Is it possible to be an EVIL person and still be used by God?
Throughout the Bible, we see examples of people who were undeniably evil or had malicious intentions yet were still used by God to fulfill His divine purposes, yet remained evil to the end. One well-known example is Pharaoh from the book of Exodus, who oppressed the Israelites and refused to let them go, but through his stubbornness, God displayed His power through the ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea.
This example shows that even those with evil intentions or actions can be instruments in God’s greater plan. What other examples can you think of, and how do they illustrate God’s ability to use anyone, regardless of their character, to achieve His purposes?
(I should add, that just because God uses an evil person doesn’t mean they aren’t evil.)
When my dad was younger, he had many school bullies, and they were always out to get him. My dad was friends to the brother of a bully. They and some of their friends were in the woods playing one day playing soldiers with these big, long, heavy sticks. You can see where this is going. They were marching in single file and my dad turned around and accidentally whacked the bully’s brother in the side of the head. A few days later there was a rumor that the bully was out for revenge. The rumor turned out to be true. My dad was walking home through the alley one day and there was the bully (we’ll call him Tony) running towards my dad. My dad took off running; he knew he stood no chance against Tony who was probably two times my dad’s size. They were on opposite ends of the alley, by the way. Every time my dad would get to a new alley; Tony was on the other side keeping step with him. Finally, another one of my dad’s bullies said, “Follow me, Tony doesn’t know these parts!” My dad listened to him and sure enough, Tony was gone. My dad returned home safely that day.
Do I believe that an evil person can be used by God? 100%
Based on your illustration, It is possible God can use an evil person to bless you.
However, what is not possible is for an evil person to initial the agenda of God without the Spirit of God with him.
You must be born again & be one with the Holy Spirit to be used by God in His Plan for humanity
Yes. Nebukedazzer was converted.
Manassah king of Israel converted
Acts chapter 3 repent and change your ways.
Ezekiel chapter 18. Repent and pursue righteousness. God has no pleasure in death of the wicked.
It gets deeper. We’re talking about Election.
Ephesians chapter 1
1 Peter chapter 1
Election are chosen before foundation of the world. Predestined. The position for election can’t be voluntary. They were judged and chosen in first earth age.
John chapter 3. God gave many people free will. To choose between Jesus and Satan.
Choosing an evil person as a leader in hopes that God will use them is a bizarre thought process that has become popular lately. You are still choosing evil.
Pharaoh and other ancient leaders were born into power, appointed by a dying leader, or raided and killed to achieve power.
Pharaoh was not spearheading God’s Plan, neither was Judas spearheading the salvation plan of God.
It was Moses God was using as the head. It was Jesus Christ God was using as the head.
Pharaoh and Judas were used along the way in fulfilling God’s Plan.
Other good individuals were also used along the way in fulfilling God’s Plan. Aaron and Peter are good examples
It’s easy to think in terms of good versus evil, particularly as @Rev12_11 pointed out-- if we don’t bother defining evil. Aren’t all men evil? At times, and to a degree? That is the nature of the flesh. Human nature.
So then-- we can reason that if God uses human instruments at all (and He certainly doesn’t need to) then by nature-- he uses imperfect, not always good, sinful, indeed- evil instruments to achieve positive outcomes.
The best example from scripture is told in the story of Joseph, whose brothers plotted against, intending to kill him. They conspired, made a cover story and carried out the plot, stopping just short of murder because of the pleading of one sibling-- Judah, who was not at all righteous, nor did he have clean hands in any of it. But rather than simply killing Joseph, they agreed instead to take a profit from their evil intentions and they sold him to the Ishmaelites, thinking they were condemning him to a life of slavery.
It’s an important episode in history. Thirteen chapters of Genesis are dedicated to this one story and the implications thereafter changed the course of the history of the world and in particular- for the people that would become the nation of Israel.
It ends like this, with the words of Joseph concerning those evil brothers of his that mistreated him so badly–
As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.
