Why Did God Create Us Knowing We Would Sin Against Him?

Why would God create us knowing we would sin? The goal of this study is to try to find some answers to this difficult question.

WHAT IS SIN?

Sin is when we go against God's word or His law (1 John 3:4). We do this by either NOT DOING what God requires us to do or by DOING what He forbids us to do. Sin can occur in three ways:

-- THOUGHT (1 John 3:15)
-- WORD (Matthew 5:22)
-- or DEED (Rom 1:32)

It's important to understand that God did not create sin. God created a perfect moral standard and it was his creation -- by going against that standard -- that created sin.

WHY DO WE SIN?

Another point that needs to be established is that God did not create us as sinful:

"Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright [without sin], But they have sought out many schemes." ECCLESIASTES 7:12

But God did create us with "free will". In other words, we were given the right to choose wether or not we would follow God's moral standard. That is what separates us from animals -- which have to follow God. The problem is that all of us use our right to free will to rebel:

"All have sinned and come short of the glory of God" ROMANS 3:23

OK, so free-will gives us the option to sin but the question still remains: Why do we sin? Well, we can find the answer to that by looking at the original sinner - Satan. Read ISAIAH 14:12-15 & EZEKIEL 28:11-19 for the story behind Satan's downfall. What you'll find as the root of his rebillion was his pride. And it's the same with us. When we sin what we are really saying (even though we don't realize it) is 'God can't tell me what I can and cannot do. I decide what is right.'

WHY DID GOD CREATE US KNOWING WE WOULD SIN?

So far we have learned that sin is either doing what God tells us not to do or not doing what He tells us to do. We learned we can sin in three ways and free-will is what gives us the option to choose to sin.

God knows everything. And that includes knowing that we would sin. But in his perfect plan, He took the 'Fall of Man' and used it to teach us the greatest of lessons: How much He loves us. Let me explain:

The Bible tells us that:

"The wages [penalty] of sin is death." ROMANS 6:23

God must deal with sin because He is perfect. The penalty for sin is death. So you and I -- as soon as we sin -- are issued a death penalty.

But in His love, God decided to pay the price for us. He became a man (Jesus Christ) without sin. And died on the cross so that you wouldn't have to.

It takes a sinful, imperfect world, to show us how much God loves us. If there was no sin and everything was perfect and God said to you, "I love you so much that I would suffer for you and even die for you," how could you ever know that He really would? You couldn't.

But now when you get to heaven and Jesus is there and He says to you, "I love you so much that I would suffer and die for you, agian," Then you can know -- beyond any doubt -- that He would.

It staggers the mind to think that after we created this mess that God would even bother with us let alone fix the problem for us so we wouldn't have to be separated from Him. But He did and if you don't know Him as your Savior, then pray this prayer:

Lord, I realize that I am a sinner. And I thank you for sending your Son to die on the cross for my sins so I wouldn't have too. I accept Jesus as my Savior now. Amen