This is the theory of Determinism, and I will now explain it.
_If God is responsible for Man's existence, God is responsible for Man's
acts._
The Christian says God is our Maker. God _made_ Man.
Who is responsible for the quality or powers of a thing that is made?
The thing that is made cannot be responsible, for it did not make
itself. But the maker is responsible, for he _made_ it.
As Man did not make himself, and had neither act, nor voice, nor
suggestion, nor choice in the creation of his own nature, Man cannot be
held answerable for the qualities or powers of his nature, and therefore
cannot be held responsible for his acts.
If God made Man, God is responsible for the qualities and powers of
Man's nature, and therefore God is responsible for Man's acts.
Christian theology is built upon the sandy foundation of the doctrine of
Free Will. The Christian theory may be thus expressed:
God gave Man a will to choose. Man chose evil, therefore Man is wicked,
and deserves punishment.
The Christian says God _gave_ Man a will. The will, then, came from God,
and was not made nor selected by Man.