Gospel Journey

DId God Make Sin?

Each day we will also ask a question. If you haven't read the devotional for today, please do that first. Then come back here and tell us what you think.

Did God make sin?

It’s a perplexing issue for us to consider. We know that God can have nothing to do with sin, so it seems He couldn’t have created it. However, we’ve looked at a ton of passages that say God created everything, so how could sin be created by someone else?

This is an incredibly deep theological and philosophical question, so it’ probably a bit to deep for me to address on a blog (well, too deep for me to address period). But let’s consider this.

Was sin created?

To help answer this question, let’s look at some specific sins and consider how they were “created.”

When God made man, He formed him and then said, “It is good.” His will would be that man would value life, for it is a gift from God. However, do you think once God made man, He then said, “Now, man is frail and His life is a gracious gift from me. Next, I’ll invent murder so that others can take that life from people. I’ll make it, then I’ll say it is wrong.”

Or consider things. God told man that the whole earth was to be under his dominion. He was giving man all things to be under his control. Next, do you see God saying, “Man will take care of things and keep them in his possession. I’ll next invent theft so that men can take thing from each other that they shouldn’t, then I’ll say it’s wrong.”

Lastly, let’s consider sex before marriage. What makes it wrong? Is it that God decided it would be too much fun for teenagers to handle? (no.) Is it that He just wants to keep STD’s under control? (Remember, the diseases are a consequence of the sin, not what makes it sin.) What makes sex outside of marriage wrong is that God is faithful to us. He desires for us to be faithful to others and a covenant relationship (marriage) is a great picture of God’s covenant relationship with us (through Jesus). When a person has sex outside of marriage, they are acting outside of God’s desire for us to illustrate His faithfulness. That’s what makes it wrong.

You see, God wasn’t in heaven making out a list of what would be good and what would be bad. God is good. All that matches His character and nature is good. All that goes against His character and nature is sin. That’s what makes something sin. That’s why the same action, with different motives, can be sin.

God didn’t make sin. Sin is the absence of God’s will. When he allowed Adam and Eve to choose to follow Him, and they chose not to obey, sin was in that decision.

(don’t forget to link the word “devotional” to post 6. You’ll have to edit this post after you post article 6 to make it work)

posted by jason @ 5:24 AM