![]() I have a friend who has been dealing with doubts about Christ for several reasons I won't go into detail in at the spot. Their doubts come from the fact that this person grew up in a secular home with a familiar sentiment, which is that "people are basically good". This friend believes that unbelievers are "good people". Because of this belief in "good people", my friend does not want to believe that if an unbeliever dies, they will be punished by God eternally in Hell. The Bible has a lot to say on this topic of whether there is such a thing as a “good person” and what is considered a “good person”, of course, and I intend to get into that later on. My friend’s struggles come from the fact society tell us that if people do not commit abominable crimes such as pedophilia or rape or murder, they are basically good. In other words, if you have never stolen a car or robbed a bank, you are doing just fine by the world's standards. But you have to wonder at this sort of logic when you put it against the Bible’s logic and you have to ask yourself: if you have to do something really bad like: rape, murder, ruin someone’s life, etc. to be considered a bad person, doesn't that mean, by this logic, that all people are basically good? Mmhm, perhaps. This is what the Bible has to say about that: Matthew 19:16-17 (NIV) Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life? “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” These verses by themselves answer three questions: 1. “Are human beings basically good?” 2. “Can good works get you into heaven?” 3. “Can good works (or the lack of ‘evil deeds’) make a person ‘good’?”
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Where have I been?? Good question... I'm in school now!! (College)
Always remember He is divine, and we are dibranches. With Love, Evangeline
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