Satan can only spoil that which has already been created, but he has not the power of creating anything. And apart from the one Creator there is no other who could have created sin. There is only one Creator and He is good, and a good Creator could not have created a bad thing, for to do so would be against His very nature. It is simply the name of a state or condition. Sin has no individuality, so that no one can say of it that someone created it. Yet in so doing one does not obtain real happiness or enjoy true pleasure. Sin is to cast aside the will of God and to live according to one's own will, deserting that which is true and lawful in order to satisfy one's own desires, thinking thus to obtain happiness. The whole creation moves onward to perfection, and if it were possible for the man of this world to see from afar with the eyes of God the perfect world in which no defect appears, he too would bow in praise before Him and say, "All is very good". Thus too, God did not in one day give to this world its present form, nor will it in one day reach perfection. After a time, when he sees them fully finished, he is ashamed of his folly, and ends by singing their praises.
Fault finding critics ask, "If there is an Almighty Creator of the world why are there defects in it, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, eclipses, pain, suffering, death, and the like?" The folly of this criticism is similar to that of an unlearned man who finds fault with an unfinished building or an incomplete picture. The investigations of agnostics and sceptics prove this, for in place of perfection they see only defects. Thus the blind man uses the tips of his fingers as eyes, and by means of touch alone reads a book, but by touch alone can form no real estimate of its truth. But for the reading of this book also spiritual insight is needed, that men may find Me, otherwise there is a danger lest instead of finding Me they go astray. In the book of nature, of which I also am the Author, I freely manifest Myself. In the same manner until a man's spiritual eyes are opened, howsoever learned he may be, he cannot know Me, he cannot behold My glory, and he cannot understand that I am God Incarnate.
But with regard to colors he can have no true conception until his eyes are opened. Just as if one talks with a man born blind about different colors such as red, blue, yellow, he remains absolutely unaware of their charm and beauty, he cannot attach any value to them, because he only knows about them, and is aware of their various names. Many there are in this world who know about Me, but do not know Me that is they have no personal relationship with Me, therefore they have no true apprehension of or faith in Me, and do not accept Me as their Saviour and Lord.
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