I would like to share these verses for all those out there who are tempted by your passion towards choosing evil.
Let us look deeper into what the scriptures have to say against your way of thinking:
First of all
1. Man being good and evil
Man has the ability to choose good or choose evil. If we follow the Bible we learn that man's very first sin was to partake of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, before that point they had nothing to do with evil. It is also important to note that Satan, the man of sin who is destined for death, was the one who deceived them into partaking of the tree.
Gen 2:17 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.
After this sin occured, there could only be one way to Salvation and that was through Christ Jesus, the way, the truth, and the life. We are commanded to FOLLOW HIM and to CHOOSE THE GOOD rather than the evil. In fact we are put here on earth to pass through this flesh life and to choose life or choose death.
Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isa 7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Joh 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Joh 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Joh 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Mic 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Job 34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
Jer 8:3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
2. Man needs good and evil to exist
Man can do nothing of himself and is altogether absolutly nothing without Christ. All power and glory, life and strength belong to God, our Creator and nothing would exist without him, not even Satan.
Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Job 26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
Phi 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Joh 19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
Joh 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
3. Man is lead by Emotion and can follow Christ and Satan
We are required to stand upon the Rock, which is Christ, and to deny Satan: because ultimately our reward is in Heaven and if we do as commanded and follow the good and condemn the evil then we will obtain the Kingdom of Heaven, which will be a world where only good exists and evil will be abolished. However, life in the flesh is deceptive, and that is why we are commanded to deny a life of sin and live a life of purity. We are also commanded not to follow after the world because Satan will be given power to tempt us with the fleshly comforts of the world. Christ was also our example of how to deal with Satan and command him to flee.
Rom 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
.1Jo 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him
Jam 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Luk 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Luk 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
One more point, If you choose Satan, you will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.
Pro 24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Pro 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1Co 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1Co 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Mar 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Ecc 8:8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Isa 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
4. Good and Evil walk hand in hand and Christ and Satan have a balance tthat gives us purpose.
Jesus Christ is the only way to Salvation and the only purpose in our lives. Satan can only bring deception and death. They are seperate and we are commanded to follow either one or the other. Here is the example of Christ and the reward for making the right choice :
1Pe 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
1Pe 2:22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
1Pe 2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
1Pe 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
1Pe 2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Isa 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Mat 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Sincerely,
Stardust
