It’s astonishing that this must even be said. We are deeply immersed in a monumental battle of good versus evil.
God warns people about evil. It is real, He says. It is not just a difference of opinion. It is the opposite of good. It is harmful, destructive and merciless.
But people are naïve. They prefer to believe people are basically good. Because of that erroneous assumption, they refuse to see evil intent. They want to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. They don’t want to believe that people are motivated by evil. When there are differences of opinion, they attribute the differences to benevolent disagreement.
But God
says otherwise. Evil exists. People are not basically good, He says.
People are basically evil. They are born in sin, naturally preferring
sin over what is good. People instinctively lie, cheat, steal. They
murder. They call evil good and good evil. And they do all that to
advance evil. As Jesus said, these evildoers act out the will of their
father, the Devil............To Read More....
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