"The Lord has made everything for it's purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble." Proverbs 16:4
Sometimes I just can't get my mind around things like this verse...God creates even the wicked.
But then as I think about it I do recognize that God creates EVERY person. Then He gives us an offer of salvation through Jesus Christ. Then HE pursues us to accept that salvation (the Holy Spirit convicts of sin). But once He pursues us, we can accept or reject it.
The Bible tells us that every inclination of the heart of man is evil all the time. It is only through Jesus that we become "un-wicked". So if we reject Jesus and the prompting of the Holy Spirit, we remain wicked and are doomed to destruction and an eternity separated from God in the fires of hell.
So God does create even the wicked. Because He is sovereign, He knows before He ever creates us that some - even many - will reject Him. But every one of us fits into His plan for the world.
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