Follow me here.....I have to lay down a few beginning facts first.
God created everything. Heaven and Earth, you, me, animals...everything. When God said, "Let there be light", it was and has been and continually keeps increasing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ya12I036lg
He never said "stop", so it never has.
He created us to have a relationship with us, fellowship with us, it brought Him great joy to bless Adam and Eve beyond measure.
God is a God without sin. He is pure. Only good, only light. There is no evil or darkness in Him, nor can He associate with it or around it.
Satan, who is also known as lucifer, the prince of the air, beelzebub, or lord of the flies....he was once a beautiful angel of God. He was an anointed cherub. He was in Heaven with God. But his heart got lifted up with pride and full of violence. He wanted to be God.
Because of the evil in him, he fought a great battle in Heaven....and lost. Because of his choices, he was cast down to earth and became satan. God did not create evil. Satan become evil.
In Ezekiel, it speaks of how satan was here in the garden of Eden when Adam and Eve chose to sin. Satan was jealous of them and what they had. They were, after all, created in Gods own image. They walked and talked with God. Had an intimate friendship with Him. They were loved and provided for. Something satan would never get to have.
The devil lied to them. They bought it, hook, line, and sinker. Their sin separated them from God. Although their sin brought consequences with it...God did not abandon them or love them less. In fact, He already spoke of a "way out" for all man kind. He prophesied of Jesus.
Nonetheless....sin had entered the earth and has been here ever since. Also, when satan got cast out of Heaven and down to the earth, (Luke 10:18), he now seeks to destroy human kind. (1 Peter 5:8)
When Jesus walked the earth......one day he was in a boat. A great storm came and Jesus was just asleep below deck. The people with Him woke Him up. Shocked that He was sleeping they asked Him, "Dont you care if we die?". Well of coarse He cared, but He just wasnt worried. With one command the waves settled and the wind ceased. Satan has been referred to as the prince of the air. However, he was defeated in Heaven, and when Jesus died on the cross, then rose again, He defeated satan again and defeated sin and death. Satans days are numbered, so he wants to try to take us down with him.
In Romans 8 it talks about how the world is groaning, awaiting its deliverance. It is decaying due to sin as well. In Luke 5:23 it talks about Jesus healing a man. In doing so those around Him ask if He has the power to forgive sin. He replies "Which is easier to say? Your sins are forgiven you or to say get up and walk?"
That would imply that sin caused the sickness. That if the sin was forgiven...healing would just be there. Now I dont believe that man sinned. I believe that when Adam and Eve sinned, it brought sin into the world and that sin has been here ever since.
John 9:2-3 someone asks Jesus why a boy was blind. Was it his sin or his parents sin. Jesus told them, it was neither.
So evil is here because lucifer made a choice and messed up bad and was cast out of Heaven. He sealed his fate. And knowing my God.....he had several times and chances to make amends. Lucifer made a choice. Just as God gives us a choice.
A choice to believe in Him, or a choice to reject Him. John 15:6 Jesus told him, " I am the way, the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me."
How do you do that? Romans 10:9 If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Is it really that simple? Yes, it is. Its that simple. Dont let anyone tell you any different. Do you have to "clean yourself up first"? NO WAY.
Jesus died for you and I while were were still sinners. He looked through time to today..this day. He saw you and He determined in His heart "You are worth it".
And you are.
If I can think of anything that He would want me to tell you right now, it is this....
I love you, I love you, I love you
Just as you are right now.
Come to Me, and I will give you rest.
I will give you peace, not as this world gives, but a peace that
will surpass all understanding and a joy unspeakable.
I am here, I am waiting, and I will always love you.