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Romans 12:21 "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."

God's nature is that He always defeats evil with good. The idea that God is ominous is a deception crafted by God's archenemy, the devil.

II Corinthians 2:11 "Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices."

The word "ominous" indicates the threat of harmful or unpleasant happenings and the apprehension produced by their possibility. Satan's workings, not God's, were what resulted in Adam's disobedience and the harmfulness present in the world.

Romans 5:12 "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men..."

While he is the one responsible for ominous workings, Satan attempts to falsify appearances so that we will conclude God is to blame. The adversary wants those unaware of his crafty nature to suspect God and thus not be led to salvation by His goodness. As informed believers, we are not ignorant of Satan's devices. Continuing in God's Word, we are strong in the Lord and the power of his might.

Romans 5:6-9 "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him."

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