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Evil Spirit from the Lord?

By Dan Douglass on Mar 4, 2008 | In God, Wisdom | Send feedback »

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Can God put an evil spirit on a person, and would he? Can God do evil? Here are some interesting verses and food for thought.

1 Samuel 16:14 Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrorized him. (Read also: 1 Samuel 16:16 and 19:9)

Zephaniah 1:12 "It will come about at that time That I will search Jerusalem with lamps, And I will punish the men Who are stagnant in spirit, Who say in their hearts, 'The LORD will not do good or evil!' (good or evil?)

When we read these scriptures, it seems God does not fit into the neat little box we like to keep him in, except for when we take him out occasionally to use him.

Isaiah 45:6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. (KJV)

I seems that God is not bound by the man made rules that we have set for him. I don't know about you, but I want him on "my" side. Are you sure you're not ready for that personal relationship yet? (just curious)

This sort of adds a new meaning to the words "Fear of the Lord" doesn't it?

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