Excerpt from
The Battle for the Beginning, by John MacArthur:
Philosophers struggle to explain the origin of evil. One thing is certain:
God is not its author, creator, or efficient cause. Everything He created was
good. Evil was no part of His creation.
Who then created evil? No one. Evil is neither substance, being, spirit,
nor matter. It is not a created thing. It is simply a want of moral perfection in
moral agents who were originally created sinless. Evil has no existence apart
from fallen creatures.
How could creatures made sinless fall into sin? John Calvin dealt with
that very question:
