It is certain that there is no evil from the beginning. When it is said "The devil sins from the beginning" (1 John 3:8) it is not meant "from the beginning of his creation". The same with other texts in the Bible: they indicate his fallen state.
For everything, even the smallest creatures, is created by God; and God has not made anything evil.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
II.1 chapter 14
From the devil it is said: "He abode not in the truth, because the truth is not in him" (Gospel according to John, chapter 8, verse 44). This does not mean that the second part "because the truth is not in him" means to indicate a cause; but it indicates an outcome. We might rephrase: "We can judge he abode not in the truth, because we can see the truth has left him".
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