Good and Evil by Ps Michael Podhaczky

In the world today there appears to be an ongoing battle between good and evil. It may be said that there has been hostility against the good since the fall of the one known as Satan. However, we need to be careful not to fall into dualism. Dualism teaches that there are two opposite and equal forces, one good and the other evil. It states that there is balance between these forces, which could tilt humanity either way at any time. Sometimes evil is stronger, or at other times the good is the stronger.

The problem with the drift mindset of this worldview is that there is no way of knowing who is stronger at any given time. Consequently, there is no real direction or endpoint to the struggle. There is just an ongoing conflict between good and evil. This belief is even found within the church - but, is it true?

If we are honest, the matter of evil is a mystery, and we do not know where it originated. The only thing that we know is that evil came to life in the life of Satan; outside of this it is a mystery. So,

“Where God has shut His holy mouth, I should be afraid to open mine.”[1]

But, as far as goodness goes, we know that it originated from God as He is good, cf. Ps 107:1; Mk 10:18. The truth that God is good is an absolute reality. The evil one is no way equally balanced with God. The reason for this is that God is the creator and Satan (as Lucifer) was created and fell.

We need to remember that God’s understanding of things (like this one) is far outside ours. So we need to be careful that we do not fall prey to false worldviews like dualism when we have no answers. We just need to have faith in the truth that He is infinite and we are finite.

³³ “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways! ³⁴ “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counsellor?” (Rom 11:33-34 ESV).

Pause in His presence for a moment and think this over…

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[1] Keller, Tim. “Tim Keller Answers: Where Did Evil Come From?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=s5I0DcELIos (Accessed 21^st October 2017).