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God Working Good Out of Evil, Part 1 (TMF:2551)

Monday, February 17, 2025
Peace to Live By: God Working Good Out of Evil, Part 1 (TMF:2551) - Daniel Litton
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       So, “all things were created through him and for him.” Does this mean that God has created the evil powers for his own sake, for his own purposes? It depends on who you ask—but the true answer would be no. Let us rewind for a moment and discuss the physical earthly kingdoms again. We know that certain leaders end up being evil leaders, or really, are already evil when they come into power. Again, we really need no explanation of this, and we just saw this with Herod. And we saw how God worked against this. It isn’t that God needs to have the evil present in order to show his power, as is often assumed. But it is that God works good out of the evil that is present, as he did with Peter (and again, this was in response to the believers prayers—don’t miss that). And he did use it to show his power, or course. It isn’t though that he desires it in order to show his power. Why, he created the world and everything in it, a very powerful act—a tremendous display of his power—with no evil present.