The Born Basically Good Error

Liberal Christian denominations teach that humanity is basically good and all people need to do is be nice to one another. But these misled folks forget that we live in a fallen world where humanity has been corrupted by the fall.

Even in the beginning, humanity quickly sank into wickedness. Genesis 6:5 (KJV) shows just how bad folks became. "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."

The very first human family was dysfunctional. After Cain's offering to God was rejected, he became bitter. Genesis 4:8 (KJV) reports, "And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him."

In fact, we are so corrupted that we can't possibly even know how bad we are. Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV) describes how far gone humanity is. "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"

Isaiah 64:6 (KJV) shows that we have no hope of saving ourselves from God's wrath. "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."

Even children aren't innocent. Proverbs 22:15 (KJV) states, "Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him."

Even David, a man after God's own heart, was born under Adam's curse. He admitted in Psalms 51:5 (KJV) that, "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me."

Gospel means good news and this is the best news which any sinner can hear. Romans 5:15 (KJV) explains, "But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many."

This is the theme of my next book called You Think You're Going to Heaven? People figure they aren't so bad but even a small sin is an affront to the Almighty. We wouldn't like it if there was a black speck floating in our glass of milk and the waitress said, "It's only a little dirty." Imagine how much more offensive our sin is to a pure and holy God.

On Saturday, I'll post about a secular rock group and their song about Christ's return.

The Born-Basically-Good Error

Another foolish idea certain Christians have is that people are born basically good. Just watching a two-year-old throwing a tantrum disproves that notion. Even so, here's what the Bible says about us.

King David was called a man after God's own heart, yet he wrote this in Psalms 51:5 (KJV). "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me."

This doesn't mean his parents weren't married but that he, like the rest of us, have that sin nature pulling us toward wickedness.

The Apostle Paul showed in 1 Corinthians 15:22 (KJV) how our federal head condemned us all to death by his monstrous sin against God. "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive."

But is there any good at all in humanity? Not according to Ecclesiastes 7:20 (KJV) which says, "For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not."

Psalms 14:3 (KJV) also leaves no doubt of our innate depravity. "They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one."

And 3 John 1:11 (KJV) shows that we can only do good by the Lord's rulership in our lives. "Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God."

I plan on pointing out this fallacy in my next book called You Think You're Going to Heaven? Far too many people who call themselves Christians aren't actually born again. They're churchgoers but they're not saved and will tragically end up in hell. May the Lord use my book to steer them toward repentance.

Stay tuned for my post about a man who keeps being confused with somebody else. I know how annoying it is since people confuse me with my brother, Roy. We're as different as Jesus and Satan but people still get confused.