Why is everything "good" God's blessing and Will???

Question

When Person A commits a wrong doing, it was their own choice and God had nothing to do with it. But when Person B achieves something great, they must give god all their "glory" to God and praise Him, because without God, they never would've achieved it. So my question is this, if a faithful person believes that God created everything and knows all, that must mean that he MADE Person A commit the wrong doing that he did, right?

This reply is for Steve. Steve, you sound like a fairly intelligent individual. No doubt you have thought about this issue. I just have one question for you. If God is all perfect and mighty, why does he need us, his "creation," to acknowledge the fact that he is perfect? Does perfection really need acknowledgement? Does he really need to bring upon tidals of waves to wipe out hundreds of thousands of his own children, JUST to show his power? And if yes, how can He be such a Just God? If you wanted to show your children how powerful you were, would you kill one off to show the rest your true power?

Answer 1

I think everything is God's will, not just what believe is "good" , there is nothing but God, and the will of God.

Answer 2

Everyone is born with a sin nature, which was the result of the fall of man in the garden of Eden. People have to be tought wright and wrong. Good and Evil. Satan is the evil one not God. And yes if a person by their own choice does evil cannot blame it on God. God doesnot promote evil only good. A true christian should give God all their praise and glory daily.Jesus died on the Cross so that mankind would have redemption from sin. Satan kills, steals, and destroys not God.

Answer 3

God is Good

Jas 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

Do not eat the fruit from that tree or you will surely die. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

It was perfect before the evil entered. As Bob Marley says, in the song 'One Love' as it was in the beginning, so shall it be in the end. Amen God is Good

Answer 4

Your logic is off. God doesn't NEED anything. He never has and never will. However, He has CHOSEN to create mankind with the intention of enjoying His creation and that ultimately is consumated in us giving Him glory in our lives regardless of the good or bad that occurs (read the book of Job).

Answer 5

All good things are "named" as Godly.Other things come under "Satan". It is only codification.Where comes doubt ?

If and when Satan does good deeds and praise the goodness of God ,he will be termed as preacher of God.

God is aiming at converting everyone as godly.At the end of the game there will be no Satan in the minds of anyone.

Answer 6

I think that every thing bad as well as good can be used as ablessing for us by God is we turn ererything over to Him. I have found doing that a great help in growing towards serenity.

Answer 7

I am a Christian.

Ultimately, I believe you are correct. God has decreed all that will come to pass and carries out his decree in his sovereignty. All things come to exist as they do because of who he is.

Allow me to anticipate your next question. But doesn't this make God the author of evil? How can God be good if he does evil? First of all, we must distinguish between primary and secondary causes. God is the primary cause of all things. However, he uses secondary causes as means by which to carry out his decrees. For example, God controls the weather. Nevertheless, we can turn on the Weather Channel and hear about what causes the weather to do certain things (high and low pressure, etc.). These things that we might hear about on the Weather Channel are secondary causes. God is the primary cause. Similarly, when human beings sin, they are secondary causes. Thus, God does not directly cause evil. Rather, he brings about evil through secondary causes who then become culpable for the evil they perpetrate.

But wait, you'll say, God still causes evil. Doesn't this make him evil? No it does not. First of all, goodness is defined by God's nature. There is no external measure by which we could determine whether God is good or evil. Rather, he himself is the measure of goodness. Secondly, it is true that God has decreed evil. He is the ultimate cause of evil. But why? Why has God determined to bring about that which he detests? Because he is a God who has determined to glorify himself by revealing his nature and character in the universe. God's glory is his purpose in creating mankind and the universe. It is for this reason that God has determined to bring evil into the world. God has decreed evil for the very purpose that he might glorify himself through the display his hatred of sin and evil.

You can read about some of this and how God's sovereignty relates to the culpability of human beings in Romans 9.

Hey, Blind Faith! Sorry I'm just now getting back to you.

I believe that God determined to create a covenant community out of the overflow of his love. It is not that he needs his pefection acknowledged, but rather that he has created all things as part of his purpose to create a people who would delight in him in the same way that he delights in himself. Thus, he did not create us for him, but created us for our own sake to the end we might experience the joy of God. How does this correspond to the idea that God created the universe for his own glory? God is most glorified when his people are most satisfied in him. Out of his eternal love for his covenant people, God determined to create them so that they would delight in him. Hence, this is the means to the end for which he created the world, namely his own glory.

As for the necessity of evil, I would argue neither God's wrath nor God's grace and forgiveness could be fully known apart from the divine decree of sin and evil. The love of God that is demonstrated in Christ's substitutionary death could not have been experienced apart from the existence of sin. The greatness of God's forgiveness could never have been understood. The tears of joy for God's deliverence from sin and death could never have been shed. And the awesome knowledge of God's holiness would not have been understood apart from the divine decree of which evil is a part.

This is a very brief sketch of something that could be unpacked at great length. For more about this, see the sources below.

Answer 8

the balance between good and bad are god's will