The World and the Word

                  The Difference between Sin and Evil

Matthew 12:31-32 relates the attitude of the evil nature of humans toward God. It happens to be an attitude of hatred and a refusal to repent. The Holy Spirit has tasked Himself with the enlightenment of all living humans to convict them of their sins and bring them back to repentance and faith. John 1:9; John 16:7-11. The deliberate rejection of the call of the Holy Spirit to repentance, faith, and reconciliation with God happens to be the worst evil that any human can do. It equates to a cruel rejection of the Love and compassion of God. This rejection comes directly from the evil nature of humans, and God cannot forgive it. But in these same verses, Jesus promised that He will forgive "all manner of sin and blasphemy"against Himself, and He is the Holy Spirit. This seeming contradiction, which is really a paradox, can only mean that eventually all living humans will return to repentance and faith in Christ which will enable Him to cleanse and forgive them, some by His shed blood and water and all others by His fiery wrath against evil. Revelation 1:5; Revelation 5:11-14. But deliberate rejections of the call of the Holy Spirit to repentance and faith in the Love of God always adheres completely to the evil natures of humans, and God will cast all of the separated, evil natures of all humans into the eternal lake of fire. Revelation 20:15; Matthew 12:33-37; Matthew 7:17-19; Matthew 13:36-43; Matthew 13:47-50; Matthew 3:10-12.

Romans 3:9-20 describes the evil nature of humans and the influence it has on their righteous natures given to them by God as His image in them. These verses cannot mean that humans are totally evil because if that were true then all humans would be demonic and would commit only evil acts. These verses describe how the evil natures of humans cause their good natures to commit sins, and how it causes living humans to refrain from seeking God's Love and forgiveness. Adam and Eve sewed fig leaves for themselves and hid from God in the garden. But God found them and promised them His cleansing and forgiveness which He has accomplished for the entire human race. Genesis 3:15; Genesis 3:20-21; Luke 20:38. Just as God found Adam and Eve in the garden, so He will search and find every living human who ever lived and return them to repentance, faith, and reconciliation with Him. Matthew 18:11-14; Luke 19:10; Colossians 1:15-23. Romans 3:19 informs humans that a knowledge of the law makes the whole world guilty before God. Only a good person can feel guilt. God informs humans in Romans 3:20 that they cannot overcome their sins and evil by their attempts to obey the law. Romans 3:21-31 teaches that living humans can only overcome their sins and evil by repentance and faith in the power of Christ to gain that victory for them. God will eventually find all living humans wherever they may be and bring them to repentance, faith, and reconciliation with Him. John 5:24; Revelation 5:11-14. God's Almighty Love cannot fail. I Corinthians 13:8.

God has put into the hearts of all good parents that they will do everything in their power to save their children in danger. But human love is limited whereas God's Love is Almighty. This fact can only mean that God will exert His Almighty Power to save all living humans whom He creates and loves from the danger of eternal death. This fact also means that He cannot fail to provide salvation for all living humans. I Corinthians 13:8. The free will that God gave to humans cannot cause their eternal deaths as the Devil supposes. Job 1:11. God sacrificed Himself to save all living humans by taking all their sins and eternal deaths on Himself on a cross, washing away all the sins and eternal deaths of all humans saved by His grace and leaving all of the sins and eternal deaths of the rest of humanity behind in Hell when He rose immaculate from the dead. Revelation 1:5; Psalm 16:10; Acts 2:27; I Corinthians 3:11-15; Revelation 21:5; Psalm 107:10-14; I Timothy 6:13; I Timothy 4:10; I Corinthians 15:22; John 5:28-29; John 11:25. Many other scriptures can be cited for this doctrine.