Did God Create Sin?

Did God create sin?

Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and created darkness: I make peace and CREATED Evil: I the Lord do ALL these things.

This verse, in its context is referring to Cyrus - a type in Scripture of the Devil (Satan) whom God did create!

Did God create sin?

Perhaps this is best answered by asking what is sin?
In a perfect world sin would not exist.

This is because sin is a "nonentity reality" (a phrase I have coined).
Now, before you label me an heretic, let me explain. (I do believe in Sin!)

We know that God didn't create Dark, he created Light
You can't make Dark. Dark is simply the absence of light. Take away the Light and you are left with Dark.

Now I would like to suggest that God didn't create Cold, he created the Sun (Heat).
You can't make Cold. Cold is simply the absence of heat. Even a refrigerator gets cold because you remove the heat, not because you make Cold. Take away the Heat and you are left with Cold.

God didn't create Vacuums. A Vacuum is simple the absence of matter (e.g. air). Take away the Air and you are left with a Vacuum.

God didn't create Silence. A Silence is simple the absence of Sound. Take away the Sound and you are left with Silence.

There are many examples of this in nature.

In the same way God didn't create fear. (2 Timothy 1:7 - "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." Fear is the absence of Love. (1 John 4:18 - There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.)

Now back to our discussion of Sin. Sin is the absence of God. GOD DIDN'T CREATE SIN but when he gave man freedom of choice, man could then choose to live apart from God and His law.

This, then, is Sin - being apart from God and His Law. (1 Corinthians 15:56 "The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law." and 1 John 3:4 "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.")

Sin is separation from God (Romans 8:35, 39 " Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ... Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.")

Sin is so serious that it cost Jesus His life just to bring about a reconciliation between Man and God.

Lionel Hartley, Feb 8 2005

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