In brightest day...

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I created this in Adobe Illustrator, adding an effect in Adobe Photoshop, using a couple images I found on the Internet for reference. I made up the poem, based on Green Lantern's oath. I created it in response to my friend Russ, who suggested we form a Green Lantern Corps against Blog Trolls, after he had some blog trolls leave comments on his site. He also has a Green Lantern Blog Troll Guardian image on his sites:
The Kingpin
Satire and Theology

I will post this on the right hand side of my blog site from now on, though you will have to scroll down a little ways to see it.

He and I both enjoy superheroes, as is evidenced on another of his sites:
Comic Book covers


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Green Lantern's oath begins with, "In brightest day, in blackest night,
no evil shall escape my sight."


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The Bible says about evil:
"All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.'" (Mark 7;23)

"Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed." (John 3:20)

"But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger." (Romans 2:8)


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Green Lantern uses the strength of his will to control his power ring. The Bible says that we must surrender our will to God and follow Him.
"I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart." (Psalm 40:8)

"Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground." (Psalm 143:10)

"Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10)


God is the only One Who can create things out of nothing by the power of His will:
"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being." (Revelation 4:11)

Green Lantern uses his power ring to create forms out of energy. The Christian uses his/her faith in reliance upon God, Who can accomplish even the seemingly impossible:
"I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." (Matthew 17:20)


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Green Lantern's oath continues with a warning to all who worship evil to beware.
"There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked." (Isaiah 57:21)


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If God is Sovereign, Does That Make Him Responsible for Evil?

"If God is a God of love, why hasn’t He dealt with evil?"

"In Dr. Robert Morey’s book The New Atheism and the Erosion of Freedom, he talks with an atheist about this issue. The atheist assumes that everything is relative, and there are no absolutes (he is absolutely sure of that). Morey replies that the first thing an atheist must do is prove the existence of evil. By what process can an atheist identify evil? He must have a universal absolute to do so. Without an absolute reference point for "good" (which only God can provide), no one can identify what is good or evil. Thus without the existence of God, there is no "evil" or "good" in an absolute sense. Everything is relative. The problem of evil does not negate the existence of God. It actually requires it.

Many assume that because evil still exists today, God has not dealt with it. How can atheists assume that God has not already solved the problem of evil in such a way that neither His goodness nor omnipotence is limited? On what grounds do they limit what God can and cannot do to solve the problem? God has already solved the problem of evil. And He did it in a way in which He did not contradict His nature or the nature of man. We assume God will solve the problem of evil in one single act. But why can’t He deal with evil in a progressive way? Can’t He deal with it throughout time as we know it, and then bring it to the climax on the Day of Judgment?

God sent His Son to die on the cross in order to solve the problem of evil. Christ atoned for evil and secured the eventual removal of all evil from the earth. One day evil will be quarantined in one spot called "hell." Then there will be a perfect world devoid of all evil. If God declared that all evil would, at this moment, cease to exist, you and I and all of humanity would go up in a puff of smoke. Divine judgment demands that sin be punished."

By Ron Meade

http://www.evidencebible.com/witnessingtool/ifGodisaGodoflovewhy.shtml