in which you once walked according to the
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the
spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once
conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the
flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the
others. – Ephesians 2.1-3
We were all in a mess before salvation. All of us, no matter
how good we thought we might have been, had a major problem. Were all ‘the
children of wrath’ deserving of the full wrath of God.
And the lives of the world around us prove it. Sure, not
every single person is always wicked. People do good things. But the whole race
of man is cursed because of sin. That is why there is so much wickedness around
us. We see all kinds of evil going on and wonder where the brutality comes
from.
It comes from the fact that all men are capable of all kinds
of wickedness. Man’s conduct naturally reveals it.
We might say we could never do that kind of thing. But
before Christ we had no hope. As the children of wrath all we deserved was the
judgement of a perfect God.
We were all there once. But…
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