Was satan created "good" and then he fell?

Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. 

Genesis 1:31 is indeed an accurate statement. Deuteronomy 32:4 tells us, "His work is perfect." Satan performs the purpose for which he was created and intended perfectly. He is "very good" at fulfilling his role. Our concept of "good" and God's are not always the same. Consider all Joseph went through, and in Genesis 50:20, he told his brothers, "Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good." 

Isaiah 55:8 tells us, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord." We must recognize that God's view is far more encompassing than our limited view. Psalm 147:5 says, "His understanding is infinite"; ours is very finite. Anytime it appears a Scripture may be incorrect or contradictory, it is our understanding that is deficient. This is why we must look to "the Spirit of truth" (John 16:13) to enable us to be "rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15).

Earl R. Borders

From the August 2024 issue of The Gospel Trumpeter