that God does not know what we will decide since our decision is from an origin apart from Him. (free will) This brings up an interesting concept. In Revelation, the Beast is described on a past/present/future continum as having once been, now is not, and yet is for those who are not in the book of life.
Rev 17:7-8-The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and will come up out of the Abyss and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because he once was, now is not, and yet will come.
Perhaps the entire concept of evil as a possessive influence in an individual once was, (before we knew better) now is not (because we have a way out) and yet will come(if you are not on the guest list. In other words, the Host wants to know you!)
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