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Daily Bible Thought: Good Vs. Evil

Rom.12:9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

What is evil to God YHWH, and what is good to Him? Well, God's word the bible leaves us no doubt about this matter? One is good, God, and evil is the fallen flesh created from the first lie, against God, and has nothing good dwelling in it. We need not as so many do, justify by moral equivalency degrees of good and evil found in all mankind birthed into a sinful flesh.

Matthew 19:16 Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" 19:17 He said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

Rom.7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good. 7:19 For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice. 7:20 But if what I don't desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

If we cling to God, who is good, our love will not be hypocritical, and conversely, when we cling to our fallen flesh instead the Spirit of God we will have evil judgments. The flesh lies because its father came from Satan the Devil the father of the lie. It acts because it does not want others to know it true feelings about most subjects, so it is an actor, which is, a nice word for living in a lie being something we are not.

That standard is the standard of all the world, it is the lust upon which this world is built and most are very satisfied with such low standards, as long as they can have as much of it as they want, or at least more than the other guy.

Hebrews 6:18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

Romans 3:4 May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, "That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment."{Psalm 51:4}

1 John 1:10 If we say that we haven't sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

The issue, the context, and center point of Paul's letter to the Roman's is about flesh Vs. Spirit, the evil of sin in our flesh, to the freedom from such evil by being in Christ where God resides as his temple for his Holy Spirit, and us in Christ (spirit), without the laws of flesh condemning us. Paul same thoughts are found in chapter twelve of Roman's speaking too us about the fruit of God, which fruit is the Holy Spirit found in his temple Christ Jesus so its members can walk in Christ not conforming to the lust of this world which are evil to God, and are flesh not found in Christ.

Cling not to the flesh, evil, but to the Holy Spirit, good, then each member would be given gifts of Holy Spirit, which are:

Gal.5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,{or, faithfulness} 5:23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

In the Spirit are gifts, unlike the merit owed us from the flesh, if one owes a brother something beyond the Spirit, which Spirit is love, we are walking in the evil of the fallen flesh that all the world practices to live and prosper in. Gifts from the flesh don't exist, they are instead earned, they are boast in, and charged for in Satan world based upon a lie. Hence, if these brothers and sister walked in flesh they would say nice words written by Holy Spirit, but hid the truth within their hearts. In other words, they would be hypocrites just like the world saying words to gain, and get others to owe them something but the Spirit - love.

James 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom. 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth. 3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 3:18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

A gift from God is given freely, without charge to us. In that state of purity is found truth, and God's love. From God stems all life, life that gives life, without a lie. No evil can be charged to God, the evil is found in us, not willingly, but as part of the fallen flesh, which flesh we all have that lust against God's Spirit. It is conforming to God, by help of the Spirit found in Christ that our flesh is stripped of its power and thoughts. We must be able to move on from the elementary teaching of Christ into separating the flesh from the Spirit to deal moderately with all our brothers.

Heb.6:1 Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, -

6:2 of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
6:3 And this will we do, if God permit.

No person has extraordinary righteousness, there is only one righteousness and that is Christ righteousness found in all his body members or they would not his body members. Everything outside of that simple understanding is false religion created from the fallen flesh which is a lie. Hence, it Christ righteousness that gifts are given to his body freely by God's will and not our own, so we cannot boast or lord it over others as superior, by works of righteousness we have done.

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 5:13 For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.

Ephesians 5:9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.

1Cor.3:1 Brothers, I couldn't speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ. 3:2 I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren't yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready, 3:3 for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways of men? 3:4 For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," aren't you fleshly? 3:5 Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him? 3:6 I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

John.15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
15:2 Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 15:3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 15:4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. 15:5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

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