Describe what followers of the religion which you are studying may believe about the power of good and the power of evil

POWER OF EVIL

In Genesis the power of evil is the devil (Satan or the serpent). The serpent tempts Adam and Eve into evil. This causes God to throw Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden. This introduces the concept of original sin, which is, that since the fall of Adam and Eve all people have been born with a tendency towards evil. This is one assumption that evil comes from human feelings.

In Job the question is raised that if there is evil then is there really a God because if God is Omnipotent ( all powerful ), Omniscient ( all knowing ) and Omni benevolent ( all loving ), then why would God allow evil to happen in the first place. This is the problem of evil. If you take away one of these three things then evil can take place. If you take away omnipotent so God is omniscient and omni benevolent, then God is not powerful and cannot stop evil. If you take away omniscient so God is omnipotent and omni benevolent, then God does not know about the evil and cannot stop it. If you take away omni benevolent so God is omniscient and omnipotent, then God would not care for his creations and would let evil happen.

NEW TESTAMENT

POWER OF GOOD

In Matt 4 Jesus overcomes the three temptations of the devil. The first of these three temptations were, to turn stones into bread because he had been starving for forty days and forty nights. The second of these three temptations was to jump off the top of a temple and let the angels save him. The third of these three temptations was to worship the devil in return for the biggest kingdoms of the world. But Jesus did not give in to these temptations and good over powered evil. In Matt 8 good also overpowers evil when Jesus calms a storm.