Alan Gross
Well-Known Member
They don't say He does . They have a confession which tells them " God is not the author of sin " . That settles it for them .
"Satan and his angels in their original creation; the devil, our Lord says, "abode not in the truth", #Joh 8:44 which implies that he had been in the truth, though he continued not in it; in his allegiance and fidelity to God his creator; in his integrity, purity, and holiness, as a creature of veracity;
but framing lies, he became the father of them.
What he was in, but abode not in, is the "first estate", of integrity, innocence, and happiness, in which he was created, but kept it not, #Jude 1:6.
Satan and his fallen Angels, along with Mankind, "abode not", in their, "first estate".
They were Created, by God, and fell.
"I Creat evil".
God Created Creatures that sinned against Him.
God Did not sin. He can not.
Saved souls can be Taught that.
God Created and His Creation became Evil.
God's Creation, who fell, sinned.
The issue with Satan and His Angels, with regard to Predestination is that NONE of them were Predestined to Salvation.
In that same respect, NONE of MANKIND, YOU & I, NOR OUR GRANNY, COULD HAVE BEEN PREDESTINED to SALVATION.
WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THAT?
"Leaving us to Go to Hell?"
That is what God has done to some, to make His Glory known.
Lost people DO..NOT..LIKE..THAT.."GOD"...