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Why? | Annette | Sunday, April 18, 2010 |
Question: If God can see the future then why did he make Adam and Eve if he knew they would betray him? |
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Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM
Dear Annette: Why do we humans have children when we know in advance that they will disobey us at times? It is because of love. Love is ordered to sharing. Children are a expression of love and we wish to share our love with them and give them the benefits of the blessing we have been given. God is love and since love is best fulfilled in sharing that love and expressing that love, He created us, his children. The one line answer in the Baltimore Catechism on the question why man was created is, "God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in the next." A more detailed answer is given in the current Catechism:
God made us out of love so He could share with us His own blessed life. Love cannot be forced, however. Thus, God gave us one of His attributes -- free will. The free will He gave us is given so that we will choose love (that is, Him). But, with that fundamental purpose comes the possibility of rejecting God. This possibility must be allowed if love is to exist. Without this possibility of choosing to accept or reject God we would be only puppets on a string and that is not love. So God created us to share in His glory and blessedness and to live in friendship with Him forever. He created us with the gift of Free Will so we can freely choose Him or not. 1 Corinthians 13 says that love does not demand its own way. God does demand from us (that is force us) that we love Him. He gives us the choice to love or not. God Bless, Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum
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