Board Thread:Bible Questions/@comment-36455791-20181215162925/@comment-5175866-20181215163740

It depends on your defintion of "evil".

"Evil" is simply an abscence of good, so it work/nature opposite to that of goodness. God has permitted evil to occur, since he gave his creations a free choice on how to act (within the context of his providence); thus to commit evil actions.

This doesn't make God evil all, he doesn't make anybody do anything "wrong". He allows them to choose the opposite of the goodness He has created. It is also true God allows and "makes" seemingly evil things happen for his justice (which is good) to occur. Furthermore, God makes all bad things work together for his plan and goodness.

God allows evil to exist, but he uses what is evil for His overall goodness.