tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13354468.post113500248840093946..comments2023-05-12T16:03:50.780+08:00Comments on ben kc lee: Local-Globalben kc leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15965897487796118711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13354468.post-1136304402674191602006-01-04T00:06:00.000+08:002006-01-04T00:06:00.000+08:00Thanks heaps!Thanks heaps!chrispyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627427190161576984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13354468.post-1135735964568145042005-12-28T10:12:00.000+08:002005-12-28T10:12:00.000+08:00Hi there Chris. As I am moving about a lot right n...Hi there Chris. As I am moving about a lot right now, my colleague Tze Wei helped with an initial draft of this reply.<BR/><BR/>Q: If Satan was able to sin in heaven as the chief worship angel, does that mean the other angels still are able to sin?<BR/><BR/>A: Other angels were able to sin and they did. After Satan sinned by rebelling against God, quite a few angels joined him, but they were defeated (Rev 12:7-9, Jude 6). These are the fallen angels, known as demons. They have supernatural powers and intelligence, but they are evil. Today they continue sinning by helping to carry out Satan's evil plans.<BR/><BR/>If the question is whether the current angels are able to turn evil, there appears nothing conclusive about this matter as the Bible seem to be silent on this. It is likely the fall of Satan and his evil angels was a once-off event rather than something continuous. Also those who wanted to rebel would have all done so already. <BR/><BR/>Q: If Satan sinned by rebelling against God, then who created sin?<BR/><BR/>A: The main issue is free will. God created living beings with the capacity to choose. Those fallen angels made a choice to live outside God's leadership. <BR/><BR/>Second, it is clear God did not creat sin because goodness and holiness are some of His attributes. God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5). Man turned to sin when he gave in to the temptation of Satan (the serpent) in the Garden. So Satan is a source of sin and evil.<BR/><BR/>God created Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall) as a perfect being. But due to Lucifer's desire to usurp God's rightful position as God, he fell. <BR/><BR/>We don't regard sin as something that was created out of nothing, but rather as a corruption of something that was originally good. That fits the very nature of Satan; he corrupts every good thing that God creates.ben kc leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15965897487796118711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13354468.post-1135614649665249662005-12-27T00:30:00.000+08:002005-12-27T00:30:00.000+08:00Hi Pastor, I have 2 quick questions if you have th...Hi Pastor, I have 2 quick questions if you have the time to answer:<BR/><BR/>1) If Satan was able to sin in heaven as the chief worship angel,does that mean the other angels still are able to sin?<BR/><BR/>2) If Satan sinned by rebelling against God, then who created sin?chrispyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627427190161576984noreply@blogger.com