What Would You Do If You Were God?

Jesus brings to the world of violence, hatred and sorrow something that is incomprehensible to virtually everyone, believer and non believer alike. When it comes to the problem of evil, a problem that oozes from every pore of our worldly existence, the overwhelming majority of people would say that the solution is to simply do away with sin, to do away with evil. After all, God could do this if He chose to do so. In fact, Jesus promises that there will indeed be an end to evil at some point in the future. For now however, His plan includes something entirely original.


Jesus doesn’t bring freedom from evil. Jesus doesn’t abolish evil. Jesus came with the express purpose of transforming evil from something destructive to life, to something that can, through the power of God, revolutionize one’s life and one’s character. This was first seen in the crucifixion of Jesus. The crucifixion, something that satan intended to destroy Jesus, was instead used by Jesus to destroy the power of sin and satan, and to make a spectacle of satan and his followers.

From that point onward, the transforming power of Jesus has been available to anyone who believes in Him as Lord and Saviour. Examples of this revolutionary use of evil is seen where people have been caught up in totalitarian governments. This transformation has been seen in the lives of prisoners, the ill and the dying. It is available to the slave and the free, the rich and the poor, to male and to female. Jesus doesn’t ignore sin. He changes the ability of sin to corrode and destroy us.

That is why, as 1st Corinthians 15:55 says, "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" That is why, in relation to this victory over the power of death, believers can say from experience, “We do not grieve as those who have no hope.” 1st Thessalonians 4:13.