WHERE DOES SIN AND RIGHTEOUSNESS ORIGINATE? "If evil is something - TopicsExpress



          

WHERE DOES SIN AND RIGHTEOUSNESS ORIGINATE? "If evil is something man does, actuated by his own choice, and the sin-effect is the result of his own self-causation, then we are the cause of our own effects, we are gods, creators creating "out of nothing" both our own evil and our own righteousness. If our sinful behavior is merely induced by an impersonal principle of evil or sin-principle, and we then actuate or generate such sinful behavior; then the logical alternative is that Christian behavior is merely induced by an impersonal truth-principle, life-principle or salvation-principle, and we then actuate or generate Christian behavior. If the expression of selfishness and sinfulness in our behavior is the result of a vague, ambiguous "influence" of Satan whereupon we have chosen to activate and generate the sinful behavior by our own power; then conversely the expression of the Christian life is the result of a vague, ambiguous "influence" of the Spirit of Christ upon our lives, whereupon we have chosen to activate and generate Christian living by our own power. Impossible!" "Is righteousness a result of a Righteous God having given a righteous code of conduct which we, as man, choose to activate into our behavior in "works of righteousness" which conform to His righteous desires? The prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 64:6) and the apostle Paul (Philippians 3:6-9) denied such vehemently." -James Fowler-
Posted on: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:23:33 +0000

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