For I was born a sinner—yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching
me wisdom even there. Psalm 51:5-6
And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful
nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. Romans 7:18
There is a pop psychology which parrots
the oft-heard I’m OK/You’re OK mantra. This teaches that there is a lot of good in
you, and that is not totally Biblically-wrong…God’s creation was, and is, good!
Where it departs from 100% truth is
denying the evil in each of us. And anything
credited to Scripture, which is not entirely true and consistent with all of
Scripture, by definition, is heresy.
The pop-theology psychological disconnect
from truth (heresy) is to claim that the things that are problematic in your
life just need a few little tweaks, changes, or a little self-discovery here
and there, and you’ll be alright.
The Bible never says that. What the Bible does say (to
believers/followers of Jesus) is that you will be ok…that
God has your life in His hands, and, when necessary, He will straighten you
out. What the Bible does say to both
believers and unbelievers alike is you’re depraved…totally; you
inherited a sin nature, and that is who you really are, deep down, inside! Before you surrender to Christ you are NOT
OK.
This born-perfect-and-able to
get even better kind of thinking has spawned all kinds of spurious
thinking that, not only are we OK, anything we can think up to do is OK as
well. Sexual perversion is one of the
more glaring examples of that; think gay pride parades, etc., flaunting it in
the very presence of God, that we can do what we want, even if Scripture abhors
and forbids it, because we’re OK.
Being created, and accepting that you
can stay that way, is as goofy a life-principle as physically staying a baby; can
you imagine the joy of changing a diaper on a 40-year-old? This spurious theology spawns a host of
ill-thinking and degraded living because it rejects the sovereignty of God, and
our required surrender to God’s will.
The worldly mindset is that we never
have to change anything, while trusting in the sovereignty of God is coming
back to reality; recognizing we must let God change anything, or everything.
Unfortunately, some (even many) people
deny this reality. They don’t believe
what David wrote in his Psalm about God requiring life-long honesty. And, in covering up the lie about our sinful
bent, we disconnect from truth.
And, frankly, life is downhill from that
point.
Living in
truth, even when it means climbing down off the I’m OK/You’re OK pedestal we’d
like to think is our right, is the only way to truly be right
with the One who created us.
Getting started on that project is simple, if not easy. Say it with me…forgive us our trespasses…
You chew on that as you hit the Rocky Road; have a blessed day!
Title image: Pixabay.com W Unless noted, Scripture quoted from The New Living Translation©
For other posts on heresy see: The Tempter Arrives and
Light
Has No Shadow
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