Is man basically good?
There is no need to wonder!
Apostle Paul writes – reflecting The
Psalms:
Romans 3:9-20
English
Standard Version
No One Is
Righteous
9 What
then? Are we Jews[a] any
better off?[b] No,
not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews
and Greeks, are under sin, 10 as it is
written:
“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become
worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
13 “Their throat is an open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 “Their mouth is full of
curses and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 in their paths are ruin and
misery,
17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
18 “There is no fear of God
before their eyes.”
19 Now
we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the
law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be
held accountable to God. 20 For by works of
the law no human being[c] will
be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Jesus Himself confirmed that Psalm in Mark 10:18
So why do we wonder?
First, let us not confuse Christianity with Churchianity – reading the first two articles in this link should begin clarifying the difference.
What
does God want? - Now I realize your pastor doesn’t
preach this “standing-up-against” on Sundays. He probably doesn’t want to think
about it. And neither do you.
Based on my limited knowledge of the
Bible, I don’t recall God
saying, “Refrain from thinking about what bothers you.”
In
fact, you could say the whole Bible was written to interrupt people who were
refraining from thinking about bothersome things.
So where did your pastor
and you get the idea that religion involved avoiding bother?
In
essence…it always was…and still is…a War on Christ!
Answers the question
asked in this: