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good and evil

 

We say “good and evil”, but in reality, only God can make that judgment. As a human being under the control of a dead spirit, he cannot have the ability to judge good and evil. Nevertheless, humans can distinguish the good from the bad with their own eyes. Neither Moses nor the prophets could judge good or evil, nor today pastors or theologians have the ability to judge good or evil. In order for man to have the ability to judge good and evil, he must at least first die in Christ and be reborn as the living Spirit, Christ. That is, only those who are governed by the living spirit can judge good and evil.

 

There is a saying in our proverb, “When a bee eats the morning dew, it becomes honey, and when a viper eats it, it becomes poison.” This means that even with the same thing, the result will be different depending on who ate it. The knife in the kitchen is also used by housewives for cooking when in their hands, but as a weapon when in the hands of robbers. No matter how good it is, the result can be different depending on the attitude of the person who accepts it.

 

The same goes for humans who accept God's Word. Although we receive God's Word in the same way, completely different results can appear depending on the thoughts of humans who receive it. For example, when a man who is under the control of Satan (the spirit of death) receives the word of God, he uses that word to condemn or criticize others, or even to deceive him with the word that he has been saved and use it to make others twice as many as children of hell. However, when a person who is controlled by the Spirit of Christ receives the Word of God, he first examines himself with the Word and realizes that he is a sinner, and eventually uses the Word to save the souls of his neighbors. The fact that Paul confessed himself as the chief of sinners after being born again as a Christ shows that he was humbled.

 

A person who humbles himself as a sinner always examines himself with the word of God, so the word is a medicine, but a person who exalts himself always has a high heart. The dead spirit that rules over human beings puts a high barrier in the human heart, preventing them from accepting any outside words except the thoughts they put in. The more proud you are, the more pronounced this phenomenon is.

 

In other words, those who humble themselves are less subject to the control of the dead spirit, so they examine themselves with the words of God. It's not actually humans that feel bad when they hear something, it's that the dead spirit that rules over people is offended. This is the reason why even a person who looks good on the outside will blush at once when they scratch his heart.

 

On the other hand, Jesus said to the Jews who believed that he was born of Abraham's lineage and that he had never been a slave, saying, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free (John 8:31,32) )” has been said. The Jews who were listening to this protest strongly, saying, "We are Abraham's descendants, and we have never been slaves to anyone, so why do you say that we will be set free?" They are talking about a physical blood relationship, but Jesus is talking about a spiritual relationship with God.

 

To their protest, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin! A servant cannot remain in the house forever, but the son abides forever. Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you will truly be free” (John 34-36) . When Jesus said this, he said, "If any of you live without the law, raise your hand!" Then he said, “I also know that you are Abraham’s descendants! But they seek to kill me, because my words have no place in you” (John 8:37) .

 

The Jews may find these words offensive, but Jesus was figuratively explaining that they had a murderous spirit in their hearts, rather than they wanted to kill him right away. Since God always sees and speaks about the evil that is in the heart of man, if humans accept the word as fleshly thoughts, they will fall into the devil's ideology and fall into an irreversible trap.

 

For example, in the Garden of Eden, the devil cleverly deceived the saying that God would die if he ate the tree of knowledge and lied to Eve, saying, “If you eat the tree of knowledge, your eyes will be opened and you will not be able to eat because you will become like God.” At once, Eve's curiosity was aroused, and she ate the forbidden fruit. Even though Eve lived naked before the introduction of evil, she did not know that she was ashamed. However, when she ate of the fruit of good and evil, her spiritual relationship with God was cut off. Then Eve misunderstood that her eyes would soon be opened, and without any doubt, she gave her husband the fruit of the forbidden fruit to eat.

 

The devil always deceives humans and makes them disobey God's word in any way they do. In addition, the devil's minions are preventing the dead spirits (demons) who are controlling the human heart full of sin from entering the human heart as a spirit by any means possible. This saying, “My words have no place in you” (John 8:37) also means that the dead spirit is blocking the entry of Jesus’ words. Jews are people who have believed in God for 2,000 years. But there is no place for the words of Jesus to dwell in their hearts. This is the image of humans who lived by calling on God’s name only with their lips.

 

Vipers are born with poison from birth, but all humans are initially created to be good. However, when the first man, Adam, fell for the serpent's temptation and ate of the forbidden fruit, and became distant from God, the devil took over the place and entered. Since then, all human beings have been reduced to being subordinates under Satan's control. Satan is the king who rules over the world. The reason humans covet and greedy things of the world is because they are all under the control of Satan. Until Jesus died on the cross, the devil was the ruler of the world, but the devil who killed the innocent Jesus became an illegal person and is now working in hiding. And now, the devil's minions, the dead spirits, rule over humans. The reason why the fear of death comes over humans is because the spirits of the dead rule over humans.

 

When God repeatedly tells humans to humble themselves, He does so with the purpose of limiting the activity of dead spirits. The higher the human height, the greater the activity of the dead spirit. The hallmark of the proud is that they consider themselves the best and do not care about others. No matter how good you are to such a person, they close their ears and refuse to listen any more. This is what the proud person looks like. Evil people are not set apart from the beginning, but are created by themselves in this way. The more we sin, the more powerful the dead spirit becomes. It's just like the way a lot of dung fly fly where there's a lot of shit.

 

When we say good people or bad people, most people in the world say that people who do many good things are good, and people who do evil things are evil. However, God distinguishes between good and evil according to who hears the word of God and humbles himself as a sinner or not.

 

That is why God gave the law to His people who believed in order to more accurately distinguish between the good and the evil. The law existed in the world before the law was given, but the law of the world is a nose ring when worn on the nose and earrings when worn on the ear. So he gave his people a stricter law. Thus, through the law, depending on who comes out as a sinner or a righteous person, Heaven and Hell are given as gifts.

 

As a good example, when Jesus came to the land of Israel, the Pharisees, who considered themselves righteous, quarreled with Jesus and ended up selling him to the Romans, committing the mistake of selling Jesus to the Romans, and they went into evil ways. However, when tax collectors and prostitutes humbled themselves as sinners and sought Jesus, they received mercy from Jesus and entered eternal life. However, those who believed in themselves as righteous did not believe in Jesus because their hearts were exalted and the devil broke their hearts. it ran to

 

The dead spirit that rules over humans somehow prevents them from hearing God's Word. If man hears the word of God and realizes his sinfulness, the dead spirit has to leave the human heart inevitably. So, the dead spirit that wants to rule over humans for one more day is trying to prevent them from hearing God's Word by all means.

 

“I took the little book from the hand of the angel and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but after I ate, my stomach became bitter” (Revelation 10:10).

 

Literally translated, it sounds pleasant when you first receive the word of God, but when the word of the Lord points out the sin in you, you feel very bad. In this way, God's Word "says our hearts and minds to the point of piercing our souls and spirits to the division" (Hebrews 4:12). When a human being who lives in sin receives the word of God for the first time, there is not a single person who will feel happy. But the good man examines himself by the word and gradually becomes a sinner. Those who humble themselves and become sinners will be able to see the Son to come with their own eyes and ears.

 

Also, the dead spirits that rule over humans use all their abilities to prevent them from ever descending from a high place. For example, a person who excels in the world ignores the words of the least, those who excel in the world ignore the words of the ignorant, and the rich people ignore the words of the poor. In this way, the evil spirit uses the exalted heart of man to completely ignore the words of the Lord who came to the lowly and lowly position. The reason the proud go to destruction is because their eyes and ears to see themselves are closed.

 

In fact, humans are nothing. No matter how much you learn or how much money you have in this world, your life is like a bubble in the end. The problem is who lives in the hands of the Lord. It can be said that those who live in the hands of the Lord are the happiest and richest people in the world. That is why Solomon said in Ecclesiastes that everything in this world is vain (Ecclesiastes 2:1-26). His theory is that enjoying the greatest wealth and glory as a human being is not as good as living in the hands of God.

 

Today, when you live as an unbeliever and believe in Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit for the first time, you are happy and do not know what to do. At first, everyone looks lovely, so he trembles as if he will take his eyes off him, but as time passes, he too becomes a sinner who disobeys the Holy Spirit, his first joy disappears, and his heart becomes desolate. This is evidence that you are becoming a sinner. In fact, this is the true form of human beings living under sin (law). However, humans are rather afraid of becoming like this. So, it is to wrap the exterior in a very good way like Jesus. The devil takes advantage of this gap, turns the Holy Spirit into the Spirit of Christ, and then reassures the believers by saying that they are all saved. The reason the devil deceives believers is that they must not believe in the Christ who is to come.

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