The Fall

Why do we sin?

Why did God let sin into the world if he is all powerful?

These are simple questions that are often demanded to be answered by many people. Christians just wondering why, and also atheists trying to find fault in God. The bible doesn't explain it. It explains how it happened. But not why.  The simple answer is this. There is no answer. It is simply an intrusion into the world to which no excuse can be given. To answer any questions like this regarding sin would be excusing it and therefore defending sin. Giving it a reason to be. The reason it is sin is because it cannot be excused. 

Of course we all know that sin came from Lucifer. God's most favored angel. And if you don't here is some knowledge for you. Besides God himself, he had the most glory and power in all of heaven. Ezekiel 28:15 states that "Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee." God however did not put him beyond the possibility of evil. It was his own heart that began seeking power for himself and slowly strayed away from the glory of God. He soon led other angels to seek him rather than God. When God asked him to change his ways, he defended himself and his followers saying he had been wrongly judged. He justified his actions by putting the blame on God. When it came to the point of seeking to overthrow God, Lucifer and his followers were banished from heaven. Satan then blamed God for the fall of man due to his unjust restrictions. Which brings me to a quick point. God does not make sin happen. He did not make terrorists fly into the World Trade Center. He did not make Hitler kill millions of Jews. He allows them to happen. Because he has given us free will. He did not make Satan turn on him. He chose to do so because his own heart turned evil. The amazing thing is that even though God has no blame for the fall of man, His love is so great that he sent his only son to die for our sins. 

Why is this important? Because Satan still leads people on in the same way today. When God sends us a message or a conviction about a wrongdoing, we try to justify it, or seek sympathy from others just like Lucifer did in heaven. We often even blame our creator himself for the things that we do wrong. If we could not justify our sins, there would be no more. Think about it. Whenever you sin, you justify it in some shape or form. We always have our own reasoning behind what we do. Since we excuse the sin in our lives, we allow it to be in control. Every time we give a reason we are just prolonging it. I'll give an example of my own. Lust. Whenever I lust over a woman, I sometimes catch myself excusing it. I'll justify it by telling myself that other people do it more than me, or it's God's fault for making her look like that. Satan tempts me to do everything but admit that it's a sin and that it's my fault. It is not possible to stop the existence of sin. It is just as much possible to stop excusing sin as it is to destroy Satan himself. There will be a time for that. But for now we must try to stray away from what Satan does best. And that is making excuses for our sins.