Did God Create Evil? A Misunderstood Bible Verse: Isaiah 45:7

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Mike Winger

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 2 July 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Examining the idea that God created evil and looking at Isaiah 45:7 where God says, in the KJV, "I create evil". We'll examine the passage in context, looking at the Hebrew word for "evil" and then tackle some common problems/misconceptions people have on the topic of the existence of evil. Here's a wonderfully helpful video on the problem of evil from Inspiring Philosophy https://youtu.be/Ei0gPoqx_bQ I'm Mike Winger and this ministry is dedicated to teaching and defending biblical truth. My intention is to continue producing free material that is easily accessible to help bring people to Christ, build up Christians and equip people to minister to others. If you want to support this ministry (though I don't want anyone to feel obligated) please visit my web site here. https://biblethinker.org/index.php/donate I'm often asked what Bible software I use. It's called "Logos" and I've been happily using it for a number of years. You can check it out at the link below. This is an affiliate link and will get you some free resources as well as a 10% discount on any package you purchase but be sure to use the coupon code BIBLETHINKER8 https://www.logos.com/partner/biblethinker?utm_source=biblethinker&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=promo-partner Brent Zockoll, a potter who is a fan of this ministry, has made some special BibleThinker mugs which you can purchase at the link below if you like. https://www.zockollpottery.com/product-page/bible-thinker-mug

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0:00.0	I'm Pastor Mike Winger and this is Bible Thinker the program dedicated to thinking
0:05.8	biblically about everything.
0:09.7	All right, welcome to the Tuesday live stream. The question right now is,
0:13.4	did God create evil?
0:16.4	If not, then where exactly did evil come from?
0:20.1	What really is evil anyways?
0:22.3	That's an interesting thing to think about.
0:24.0	And what does this verse mean right here,
0:27.4	where the scripture says,
0:30.5	let me put it up for you in Isaiah 45 verse 7 it says there it is I form the light and create darkness I make peace and create evil I the Lord do all these things and this is a verse I've
0:46.2	heard quoted by Christians and by non-Christians to suggest that God actually created made evil like moral evil was was is something that was brought into existence by God by an act of his creation and so we're going to talk about this today in the Tuesday live stream. I'm
1:03.4	Pastor Mike Winger. I do this every week on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. right here on
1:07.8	YouTube, although the same content is going out not only on YouTube, but it will
1:12.3	also be going out to various locations on
1:15.2	podcast, on my Bible thinker.org website, and then eventually up on Facebook and all that
1:21.7	other stuff. So hi to everybody who's following on those other platforms and maybe one day you'll be the only
1:26.4	platform if YouTube ever decides they don't like me anymore.
1:30.3	We'll see.
1:31.3	But I've fed the cats and I got my cup of decaf coffee right here and I'm ready to go with you
1:37.1	guys tonight. We're going to talk about Christian things. Thinking clearly about the Christian
1:41.1	worldview, clearly teaching and defending biblical truth. That's my thing and I'm
1:45.1	inviting you on this journey with me as I do this weekly, putting prep and study
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