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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.

These statements by the apostle Paul are very controversial for many Christian's, they are offended at Paul's thoughts that “nothing” good dwelt in him, that is, in his flesh! They believe in a positive ministry of human goodness which has become a modern day phoneme in our society. The self-help religion where a person can become great in this world, be blessed with material wealth and fame teaching this is the purpose of God's love for mankind.

Matthew 25:45 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'

Matthew 5:19 Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Galatians 6:14 But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

John 17:14 I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

However, what ministers of humanism teach does not change the truth of Paul's statements it just prolong the truths creating greater hate and denial in those Christian's whom refused Holy Spirit truth! We must remember when God make a statement through his prophet found in God's word, its not evil, its not God putting evil on mankind or putting them down so he can be better! It is rather truth mankind needs to know God, to have a relationship with God. From that premise we must divorce our emotions, not taking things so personally, and ask the Father we serve what is your mind on this matter, for I know that you are good and righteous.

Matt.7:7 "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. 7:8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
7:9 Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent? 7:11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

When God measure mankind under sin, he tells the truth, he draw a righteous line and ask each of us to measure up to truth in righteousness. It not an emotional thing, it is the truth of the line. God could tells us we don't measure up, but he rather does what human often do, and what is that? For those that do not have a proper evaluation of themselves, they have been misled by the propaganda of this world in positive thinking is going to make all things evil good, and save mankind. We let the person try it their own way.

For example, the car I was driving got stuck in a mud hole, one of the passenger insisted we could simply push the car out of the hole. Everyone else in the car had looked and tried to push it out, but finally realized we would have to get help, but not this one person whom got belligerent over the matter.

We simply instead of arguing, with our help, let him tried until his way until he had to admit we needed help. Problem solved argument ended, belligerents ended! Nothing was personal we were dealing with facts in out accepting our real condition, now we were forced to come up with another solution for problem. Now we had to take steps to solve the problem, and everyone was in agreement, and things got done. This is Paul point, we can believe what ever we chose, we can thank God for giving us a choice in allowing us to try it our way first, or we can get mad at Paul, at God, or someone telling us the truth of Paul's writings in Roman's, which of course never solves the problem. Causing us to never really ask God for his help in Jesus Christ, because we are so busy arguing our point of view!

James1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

Once we see the truth of our real condition we can accept this truth of our sinful condition in our flesh, and get the facts of what we need do to get out of the problem. Then we find what God has done for us. In other words, if we are told we cannot breathe water, is God limiting our positive personality? Is he tearing us down ruining our world, making us have negative feeling about our personal worth? If we are told we cannot fly like a bird without building something that can fly like a plane, is God limiting our positive personality. If we are told we cannot live in space without oxygen is God limiting our positive personality which hates having its feelings hurt?

Romans 3:10 As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.

1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Mark 7:15 There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

Mark 7:20 He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. 7:21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, 7:22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. 7:23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."

Now accepting truth does not limit us, it does not mean God is mean, and hateful, or that we can't find a solution for our problems in truth, now does it? We are sinners that is a truth, our flesh is dead to God. In other words, God cannot uses our flesh born into sin to build it into his righteous Kingdom, without sin! We are stuck in a deep mud hole of sin, in our fallen flesh, we may see thing differently, we may spend a life time trying to prove we are not, we may hate anyone telling us the truth of our condition, but at the end of the day, our life, we are still found in the mud hole wasting our life demanding we are better than that keeping us from calling out for help!

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 3:7 Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 3:17 For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

God has given us the solution, on his terms. He has provide a way out of death into life. He has given us the righteous precious life of his own son Christ Jesus to redeem us from sin. If we don't see ourselves stuck in sin, somehow thinking we are above the sins of the flesh which God calls evil to eternal life, we die in our sins, and/or our mud hole. God loving gave us away to measure the truth of our fallen flesh against truth and righteousness, which Paul speaks to above, the law. No human could keep the law because one evil thought within our heart broke the law, not one action a lower standard that sinners have set up to justify the evil thoughts and feelings of their hearts!

Matt.5:27 "You have heard that it was said, {TR adds "to the ancients,"} 'You shall not commit adultery;'{Exodus 20:14}
5:28 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

God's standard is no evil thoughts of the fallen flesh, because of this high standards he make a solution to help us, what is that solution? He kills our flesh legally for us, accounting it dead to sin for us. Than he fills us with the life of Christ which is righteous without sin of the flesh. Now we have been pulled from the mud hole, we have been elevated into the spiritual heavens upon the mountain of Jehovah God so we can be personally be educated in the ways of peace. But none of this can happen if we are in a constant state of trying to make ourselves perfect in our sinful flesh by some law. Which is a lie, a lie of self-righteousness proven beyond doubt by God and his laws. No human can put away the filth of their flesh, no human can make themselves a non-sinner, no human can stand before God in good works without redemption from their sins.

1 Peter 3:21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Romans 6:4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

There is no life in our sinful flesh, it is dead, it is not redeemable, it is of no value in eternal life, it cannot please God. Now lets accept God's truth, not man's justification for their sins; let us be lift up by God's Holy Spirit into a new life of Christ Jesus. Let us be positive in God's love, not man's love, or a religions love, but in God whom unlike the fallen flesh that cannot stop lying to survive in this world, which means, lying about its true feelings, not what it is telling others by false words. If we do this we walk in Christ and have God's grace, and/or undeserved kindness that we must be found in to have life.

Romans 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

James 4:6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."{Proverbs 3:34}

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