God Authors Action But Not the Evil Within It

Psalm 5:4 declares, "Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness." Spurgeon illustrates God's distinction between creating action and creating sin through vivid earthly examples. A man cutting with a dull knife causes the cutting motion, yet the knife itself—not the man—causes the poor, jagged hacking. Similarly, when a musician strikes an out-of-tune instrument, he produces sound but the instrument's broken strings produce the jarring discord.…