No matter how much we claim to know........

No matter how much knowledge we have in the Mystery of God, we will never fully comprehend God until we get into heaven. Psalm 48:14 "For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end." In Isaiah 55:8-9 God says, "My thoughts are completely different from yours, and my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts."

Our minds could never fathom the awesomeness of God. He is described in the Bible as One with no beginning and no ending, the Alpha and Omega. God is omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience, meaning that He has unlimited powers, He is universally present, and knows all things. He is the Author, Creator and Sustainer of all things--animate and inanimate, He made the heaven and the earth by His great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for Him (Jeremiah 32:17). He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name. Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite (Psalm 147:4-5). God is above all gods in heaven above or earth beneath. Before Him, the nations are as a drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the balance (Isaiah 40:15).

God is not the author of evil. If God created evil, then God would be both good and evil. And if God were both good and evil, there would be no hope for the ultimate triumph of good, which the Bible promises. Everything that God created and have done were "very good." Everything. Habakkuk 1:13 says: "God is of purer eyes than to" approve evil or "behold evil. He cannot look on wickedness." 1st Corinthians 14:33 says: "God is not the author of confusion." Confusion is a product of sin. 1st John 1:5 says: "God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all." James 1:13 says: "God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts He any man." 1st John 2:16 says: "All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life, is not of the Father." Psalm 5:4: "You are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness; neither will evil dwell with You."

At the same time, God will harden sinners' hearts. Evil became a reality only when creatures chose to disobey. God is ruling all things to work together for our good and His purpose. Romans 8:28-29 "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them." There are people who believe that God is a God of love and grace, yet not of justice. If you do not receive Jesus Christ, God's justice can only condemn you. The choice is yours. God let's each man and woman chose whether they will be obedient to Him or not. "They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved." [2 Thessalonians 2:10] In a sense, they refused to love the truth and therefore were condemned,they did it all themselves in their own choice that explains 2 Thessalonians 2:11 "For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie." He created the Universe, and he knows how to govern it as well. Satan may not be aware that God is taking advantage of Satan's plans. God knows everything before Satan even think up a plan. Satan may be powerful but not all knowing as God. God is ruling all things to work together for our good and His purpose. Romans 8:28-29 "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them." Remember, Jesus said in Matthew 10:29: Are not two sparrows sold for a penny ? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. If God can control with those two sparrows, then He will do the same for His human creatures as well.

God will not lie but He will take advantage of any lies that His creatures have told to use according to His will. God's providence is always that we shouldn't be surprised to find this a mysterious paradox of what happens around the world for His purpose.