Slaying Monsters 6

Intro

I could give you a thousand good moral lessons that you’ve already heard about making good choices and being kind and loving

what I can’t do is make you believe

I can only try to illustrate the truth as best I can

kicking dead horses and reiterating an important foundation for thought

understanding the order of creation informs our understanding of the battle taking place in scripture

helps us see our role in the grand scheme of things

Did God Make Chaos?

evil, bad, chaos, disorder

we’ve been talking about these things and places where they show up in scripture at length but lets make sure we understand the scene we have set

did God make it?

if so, how and why?

if not, who did and how and why?

God created and that is the opposite of all the bad things in and of its self as an action

the opposite of God’s creation is evil, bad, chaos, disorder

what is a shadow? CS Lewis

is it a real thing or the opposite of a thing?

shape and form and relativity

Light and Darkness

1John 1- he is light and in him is no darkness

he did not make the darkness

he made good in the midst of the darkness and the mystery

Matthew 11;28- not rest in the literal sense

not that the work its self is not work

but that it will be far better in the grand scheme of things to be walking and working alongside God rather than away from him in that void

Application

hopefully this helps see who your God is a little better

maybe help clear up your brain like it did for me

God makes good out of disorder and invites you to do the same

you don’t have to, but he promises itll be better if you do