Evil

I've been seeing all the reports from the bombing at the Boston Marathon. Someone asked today why doesn't God just stop it.

Once He did decide to stop it and start over. Genesis 6:5 let's us in on what God thought of mankind in the days of Noah when He said, "...every intention of the thoughts of [man's] heart was only evil continually."  And then God destroyed everyone and everything except those in the ark with Noah because "Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord." After the flood Noah planted a vineyard, made wine, got drunk, and passed out naked in his tent. Only evil, continually.

Unfortunately as long as we live on this planet, as long as people can choose, people WILL choose evil. Some evil, like this bombing, physically hurts so many people so publicly. It hurts us all as we ache at the loss and the senselessness of it.

Some might say I've never killed anyone. And I would counter with have you ever been really angry with someone? Have you ever called someone a fool or an idiot? Jesus said that can get you a ticket to hell. (Matthew 5:21-22)

Have you ever gossiped or told a little white lie or had a little too much to drink or used the name of God or Jesus as an exclamation? Welcome to the world of evil. We are all sinners by nature and by choice. (Romans 3:23)

The only "cure" for evil as we await the return of Jesus, is to surrender to Him as Lord and Savior. We have the responsibility and the privilege to tell others about Jesus so that they might be receptive to the voice of the Holy Spirit. There is NO ONE beyond God's ability to save. Does that mean everyone will be saved? No, but we don't know who will and who won't be saved. So we need to tell everyone we can.

One thing I love so much about NewSpring are the stories of life change that we hear. Stories of radical change in people some might have thought were hopeless.. www.newspring.cc/blog