Flee from babylon! In which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,- Ephesians 2:2 A major characteristic of the human spirit is that it is habitually self-centered rather than God-centered. A simple example illustrates how it became this way. In Genesis 1:31 God takes satisfaction in all He had made, declaring it very good. Included in this is Adam and Eves nature, as they were already created by this time. Thus, at the beginning, mankinds nature was not corrupted by contact with this world. Genesis 3 records the episode of their confrontation with Satan that began the evil transformation of their basic nature. God did not create their nature as evil, but it became evil through the influence of another spirit that they chose to follow without any intervention from their Creator. The same process continues to this day, as each of us is born into this world and comes under the influence of the same spirit that influenced Adam and Eve to turn from God. We are all born with a slight pull toward self, but not with the evil that eventually develops and manifests itself in our conduct. Evil is not - cannot be - passed on through procreation, but it is fashioned anew by the spirit of the age into which each person is born. It is a converted parents responsibility to God and to his children to ensure the right spirit dominates his home so the children can be properly nurtured. People in the world understand this to some extent when they observe with maxims like, The apple doesnt fall very far from the tree, Like father, like son, or Like mother, like daughter. This worlds Christians, to avoid responsibility for their evil, have blamed God for creating us this way. But God did not make us this way. Mankind, represented by Adam and Eve, chose to become this way, and all of their descendants, including us,we need REPENTANCE! God bless us!.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:27:57 +0000
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