“And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God” (Mark 10:18).

I have received a number of responses to a part of an article I wrote; people complaining that there are still “good people” around.” IF that is the case, why would Jesus Christ state the above verse? This verse along with another states where we as humans are on that ruler:

“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

It is then evident to me, that many feel they are better than others or that they feel they are more deserving of being called “good” than others. When the very state of this world proves that sentiment to be exactly the opposite. We are all fallen!

We are all human and are subject to sin and we have definitely fallen short of the glory of God. It is true, we are all loved by God, we can be ushered into His hands by giving our lives over to Him…but…let there be no mistake, we are still a “fallen species.” Our only recourse is Jesus Christ!

Am I saying that we do not have good intentions?  Quite the opposite, we have many “good intentions.”  The problem is that we fail continually and the reason for that failure is our own sin gets in the way. I understand, that makes all of us look like such failures. How many times has humanity started out on a good direction and be sidetracked by problems? History is full of this and even more.

The problem is this: We try and do things using our own methods, beginning with the failure to ask the Lord God for His direction. How do you think so many “religions” have begun and failed at every turn? They endeavor to “do right”…without…the Lord. That’s the first mistake of all, starting anything without the consultation of our Lord and Savior. Has it never occurred to you, that our first problem is our own original sin, by Adam and Eve and has been followed through in each of us?

Our first problem begins with our birth, thinking we are autonomous individuals. When the actual reason for you and me being here is to worship the Lord God Almighty. We were never created to be so individually unique, that would set us apart from God and the idea we are a God. Or have you never read about how Satan deceived Eve in the Garden of Eden.

Genesis 3:1-5: “Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”

For the record, is what Eve told the serpent (Satan) correct and true? Absolutely NOT! So here we see that Eve…sort of, well, just added a little, you know something extra, nothing too big you know, just a smidgen extra.“Neither shall ye touch it.” Yet the Bible says something different, about what God told Adam:

Genesis 2:15-17: “And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

Oops!!Don’t cha just hate those!

So was what Eve told the serpent a lie or not? What does the Bible, the Holy Word of God say about adding to or subtracting from His Word?

Deuteronomy 4:2: “Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.”

Revelation 22:18-19: “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any manshall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”

There it is in black and white and from Gods’ own lips to our ears. Eve was wrong for telling the serpent, “Neither shall ye touch it.” She added to the Word of God and that my friends is a sin, plain and simple. This goes along with someone saying there are “good people” in this world, when Jesus Christ explicitly said, “There is none good but one, that is, God.”

That IS biblical truth! I do not know about you, but that definitely hurts my feelings, but then, I am a human, just like everyone else here on this earth. And as a member of this species called humanity, I am fallen, as everyone else. The difference is, when the Lord God redeems us. Thank you Lord for your love toward me.

If it has not occurred to anyone yet, there is a unique reason we are here? I am here to praise and worship the Lord God for creating me and for redeeming me, because of my sin, with His precious blood. THAT is the reason!

The entire reason for the Bible is to show WHO our Creator is, WHY were created to begin with, WHERE we have fallen short and HOW we can be redeemed. That’s it. And the answer to all of those, IS Jesus Christ. Therefore the entire reason for the Word of God is Jesus Christ!

I will NOT say anything except what the Bible says, PERIOD. We as humans have every opportunity to read the Bible and learn what the Lord God expects of us and then fall in line and be what HE wants us to be, NOT what we want to be. Anything outside of the Word of God, for you and me, in our lives…will be failure. And the Bible is also very exacting about the results of our failure to follow Him: Eternal death!

Thus we can see that there is a difference; we have a choice to make. We can choose to follow Jesus Christ and LIVE for eternity or NOT to follow Jesus Christ and DIE for eternity. And THAT is the name of that tune!

My friends, I am so honored and humbled…to expound the Word of God and I rely completely on Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit to guide me in every word, no more and no less. I want nothing more than to help show the love of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ…in what I write. Praise the Lord for HIS undying love for us!

My friends, have you noticed the signs of this fallen world, as of late? Have you been reading your Bibles and see that the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is imminent? Have you noticed how many nations across the globe have turned their backs on Israel, just as it was stated in the Word of God? Does anyone see the correlation of the Flood of Noah, the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, being fulfilled in this world today?

Have we forgotten what the Word of God says about Israel in the last days? Have we turned our attention from what the Bible says the world will be like, in the last days, because it causes so much pain to witness? We are dancing to a Hideous and Evil tune, played by Satan and his ilk, in their final effort to subvert the perfect will of God on this earth.

Time is much shorter than most of us would be willing to accept, because the end is in sight and for most, that is not what they want to be thinking about. The thoughts and dreams of most are on worldly possessions. Possessions that most feel are more important than the fall of humanity before a great and righteous God. Fear wrenches their hearts, blinds their eyes and makes deaf their ears. Churches across the land are failing their congregations for money and things, pastors and ministers preaching filth and degradation.

What’s more, the evil of Satan and his ilk have permeated almost every nook and cranny of humanity— to the point that death by beheading is not really noticed by most! No one seems to care, no one is willing to stand up and bring it to a stop. So heavy are the sins of this world, that it is being used as entertainment, when one stops for a moment and thinks, it’s more than just shameful.

Suddenly a horrible act will take place and everyone wants to know  how it could ever take place? Somehow there must have been a reason for the atrocity and they look at things in the individual’s life to explain it. (When the answer is actually all around us.) The Word of God, proves we are the culprits, we are responsible, we are the perpetrators because we have fallen so very far from the view of Jesus Christ. What is so unusual is that the Word of God, points out WHO are at fault and names them specifically. And again, similar to the time just before the Great Flood and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Time and again, empires have grown to great heights and have then fallen and we learn of these things in school. Atrocities are committed throughout time, some more heinous than others, even in our own communities and nation. And we continually wonder what the “Root of the problem is?” As I have stated before, “We continue to do the exact same thing, over and over again, expecting a different outcome!” That my friends is the definition of insanity! So then the question everyone is thinking is, WHO is at fault?

2 Timothy 3:1-7: “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”

So once again I ask the question, WHO is at fault? And then we look back in time and wonder how things got so bad. Has it ever occurred to you that WE are the reason things have never stayed the way they USED TO BE? I hear quite often, “Those times were so peaceful, they were simple times, they were good times.” And they think back of those whimsical days of yore, dreaming of how it should never have changed, wishing it would have lasted forever.

The answer is this: WE changed from those times and we called it “progressive thinking.” Somehow how we felt we could do a better job, we could be a better people, that we would learn from our mistakes and never repeat them. I hate the saying, “So how’s that working for ya?” And yet it fits. Many have wondered how to change the situation:

Matthew 7:7-8: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”

Far too many believe we must DO something and to a degree they are correct. We must bury our faces in the dirt, we must humble ourselves before a great and mighty God that can do anything…and ask for His forgiveness of our sin. We must ASK, we must SEEK and we must KNOCK. That would be DOING something. It is a desire to know what HE thinks is best for us, NOT what we think is best for ourselves. Or do you not understand what greed is?

Psalm 37:4-10: “Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.”

I keep saying the exact same thing, “Time is short ya’ll!” The problem is, people do not want to hear these things, they do not want to give up a single thing that they fear they will lose. The problem is, are you willing to give up  THINGS in order to assure your salvation unto heaven eternal? In other words, what are all these earthly things worth to you, if you only get approximately 70 years here on earth and die for the rest of eternity? In that case I would be forced to ask you, “How’s that working out for ya?”