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I Peter 1:14-16
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is
written, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY."

It is antagonistic to Yahweh’s nature for Him to create something that is profane, obscene, or sinful.
The Bible tells us that God is not the author of sin.

James 1:13-17
Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil,
and He Himself does not tempt anyone... Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good thing
bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom
there is no variation, or shifting shadow.

If Yahweh would not tempt any creature to sin, how much more would He not create a being to be
sinful in its initial condition? In the opening chapter of the Bible we see the pattern for all that
Yahweh creates. Of all that He creates He can testify “It is good.” In an earlier chapter it was
mentioned that God spoke the creation into existence. Yahshua gives testimony to that which comes
forth from inside a person.

Matthew 12:34-35
“You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that
which fills the heart. The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man
brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.”

Seeing that God is the Father of lights, which is to say that He gives birth only to that which is holy
and righteous, and that in Him is no variation or shifting shadow, how could He speak into creation
that which is morally evil?

This leads us to the conundrum of trying to resolve how moral evil entered the creation if Yahweh
did not create it. Some years back I came across a fictional story that provides some insight into this
matter. I have found it to be helpful in conveying this truth to others.
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Does evil exist?

The university professor challenged his students with this question. Did God create everything that
exists? A student bravely replied, "Yes, he did!"

"God created everything? The professor asked.

"Yes sir," the student replied.

The professor answered, "If God created everything, then God created evil since evil exists and,
according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil." The student became
quiet before such an answer. The professor was quite pleased with himself and boasted to the