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'Exceedingly Weak' not 'Desperately Wicked'

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Deborah-Leigh:
Thanks Silvia. I am glad you got something out of that.

After reading what Samson wrote, I began to think about weakness being the condition that manifests wickedness. In other words, don't you think that weakness goes hand in hand with wickedness? I don't think the  two are separate.

Then in the Scripture posted by Liberated Eagle, we are reminded that there is a natural body and a spiritual body. Jesus said the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

We know that God frames us and keeps us within the bounds of His frame when it comes to our acting out the natural impulses to be wicked. As Ray says, we are sinning machines. God puts the bounds on just how far He lets anyone of us express the weakness/wicked propensity of our hearts.

Again, we can thank God for not causing us to rise to the infamous levels of some people who stand out for their evil deeds. We could have been one of them.

This also brings forward the gratitude we can have towards our Maker that we are kept back from doing evil which is not because of any goodness we have, but due to the Mercy of God, that we do not participate in some of the most horrific acts of evil common to the flesh and weak heart of human kind. We really depend on God for His goodness to convert our flesh into that body of His Spirit!

Arc

cheekie3:
Marcus -

This is a great post full of the Truths of Scripture regarding sin, our will, and how and why Adam and Eve made their choices.

Regards, cheekie3.

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