3-The Origin Of Evil - NIV

1. God Is Love.
1 John 4:8 ____________ does not love does not know God, ____________ God is love.

2. The Enemy of God and Man.
Matthew 13:24-28 Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. [25] But while ______________ was ______________, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. [26] When the wheat ______________ and formed heads, then the weeds also ______________. [27] "The ____________ servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?' [28] " 'An enemy did this,' he ____________. "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'

3. Lucifer Was Once Part of Heaven.
Ezekiel 28:12-17 "Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: 'This is what the ________________ LORD says: " 'You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. [13] You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, __________________, onyx and jasper, sapphire, ________________ and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. [14] You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. [15] You were ________________ in your ways from the day you were created till __________________ was found in you. [16] Through your __________________ trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in ______________ from the mount of God, and I ______________ you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. [17] Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you ________________ your wisdom because of your ______________. So I threw you to the earth; I made a ________________ of you before kings.

4. Lucifer Wanted to Exalt Himself.
Isaiah 14:12-14 How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the ____________! [13] You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit ________________ on the mount of ______________, on the utmost ____________ of the sacred ______________. [14] I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."

5. War in Heaven and Satan (Lucifer) Cast Out.
Revelation 12:7-9 And there was war in heaven. ____________ and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. [8] But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. [9] The great dragon was hurled down--that ____________ ____________ called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world __________. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Luke 10:18 He ____________, "I saw Satan fall like ________________ from heaven.

6. God Created Man in His Image.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and __________ he created _______.

7. Sin Lead to Mistrust, Separation, and Death.
Genesis 3:1-7 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?" [2] The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, [3] but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' " [4] "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. [5] "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, ____________ good and evil." [6] When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and ______________ to the eye, and also ________________ for ____________ __________, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her ____________, who was with her, and he ate it. [7] Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they ______________ they were naked; so they sewed fig __________ ______________ and made ________________ for __________________.

Isaiah 59:1-2 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. [2] But your __________________ have ________________ you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is ____________ life in __________ Jesus our Lord.

8. The Nature of Man Changed.
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is ________________ above all things and beyond cure. Who can __________________ it?

9. The Entire Human Race Was Affected.
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin ____________ the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, ____________ all sinned--

Romans 6:16 Don't you know that when you offer __________________ to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey--whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to _______________________?

10. Jesus Took Man's Nature and Was Victorious.
Hebrews 2:14-17 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their ______________ so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil-- [15] and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. [16] For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's ___________________. [17] For this reason he had to be made like his ______________ in every way, in order that he might become a ______________ and ______________ high priest in service to God, and that he might make ________________ for the sins of the people.

Romans 5:17-19 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant ________________ of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. [18] _____________________, just as the result of one trespass was _____________________ for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was _______________________ that brings life for all men. [19] For just as through the dis________________ of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the ________________ of the one man the many will be made righteous.

11. Through Jesus Salvation Is Ours As a Gift.
Romans 3:24-25 And are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. [25] God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to ___________________ his justice, because in his ___________________ he had left the sins committed __________________ unpunished--

12. Jesus Is with Us.
Isaiah 41:13 For I am the LORD, your God, who _________ hold of your _________ hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

13. Satan Will Be Destroyed.
Ezekiel 28:17-18 Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a ________________ of you before kings. [18] By your many sins and ________________ trade you have __________________ your ___________________. So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching.

14. Our God Will Make All Things New.
Revelation 21:1-5 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. [2] I saw the Holy City, the new ________________, coming down out of heaven from God, ______________ as a bride beautifully ____________ for her ____________. [3] And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the ______________ of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God ____________ will be with them and be their God. [4] He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or ______________ or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." [5] He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making __________________ new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are ___________________ and true."

15. Sin Will Never Be Again.
Nahum 1:9 ______________ they plot against the LORD he will bring to an end; ____________ will not come a second time.

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