All Good Originates from God

James 1:17 says “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning”. From this verse we know that if anything good comes to you you have God to thank for it. Since this is the case, then every evil thing comes from the enemy. That’s why Jesus said “The thief comes not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy”-John 10:10. When you understand these spiritual principles you will know to acknowledge people for being the conduit through whom God passed “good and perfect” gifts to you, but you give the glory to God. Also, you will know to “mark them who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned; and avoid them”-Romans 16:17. You will do so without holding a grudge because though the offense came through them, it originated from satan. This is the reason why unconsciously men use the term ‘bedevil’ when they want to refer to bad things happening to a person, place or thing. For instance, the Middle East has been bedeviled by violence. Don’t you see that by using that term our ancestors knew that the origin of evil was the devil?