QUESTION:

The Bible says that God knew ahead of time that man would be evil and wicked and need a Savior, His own Son. Why did God go through with creating us, and why does He keep this world going, knowing how sinful mankind is? From a human standpoint it doesnt seem worth it. He destroyed the world in a flood once because mankind was wicked. Are we less wicked now than they were in Noahs day? Why does God love us so much?

By Pastor Ken Burisek, The Ole Country Church, Medford, Wisconsin
Email: kburisek@taylorelectric.org
To answer these questions we need to begin by reading Isaiah 14:12-15... How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 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: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Lets also look at Rev 12:7-9... And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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