Many people still cling to the notion that man is naturally good. We did not get this from the Greeks. Aristotle said, There is no good in mankind." We did not get this in Judaism. Jeremiah said, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?"(Jeremiah17:9)
We did not get it from Christian teachings. The Apostle Paul said, "All have sinned, and come short of the glory
of God" (Romans3:23)
We got this illusion, I believe, from the philosophers and psychologists of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries who taught the false doctrine that man is a helpless victim of his environment. The Bible says that man is not naturally good. All human experiences confirm it. Man is rebellious by nature.The first rebellion in history happened in the Garden of Eden, where the environment was perfect and there was no heredity on which to blame it on.
Billy Graham
Each time I become obsessed by the idea that my deeds are so noble, let me remember the magnanimity of your perfect life.
We did not get it from Christian teachings. The Apostle Paul said, "All have sinned, and come short of the glory
of God" (Romans3:23)
We got this illusion, I believe, from the philosophers and psychologists of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries who taught the false doctrine that man is a helpless victim of his environment. The Bible says that man is not naturally good. All human experiences confirm it. Man is rebellious by nature.The first rebellion in history happened in the Garden of Eden, where the environment was perfect and there was no heredity on which to blame it on.
Billy Graham
Each time I become obsessed by the idea that my deeds are so noble, let me remember the magnanimity of your perfect life.
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