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What we seek here is the "inspired" Word of the Bible. This provides us with a solid foundation for prayer and healing. For example, in the opening chapter of Genesis, we learn that God saw every thing He had made, and it was very good. The prophet Habakkuk says, "God is of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity." If God saw every thing He had made, but He cannot see evil or iniquity, then clearly, these concepts have no place in God’s knowledge of His own creation. What is the Bible telling us about the nature of evil and iniquity if they are contrary to God and to what He creates? It’s telling us that they are not realities, but errors. They can be likened to the symbolic fruit which grows on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God said of this fruit, "In the day that thou eatest therof thou shalt surely die." In other words, if we accept as valid the premise that infinite good must have an opposite that is real or actual, we cannot then escape the inevitable conclusion that evil is a reality and therefore a legitimate part of God’s creation, and the serpent will have accomplished its most deadly objective. Deadly, because this unavoidable conclusion constitutes the only basis there is for a belief in mortality. Back Outline Next Home Order |