I was watching the documentary series "The Greatest Events of WWII", and in relation to current events was moved to write this little comment concerning our fallen state, a topic I often touch upon.
It worries me that having rejected scripture and ignored historical evidence people remain ignorant of both their fallen state and what they are capable of, as well as the fallen nature of of humanity and thus, why we need a saviour.
Having been born-again of the incorruptible seed of the Second Adam, I still suffer the temptations, weaknesses and corruption's of the flesh inherited from the first, who fell, and shall war with such until Jesus returns and redeems my body.
Rom 8:22 - 23
22 - For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
23 - And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
And therefore I have to choose daily, either to walk in the newness of the Spirit and fulfil its desires or the oldness of the flesh and fulfil its lusts.
Gal 5:16
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Now, if I who have received the spirit and regenerated soul struggle with the temptations of the flesh, how much more shall those who live in the flesh turn to fulfil its desires when pressed by opportunity, circumstance or necessity?
Today, many express alarm at the fury aimed towards those who refuse the jab while ignoring the murderous hatred rising in their own hearts towards their persecutors, evidence to those who know their God of what is coming...
Gal 5:19-21
19 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 - Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 - Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Personally, I believe that by forcing upon the world their jab, they are in their ignorance laying the foundations upon which others will justify a much darker proposal, even a demand to pledge allegiance to a coming world system by taking its Mark. Yet in the meantime we should acknowledge the rising fury within our own hearts as evidence that we are fallen, and thus need a saviour who is Christ.
Next time you find yourself enraged by their injustices, ask yourself from where that anger springs before you open your mouth, because the flesh ever seeks a way to bringforth its fruits into our lives and I say that through experience.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and setts on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell
