Malice of Absence

"Does evil exists?"

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 principal that our works define who we are, then God is evil.

"The student became quiet before such an answer. The professor, quite pleased with himself, boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Christian faith was a myth.

Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a question professor?"

"Of course", replied the professor.

The student stood up and asked, "Professor does cold exist?"

"What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?" The students snickered at the young man's question.

The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-460? F) is the total absence of heat; all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat."

The student continued, "Professor, does darkness exist?"

The professor responded, "Of course it does."

The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present."

Finally the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?"

Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course as I have already said. We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.

To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist sir, or at least is does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.


The young man's name -- Albert Einstein

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The Other Side of Fear

Most of your fears would disappear if you would simply decide to walk right up to them.

Fear has only the power that you give it. Your fears can intimidate you or they can illuminate you. The choice is entirely up to you. Your fears can stop you or they can prepare you.


On the other side of fear, there is value, there is accomplishment, there is fulfillment. See fear as the gateway that it is, and make the choice to carefully and persistently go through it. Allow the fear to prepare you well, then move on past it. And be amazed at the great things you can do.



F = False
E = Evidence
A = Appearing
R = Real



"For God has not given us the spirit of fear;

but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind"


Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; Who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes. Have faith in God.


I'm telling you the truth, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be removed, and be cast into the sea; [and shall not doubt in his heart], but shall believe that those things which he said shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he said.





Therefore I say unto you, whatever things you desire, when you pray, believe that you will receive them, and you shall have them.



And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against any: that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses.



Trust Him At His Word.

A Display of Strength

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city. ~ Proverbs 16:32



God is in the business of restoring and maintaining good relationships. Jesus gave us peace.

There is a scripture in the word of God for whatever your needs are so that you can experience this peace that Jesus came to give you. Therefore, if there are times that you have to put away strong emotional feelings such as wrath, you must allow the Word of God to well up inside of you and deal with the situation in a godly manner.






Wrath is violent anger and rage. It is one thing to have that strong feeling of displeasure, but it's another thing to allow it to get to the place where you become filled with rage and violence. We live in a violent society today because there's been very little ministry on the subject of anger and love. People have gotten away from love, thinking that love displays weakness. Love does not display weakness. Love displays strength!






Anger displays weakness. He said to put away wrath because wrath is violent anger. Wrath is anger that has been bottled up over a long time. Not dealt with properly, it can bubble up and explode. The result is some kind of violent act, possibly even a crime. And everyone else is wondering, "What happened? I didn't think he'd ever do anything like that." The individual who explodes like that is someone who has never gotten rid of that root of bitterness. They never dealt with the issue and swept it under the rug thinking it would go away.






The way to deal with anger is to turn it over to the Lord. The Lord will then tell you what to do about it. One-way of turning it over to the Lord is to find scriptures that apply to that situation. There is something in the Word of God for everything that happens in life. Then you act on the Word of God and do it God's way.






Notice that I didn't say that you would feel like acting on the Word of God. You are not a feeling. You are a Spirit being, created in the image and likeness of God. You may not feel like it at all. But, if you go on and do what the Word says, the feelings will follow.



A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. ~ Proverbs 15:1



A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger quiets strife. ~ Proverbs 15:18






The discretion of a man delays his anger; and it is his glory to overlook a transgression. ~ Proverbs 19:11






A gift in secret averts anger: and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath. ~ Proverbs 21:14






by Keith Butler

Who Made Satan?

An article I want to share ...


Most Christians believe the answer to that question is obvious: "God created Satan." But that is not really true. God created Lucifer. That may seem like a small distinction at first glance, but once you understand who really made Satan, it will change your perspective of him forever.

You will never again doubt your authority over the devil. You will realize that he is an inferior being, unable to do anything without the cooperation of a human being. And any fear you have of him will disappear as you realize he is nothing but a big zero with the rim knocked off.

I believe that God created everything, including Lucifer. He created Lucifer as a powerful anointed angel. However, Lucifer wasn't satisfied with that, and he didn't remain the anointed cherub that God created him to be.

Ezekiel 28:13-14 describes him as he originally was in the Garden of Eden:

"Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire."

Most people believe that Lucifer took one-third of the angels and rebelled against God in heaven, where he was defeated and then cast to earth. This is all taken from one scripture, in Revelation 12:4, and was popularized by Finis Dake in the Dake's Bible commentary. I don't believe that is what actually happened.

I believe that Satan was originally on this earth in the Garden of Eden as Lucifer. He was God's number one angel sent to earth to be a blessing to Adam and Eve.

Hebrews 1:14 says this about angels:

"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"

Lucifer wasn't sent to the earth to tempt Adam and Eve but to bless them. He was an angelic being sent to be their protector, to minister to them, and to serve them. He was there on a divine mission, still in his perfect state. It was in the Garden that his transgression against God was conceived and carried out.

Ezekiel 28:15 goes on to say,

"Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee."

I have never been able to follow the logic that God sent Satan to earth to tempt man and see how he would respond. As a father, would you take your two-year-old child and put him or her in a cage with a lion just to see how he or she would respond? That would obviously be irresponsible; the child would be no match for the lion. God wouldn't do that to us, and he didn't do that to Adam and Eve.

So, what made Lucifer turn against God? Lucifer watched as God did something for man that He had never done with any other of His creation. When God created man, not only was he made in the very image of God, but he was then given unconditional authority over this earth.

Genesis 1:26 says,

"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."

He didn't say to them, "Now as long as you follow my leading and as long as you do what I want you to do, I will let you have dominion over the earth." There was zero qualification for this power and authority. God spoke it and that was it.

God says in Psalm 89:34,

"My covenant I will not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips."

In Hebrews 1:3 it says,

"Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high" (emphasis mine).

What this is saying is that God cannot lie; it's the integrity of His Word that holds the entire universe together. Unlike human beings who reserve the right to change their minds, God will not violate His Word. When He told Adam and Eve they had dominion, authority, and power to subdue and rule, it was done.

Lucifer understood the integrity of God's words, and when he heard this, I believe his antenna went up. He saw that Adam and Eve had something he wanted but didn't have: They had unconditional authority. In a way, they had been made the gods of this world; it was theirs to rule and subdue.

We read in Psalm 115:16,

"The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men."

Even though Lucifer may have been God's number one angel, he still wanted more. He was jealous and envious; he actually wanted to take God's place.

In Isaiah 14:13 it says,

"For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north."

The next verse says,

"I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High."

Lucifer understood that if he could deceive Adam and Eve into willingly relinquishing their authority to him that he could become the god of this world. He could take the authority that was given to mankind, use it to thwart the kingdom of God, and receive the praise and adoration and glory he wanted.

Romans 6:16 says this,

"Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?"

So, who made Satan? We did! The moment Adam and Eve yielded to Lucifer, he became Satan, the god of this world. You might be thinking, But Satan deceived them. Shouldn't God have stopped him?

Read 1 Timothy 2:14:

"And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."

Adam knew what he was doing.

I believe, the moment Lucifer transgressed against God, he lost his angelic power. Satan now has no power or authority of his own; he only has what he has been able to deceive people into giving him. Now, that is a powerful statement.

Think about what that means to you as a believer. When we are resisting the devil and fighting against him, Satan does not have a superior power or authority. He is absolutely dependent upon the cooperation of a human being who will empower him with the authority God gave them.

Satan is going about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. He is looking for people who will open the door through things like lust, rebellion, strife, unforgiveness, fear, and more. When we yield to those things, we are empowering him to destroy us, and I guarantee you, given the opportunity, he will eat your lunch and pop the bag.

Until you understand the power and authority that God has given you, you will never be able to defeat the devil, receive healing, prosper, and live in victory. Knowing your authority is a key!



Article by Andrew Wommack from his teaching Series on "The Believer's Authority"

http://www.awmi.net/extra/audio/1045