Mark 7:20-23
“20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”
Remember the verse: Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
How often do we hear people try to blame satan for them committing sin? “satan made me do it.” or “ole satan really has a hold of me now!”
But what saith the Lord? It is what comes out of our own hearts that is defiled. Jeremiah called it “desperately wicked”.
Yes, satan introduced sin to Adam and Eve. But Adam willingly and knowingly committed sin. The sin that would doom every person from Adam and Eve to the last person born before the end of time. How often we forget satan is not omnipresent like God. Satan cannot be everywhere at the same time. Remember, he is a part of God's creation just as we are.
The good news is, even as wicked as we are or as we have the potential to be, we have something satan and his fallen angels do not have. We have a Saviour.
Jeremiah 17:10 “I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.” Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Praise ye the Lord!!!
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