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Originally Posted by Igzy
Well, yes and no. Yes, God can cause all things to work for good. But God doesn't send the evil. He places us in a world where we are challenged by negative things, but he doesn't create the negative.
If your point is that how we bounce back is all-important, I agree. And it's a good point.:
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16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.
God made the smith that makes the weapons. He makes the destroyer who wields the weapons.
So there is no one better able to train us. Hence his promise that "no weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper".
The promise is not that no one will form a weapon against us. The promise is not that no tongue shall rise against you in judgment. No. The promise is that you shall defeat everyone that does. You shall "condemn them". That is the promise.