CAN’T and WON’T HELP
YOU DO RIGHT OR BECOME
RIGHTEOUS!
“...I want
to do what is right, but I
can’t…” (Romans
7:14-25 NLT).
“...I
want to do what is good, but I don’t …” (Romans
7:14-25 NLT).
“…The sinful
nature is always hostile
to God . …” (Romans 8:1-14 NLT).
“..[The sinful nature]... never
did obey God’s laws…” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT).
“..[The sinful nature]... never
will (obey god’s
holy laws)…” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT).
“…There
is not a just man upon earth, that
doeth good, and sinneth not…” (Ecclesiastes 7:20 KJV).
“…Who
will free me from this life that is dominated by sin? …” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT). “…The
answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord…” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT).
*
The world tries to SAY
mankind is basically GOOD, but the bible SAYS, there is NONE good, but God. If
anything, upon earth is GOOD, it is because his
Holy Spirit is UPON it or a PART of it! “…[god,
the holy spirit]... is GOOD…”
(Psalm 107:1 KJV). “...there is “NONE” good but one, that is,
God...” (Nahum 1:7 & Mark 10:18 KJV). “…There
is none righteous, no, not one:”
(Romans 3:10 KJV). “…There is not a just man
upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not…”
(Ecclesiastes 7:20 KJV). “…ALL HAVE
SINNED and fallen short of
the glory of God…” (Romans 3:23).
“…All he DOES (God,
the Holy Spirit DOES) is just and GOOD...” (PSALMS 111:7 NLT). “…The fruit of the Spirit is ...
GOODness …” (Galatians 5:22-23 KJV). "....The Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives …” (Galatians 5 NLT).
“…Apart from [the Holy Spirit]…
[mankind cannot]... do nothing [they cannot be GOOD]…” (John 15:5 NIV).
“… [ALL have become]…..unclean and [their so-called] righteousnesses (efforts to do good is) as
filthy rags….” (Isaiah 64:6 KJV).
“...the flesh
(sinful nature) profits nothing…” (John
6:63 NASB). “…The sinful
nature
is always hostile to God …” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT). “...[The SINFUL NATURE]... never did obey
God’s (HOLY) laws…”
(Romans 8:1-14 NLT). “...[The
SINFUL NATURE]... never will…[OBEY GOD’S HOLY LAW]...”
(Romans 8:1-14 NLT). “…The sinful nature
wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants
...so you are not free to carry out your good
intentions. … …” (Galatians 5 NLT).
THE SINFUL NATURE CAN’T AND
WON’T HELP YOU DO RIGHT. “….“…I
want to do what is right, but I
can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t…” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT).
THE SINFUL NATURE CAN’T HELP YOU “BECOME”
RIGHT OR RIGHTEOUS. “…
[ALL have become]…..unclean and [their so-called] righteousnesses (efforts to do good is) as
filthy rags….” (Isaiah 64:6 KJV). “... APART FROM [Christ]... you can do nothing …” (John
15:1-11 NASB).
Mankind, whether you agree or
disagree, is NOT basically GOOD, but they are basically SINFUL by NATURE!!! “...The trouble is with me,
for I am all too human, a slave to
sin (through the sin nature). I don’t really understand myself, for I want
to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does
it. And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my
sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t.
…I [am] …a slave to the sin that is … within me (within my sin nature) …” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT).
“…The
sinful nature
is always hostile to God …” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT). “...[The SINFUL NATURE]... never did obey
God’s (HOLY) laws,
and it never will…” (Romans 8:1-14 NLT). “…The
sinful nature wants to do evil,
which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants ...so
you are not free to carry out your good intentions. …
…” (Galatians 5 NLT).
The BIBLE clearly
explains the TROUBLE with the SINFUL NATURE and it DOES NOT say it is basically
GOOD. In fact, the bible SAYS the SINFUL NATURE wants
to DO EVIL!!!! “…The
sinful nature wants to do evil,
which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants ...so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. … …” (Galatians 5 NLT).
Therefore, the SINFUL
NATURE is basically EVIL!!!! “…The
sinful nature wants to do evil …
…” (Galatians 5 NLT). “…The
sinful nature wants to do ... the
opposite of what the Spirit wants …” (Galatians 5 NLT). “…[god,
the holy spirit]... is GOOD…”
(Psalm 107:1 KJV). “...The trouble is
with me, for I am all too human, a slave
to sin...[because of the sinful nature] ...I
want to do what is good, but I don’t...”
(Romans 7:14-25 NLT). “…you are not free to carry out your good intentions. … …” (Galatians 5 NLT). “…There is not a just man upon earth, that
doeth good, and sinneth not…”
(Ecclesiastes 7:20 KJV). “...there is “NONE” good but one, that is,
God...” (Nahum 1:7 & Mark 10:18 KJV). “… [ALL (every human being) have become]…..unclean and [their so-called]
righteousnesses
(efforts to do good is) as filthy rags….” (Isaiah 64:6 KJV). “... APART FROM [the Holy Spirit]... [mankind]... can do nothing [good] …” (John
15:1-11 NASB).
“… [they]... are not free to carry
out...[their]... good intentions. … ” (Galatians 5 NLT).
Mankind
is BASICALLY evil, sorry, but it’s true. The SINFUL NATURE has SIN embedded
within its very fiber and it only has an inclination for evil; not
righteousness. “…The
sinful nature wants to do ... the
opposite of what the Spirit wants …” (Galatians 5 NLT).
“…The
sinful nature wants to do evil …
” (Galatians 5 NLT). “….When you follow
the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual
immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish
ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I
have before, that anyone living that sort of life WILL NOT inherit the
Kingdom of God. …” (Galatians 5:22-23 NLT).
The Holy Spirit
PRODUCES spiritual fruit and the sinful nature PRODUCES evil fruit. “…The sinful
nature wants to do evil …
…” (Galatians 5 NLT). “...The trouble is
with ...[mankind, they are]... all too human, a slave to sin...[because of the sinful nature] ...[they]...want
to do what is good, but [they]...don’t...”
(Romans 7:14-25 NLT). “… [they were]... born ...[sinners]... (because they were born without
the indwelling holy spirit)….”
(Psalms 51:5 NLT).
The SINFUL NATURE is
PROOF that mankind is NOT basically GOOD. Every human being is BORN with a
SINFUL NATURE and has EVIL proclivities. “….I was
born a sinner ….” (Psalms 51:5
NLT). “...These wicked people are born sinners; even from birth they have lied and gone
their own way...” (Psalm 58:3 NLT). “... The wicked are estranged from
the womb: they
go astray as
soon as they be born, speaking lies...” (Psalms 58:3 KJV).
Adam and Eve PASSED this
SINFUL NATURE on to their children and all of mankind. “…SIN IS the transgression of the [God’s holy]...law….”
(1 John 3:4 KJV). “...sin entered into the world, and death through
sin, and so death passed to all men, for that all sinned—“(Romans 5:12 KJV). “...all have sinned (all have a sin nature)…”
(Romans 3:23 KJV). “…all have ... come
short of the glory of God (all are born WITHOUT the indwelling Holy Spirit)…”
(Romans 3:23 KJV).
Adam and Eve and ALL of
their descendants were BORN without the Holy SPIRIT. "…That
which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit
is spirit…” (John 3:6 KJV).
“...I was born a sinner ….”
(Psalms 51:5 NLT). “...I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good,
but I don’t. …I [am] …a slave to the sin
(nature) …”
(Romans 7:14-25 NLT). “…the wages of sin (the end result) is [spiritual] death…”
(Romans 6:23 KJV). “…[Now]... all have
sinned (all have been born with a sin nature)…” (Romans 3:23
KJV). “…all have ... come short of the glory of God
(all are born WITHOUT the indwelling Holy Spirit)…” (Romans 3:23
KJV).
“...so
...[spiritual]... death passed to all men...“(Romans 5:12 KJV). “...all have sinned (all have been born with a sin nature)…”
(Romans 3:23 KJV). From generation to generation, descendant to descendant, and
year after year the sin nature has been passed down to all of mankind. “…the wages of sin (the end result) is [spiritual] death…”
(Romans 6:23 KJV).
Adam and Eve ate the apple, the
relationship between them and God changed, and immediately their “eyes were opened,” to a life without GOD, the Holy Spirit.
God said they would surely die. “... THE DAY THAT THOU EATEST thereof THOU SHALT SURELY DIE…” (Genesis 2:16-17 KJV).
“.... At that moment their eyes were opened…” (Genesis 3:1-7
NLT). “…[Their]
...INIQUITIES … separated … [them from] ... God [the
Holy Spirit or the BREATHE of LIFE]…”
(Isaiah 59:2 KJV). They became “…DEAD
in trespasses and sin…”
(Ephesians 2:1 KJV).
This death was not a physical death where
the soul is separated from the body, but it was the spiritual death where the soul
is separated from the “Holy Spirit” within
the body.
God said, “….let us make man in our image, after our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26 KJV). “…..God
created man in his own image…..male and female created he them…” (Genesis
1:27 KJV). “….God formed man of the dust of the ground (body), and breathed into his nostrils the breath
of life (HIS Spirit,
his likeness); and man became a LIVING soul (soul)…” (Genesis 2:7 KJV). When “…God saw everything he had made……and, [said] … it was VERY GOOD…”
(Genesis 1:31 KJV).
The SPIRIT
enables us to have communication with God AND HE WITH US. The indwelling Holy
Spirit ALSO ENABLES US TO engage, interact, and experience with HIS PRESENCE,
his GOODNESS, his POWER. God’s Spirit also allows us to be uniquely intimate
with him through a holy, covenant relationship. “…He that is JOINED unto the Lord
(Jesus) is ONE
Spirit…” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV). “… [God’s] Love
… is the perfect BOND of unity...” (Colossians 3:14 NASB). “…that they
may all be
one (bonded by love); even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us…” (John 17:21-23 NASB).
The BODY of flesh is
given to us by God to communicate with the world. Through the body the soul can
EXPERIENCE, ENGAGE, AND INTERACT WITH everything in the world. The body enables
the soul to experience, engage and interact with the world through the SENSES
(sight, smell, sound, taste, touch).
When
the body is ENGAGED through the SENSES it ENABLES the SOUL to learn and
experience THINGS in the world. The SENSES enables the SOUL to learn and experience
THINGS in the world by sending INFORMATION to the heart (brain), which informs
the thoughts. The heart (brain), the information center of the soul helps the
soul perceive or observe the world.
The
SENSES enable the SOUL to learn and experience THINGS in the world, which will
influence HOW they MAKE decisions and choices. The body
of flesh is ACTIVATED by the SENSES. The SENSES will DICTATE how the body of flesh engages, interacts, and experiences
the world, which will influence how the SOUL also engages, interacts, and
experiences the world.
The body of flesh was
not CREATED to obey God, but to be a vessel and servant for the soul and Spirit
to interact in the world. “…The
[flesh]...nature
... never did obey God’s laws, and it never will…” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT).
THE BODY OF FLESH CAN’T
OBEY GOD, BECAUSE IT WASN’T CREATED TO OBEY, BUT IT WAS CREATED TO BE A VESSEL
AND SERVANT.
A FORK, BOWL, PLATE,
COUCH, COAT, TELEVISION WAS CREATED TO SERVE ITS PURPOSE “ONLY.” THESE THINGS
WILL DO “ONLY” WHAT THEY WERE CREATED TO DO AND WILL NOT OBEY ANY OTHER COMMAND
OR SERVE ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
Therefore,
the body of flesh cannot and will NOT obey God,
but it will OBEY the SENSES by engaging, interacting, and experiencing the
world as it was CREATED to do.
The
problem COMES because the WORLD is FILLED with LUST and PRIDE, which doesn’t
come from God. “.. For everything in the
world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the
world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.”
(1 John 2:16-17 NLT).
The body of flesh engages, interacts, and experiences the world through
the senses and the world is under the power and influence of the evil one. “...the
whole world lies under the power of
the evil one” (1 John 5:19 RSV).
The soul, therefore, is
engaging, interacting, and experiencing with natural life, in a world, which
leads them – through the body of flesh - inadvertently toward obedience to the evil one
whose goal is to enslave their senses. “...the whole world lies under
the power of the evil one” (1
John 5:19 RSV).
The body of flesh enables the soul to engage,
interact, and experience the world, which heavily influences them to learn and
make decisions based on the information sent to the heart (brain) from “that”
world. “...the whole world lies under
the power of the evil one” (1
John 5:19 RSV).
The soul becomes
inadvertently obedient to the evil one, through the senses and thus become HIS
willing servants THROUGH the body of flesh (sinful
nature). “…Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey;
whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” (Romans
6:16 KJV).
“…The
[flesh]...nature
... never did obey God’s laws, and it never will…” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT).
The body of flesh has been controlled,
by the evil one, through the senses, for a long time and the body of
flesh develops strongholds, such has habits, obsessions, addictions, and
memories, to ensure the evil one’s continual dictatorship over man’s SOUL. “...the whole world lies under
the power of the evil one” (1
John 5:19 RSV).
These formations of behavior - influenced by the EVIL ONE who used the body of flesh, through
the senses - become automatic behaviors
over long periods of time and practice. “...the
whole world lies under the power of
the evil one” (1 John 5:19 RSV).
These automatic behaviors are often done by
the body of flesh, without total awareness one is doing them or without
permission from the SOUL. The
SOUL may WANT to do right, but it CAN’T. “…The
...[flesh]... nature
...never
did obey God’s laws, and it
never will.…” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT). “...I am all too human, a slave to sin (the body of flesh through the senses) ...I want to do
what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. …I [am] …a slave to the sin (nature or body of flesh through the senses)
that is … within me (within my heart,
mind, etc.) …”
(Romans 7:14-25 NLT). “…Who
will free me from this life that is dominated by SIN? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord…”
(Romans 7:14-25 NLT).
The evil
one uses and puts into your intimate and immediate environments, all kinds of
triggers that continually condition sinful behavior through the senses. These
triggers work by dictating how the body of flesh engages the soul with the things
of the world. “...I am all too human, a slave to sin (the body of flesh through the senses) ...I want to do
what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t …”
(Romans 7:14-25 NLT).
These
triggers also aid in the evil one’s ability to dictate destructive behavior,
through the senses, using the body of flesh while imprisoning the soul at the
same time (classical conditioning). “...I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. …I [am] …a slave to the sin (nature or body of flesh through the senses)
that is … within me (within my heart,
mind, etc.) …”
(Romans 7:14-25 NLT).
The evil
one uses and puts into place pleasurable reward systems, which involve the
pleasure center of the brain (heart) and specific, sinful behavior, through the
senses. When the pleasure center of the brain (heart) and a specific sinful
behavior, through the senses, are LINKED together they will continually
encourage the practice of “that” behavior, through the senses, using the body of flesh while imprisoning
the soul at the same time (operant conditioning). “......I want to do what is right, but I can’t.
I want to do what is
good, but
I don’t …”
(Romans 7:14-25 NLT).
The evil
one uses and puts into place role models and idols that will entice the soul
through the “lust of the eyes” or “lust of the flesh” to duplicate the same
sinful behaviors. The EVIL ONE will use one or more of the senses, through the
body of flesh. For example, he may use SIGHT to influence perception, learning,
or to observe what others are doing to entice the soul (observational
conditioning). “BUT“…The woman ...saw
that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of
the fruit and ate it...”
(Genesis 3:1-7 NLT).
All
conditioning of the body of flesh, done through the SENSES enables the SOUL to learn and experience
the THINGS of the world, while sending information to the brain(heart), which
informs the thoughts and in turn, directs behavior.
All
conditioning influences how the SOUL makes decisions and choices using the
information learned through the body of flesh and dictated by
the SENSES. Thus, all conditioning AFFECT the MIND through the heart (brain)
and influences BEHAVIOR
“… Be
transformed by the renewing of your mind….”
(Romans 12:2 KJV).
Sinful behaviors
learned and practiced through the body of flesh and
dictated by the senses become formations
of behavior, especially over a long period of time. Some of these formations of behavior, particularly the
ones that include the pleasure center of the brain (heart), HARDEN or CEMENT,
because of a lifetime of practice, making them extremely DIFFICULT to break or
stop. “…Can an Ethiopian change his skin or a
leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who
are accustomed to doing evil…” (Jeremiah 13:23 NIV). “...I want to do what is right, but I can’t…” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT).
“…Who
will free me from this life that is dominated by sin? …” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT). “…The
answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord…” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT).
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