In regard to Christian doctrine, the big mystery seems to be how evil could exist if God created everything; why does He allow it? I believe that we had to be expelled from the Garden in order to understand the folly of self-will and to be able to live there as mature children of God instead of nursing babies. Like Augustine said, “For were it not good that evil things should also exist, the omnipotent God would almost certainly not allow evil to be, since beyond doubt it is just as easy for Him not to allow what He does not will, as for Him to do what He will.”
Sin is similar to homeopathic medicine. It was allowed into our spirits for us to learn to overwhelming it. Our identity as being created in the image and likeness of God was allowed to be corrupted by self in order for us to understand our absolute need for total dependence on God. The Spirit of God incarnated as a human, demonstrated true surrender and forgiveness, rose from the dead, and sends His Spirit to all who believe in order to restore our identities.
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Paige Thomas DeHart 
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