God Created Good
“In the beginning, God created the heaven and earth.” Within days, God would make mankind. Man did not know good from evil, but he did know what God had commanded him to do and what not to do. God declared what He had created was good. When a child is still in the womb, the apostle Paul directed by the Spirit of God declares a child has “done nothing either good or bad” (Romans 9:11). The prophet Ezekiel proclaims the Word of God in Ezekiel 28:15 declaring the king of Tyre was blameless in his ways from the day he was created (all children are). Ezekiel 18:20 teaches that a son does not inherit the sins of his father. Finally, Matthew 18:3 “…Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Men are encouraged to be like children, because Children are good and innocent, not sinful. All the above being presented, when someone living a life contrary to the pattern established by scripture makes the statement “God made me this way”, what is to be made of it?
Micah 6:8 “He has told you, o man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humble with your God?” Walking humbly with God, is when someone avoids living a lifestyle identified as sinful in the eyes of God. God created man good, so when man does something evil, it is their own choice. James 1:14-15 “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” Making the choice to sin is what all mankind apart from Jesus has done. Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”. However, though a person chooses to sin, they can also choose to walk in righteousness instead of sin. Sin does not have to become an individual’s way of life. God did not make man that way. The idea God made man sinful is completely false.
Today, our society rightly teaches a person that they have the choice to engage in homosexuality, have sex with someone to whom they are not married, commit adultery, engage in watching pornography, drink alcohol, use marijuana and other drugs socially, dress immodestly, pretend they are not their biological sex, gossip, cheat, be unkind, be dishonorable to their parents, lie, disobey law, create their own morality, and so much more. Television, radio, the internet, universities, high schools, elementary schools, government officials, and the world around them screams “Your body! Your choice!” Yes, they are right. God gives man the choice to obey Him in righteousness or to commit sin against God and man to their own destruction. Acts 17:30-31 “… And the times of this ignorance God winked at but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness…” 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 “And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;” This is the end result of the choices the world is encouraging you to make.
You are lying to yourself if you think God made you to engage in sin. In fact, “…we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”. The good God wants us to walk in is characterized by “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, [and] self-control”. This is what God has created you to represent. God created you in His image. Jesus was the “exact imprint” of the nature of God. He taught that those who saw Him, had seen the Father. If he was the image of God, and He was sinless, then that is exactly how you were created. If you are engaged in sin, break free from that captivity. Return to the abundant life of purity God created you to fulfill.