>>92399575>The deliberate inclusion of sin would probably be the sticking point.you mean that God sovereignly ordains that Sin would play a part in His Creation?
well my first thought would be, if an Almighty God exists, and He has a Creation with Sin in it, then that Sin could only be there with his foreknowledge, license and permission, to serve his own purposes... just as everything else does
in the Bible we see God say that whatever befalls us, whether good or evil, it comes from Him determining it beforehand - Lamentations chapter 3:38
http://biblehub.com/lamentations/3-38.htmbut on second thoughts, perhaps your main problem is that you don't know why God would actually 'desire' evil to play a part in His creation?
that's a much bigger question, and depends a lot on the character of God... soemthing which i wouldn't want to misrepresent, no matter how much i would be forgiven it, because i actually really quite like God and i want you to get to know Him too
so first and foremost, God is One being, made up of three persons; the Father, the Son, and The Holy Spirit - co-equal in their divinity yet revealing themselves in roles within the Godhead, as they work the plan of Eternal Redemption
secondly, God always acts out of the motivation of Love
but as i have just mentioned, before anything else, God is... so the first persons whom the Godhead show Love to is, God the Father, God the Son, and God The Holy Spirit
and in their creation of the plan of Eternal Redemption they display love to each other, the Father working for the best of the Son and Holy Spirt, the Son doing the same for the Father and Holy Ghost, and of course, the Holy Spirit doing the same
and in this plan, which will bring the most honour to each other, they create a Creation which will afford them opportunity to display all of their infinite attributes from glorious condescending mercy to infinite wrath
there's more to it, but that's probably enough for now huh?
