Satan's Creator

Dear Victorious,

I've been reading a web site that says since God created Satan, and Satan is evil, then God must be evil as well. In fact, this web site says that God created evil. Is this true?

Carla D. - Las Cruces, NM

Dear Carla,

No, it is not true. God did create Satan. But He created Him to be an angel that serves and glorifies God. The thing about God is that the beings which He God created both angels and humans - and each received something called "free choice." That is both angels and humans are free to serve God or not.

God is not capable of evil. He did not create evil. It was never His will for either the angels or the humans. But Satan made a choice. And he convinced many angels to make the same choice. And they've been busy ever since trying to convince humans to make that choice.

At best, one might argue that in giving the angels and humans free choice, God created in us the capacity for evil. But evil itself is only created when we choose not to serve God. Those who choose other than God are the evil ones; and they are the creators of evil as well.