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“Normal” is No Longer “Good” From God’s Plan and Journey Points
7 — 18 Not only does the Bible teach
the reality of God, Jesus the Christ, and the Holy Spirit, it also exposes
the reality that “normal” is no longer “good;” normal is actually inclined
to evil. If one could ask a fish, “How’s
the water?” The fish might reply, “What water?” Before the fall of humankind, normal was very good (Genesis 1:31). And now since the fall, normal includes the bondage of unrest—health issues, unholy traits, and doctrinal errors. (“What water?”) This can be proved abundantly but we will give passages here to prove to your satisfaction that this is truth. Note the following passages: Denial (2
Corinthians 11:14,15; Romans 1:18-22; 2:1, 21-23; 7:11; Hebrews 3:13; 1 Jn.
1:8; Mark. 6:4-5; Luke 19:42; John. 9:41; 11:47-53; James. 3:14; Titus 1:16;
Revelation 3:1, 17) Stress, fear (Genesis
3:10; 2 Timothy 1:7; Romans 8:15; Matthew 6:24) Health
issues and diseases (Matthew 4:23-24; Acts 10:38) Argument,
conflict, dispute (1
Kings 22:21-24; Matthew 13:36-43) Bitterness,
unforgiveness, resentment (Hebrews 12:15) Deception (1
Tim. 4:1-2; 1 John 4:1-6) Lying,
dishonesty (1 Kings 22:21-24; Proverbs 12:22; Acts 5:3) Jealousy (1 Samuel
18:8-11) Violence
(Matthew 17:15) Torments
(Matthew 4:23-24; Matthew 15:22) Divided
homes (Mt. 15:19; Galatians 5:19; Colossians 3:5; Proverbs 6:32) Sexual
immorality, repetitive loveless cheap sex (Rom. 1:29; 13:13; Gal. 5:19; Col.
3:5) Lust
for money, fear of poverty, and poverty (Mt. 6:24; 19:23; Ephesians 4:19;
Romans 1:29; 3 John 1:2) Gossip,
slander (Colossians 3:8-10; Rom. 1:29-31) Superiority
complexes (Romans 2:11; 12:10, 16; 1 Corinthians 8:2; 13) Betrayals (John
13:2; 1 Kings 22:21-23) Retaliation,
revenge (Romans 12:19) Confusion (1
Corinthians 14:33; James 3:16) Hypocrisy,
pretending (Matthew 23:28; 7:5; Mark 7:6; Luke 12:1) Grief,
indignation, sorrow, spite (Matthew 15:22) Lusts (John
8:44; Eph. 2:1-3; 1 John 2:15-17) Wickedness (Luke
11:26) Enchantments
and witchcraft (Exodus 7:10-12; 2 Chronicles 33:6; 2 Kings 9:22;
Nahum 3:4; Isaiah 47:9, 12-13; Acts 8:9; 13:6; 16:16; 19:15; Galatians 3:1;
5:20; 2 Timothy 3:6-8; Revelation 18:23-24) Depression,
or heaviness (Isaiah 61:3) Mental
illnesses and mania (Matthew 4:23-24; 17:14-21; Mark 5:1-18) Suicide
(Matthew 17:16; John 10:10) Humanism,
or secular ways (Romans 1:21-22; 1 Corinthians 2:14;
3:18-20; Colossians 2:8; 1 Timothy 6:20-21; Matthew 16:23) Oppression (Acts
10:38) Bondage
(Romans 8:15) Heresies (1
Timothy 4:1) Error (1
John 4:1-6; 1 Tim. 4:1) Doubt
and unbelief (James 1:5-8; Mark 11:22-24) Drunkenness (Gal.
5:21; Luke 21:34; Rom. 13:13) Counterfeit
worship (Leviticus 17:7; Deuteronomy 32:17; 2 Chronicles 11:15; Psalm
106:37; 1 Corinthians 10:20; Revelation 9:20) Love
of the world’s (corrupted) ways (1 John 2:15-17; 1 Corinthians 2:12) Blindness
(Matthew 12:22) Dumbness
and deafness [confusion] (Matthew 9:32-33; Mark 9:25) Persecution (1
Peter 5:8; Rev. 2:10) Sin
[wrongs; fault; missing the mark] (John 8:44; 1 John 3:8) False
prophecy (1 Samuel 18:8-10; 1 Kings 22:21-24) Feminism
out of bitterness (1 Kings 16:31 – 21:26; Revelation
2:20; 2 Timothy 3:1-8) Uncleanness (it
is called ‘unclean spirits’ 20 times; Luke 4:36) Every other evil to work against the
Kingdom of Love reigning – God’s Plan. God wants to save—rescue and restore—each person from the above, as well as from every other unholy trait and health issue. “When Adam sinned [missed the mark], sin entered the entire human race. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned … What a contrast between Adam and Christ, who was yet to come! And what a difference between our sin and God's generous gift of forgiveness. For this one man, Adam, brought death to many through his sin. But this other, Y’shua Messiah (Jesus Christ), brought forgiveness to many through God's bountiful gift. And the result of God's gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man's sin. For Adam's sin led to condemnation, but we have the free gift of being accepted by God, even though we are guilty of many sins. The sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over us, but all who receive [rely on] God's wonderful, gracious gift of righteousness will live in triumph over sin and death through this one, Jesus Christ. Yes, Adam's one sin brought condemnation upon everyone, but Christ's one act of righteousness makes all people who choose [rely on] right in God's sight and gives them life. Because one person disobeyed God, many people became sinners. But because one other obeyed God, many people shall be made right in God's sight. … So just as sin ruled over all people and brought
them to death, now God's wonderful kindness can rule instead, giving us right
standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord.” — Romans 5:12-21 NLT God
gives the people who choose to rely on His Spirit of Holiness the power to: “…Throw off your old evil nature and
your former way of life, which is rotten through and through, full of lust
and deception. Instead, there must be a spiritual renewal of your thoughts
and attitudes.” —Ephesians
4:22-23 “But now is the time to get rid of
anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language. Don't lie to
each other, for you have stripped off your old evil nature and all its wicked
deeds. In its place you have clothed yourselves with a brand-new nature that
is continually being renewed as you learn more and more about Christ, who
created this new nature within you.” —Colossians
3:8-10 “You
used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the
mighty prince of the power of the air. He is the spirit at work in the hearts
of those who refuse to obey God.” —Eph.
2:2 “In
whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which do not
believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of the Messiah (the Christ),
who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” —2 Corinthians 4:4 “For
out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, loveless cheap
sex, thefts, lying, and slander….” —Matthew 15:19 “Their lives were full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning and are disobedient to their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, and are heartless and unforgiving. They are fully aware of God's death penalty for those who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And, worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.” —Rom. 1:29-31 “It is
obvious what kind of life develops out of consistently living by your own
[inclined to evil] nature: repetitive, loveless, cheap sex; a stinking
accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for
happiness; trinket gods; magic-show religion; paranoid loneliness; cutthroat
competition; all-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants; a brutal temper; an
impotence to love or be loved; divided homes and divided lives; small-minded
and lopsided pursuits; the vicious habit of depersonalizing everyone into a
rival; uncontrolled and uncontrollable addictions; ugly parodies of
community. I could go on…” —Galatians
5:19-21 The Message Translation The ultimate purpose of God in all His present dealings with man
is to bring him back to the place where he was before the fall (beloved
fellowship & harmony) and purge him of all possibility of failing in the
future... …The
Kingdom of Love is the Plan of God (Exodus 34:6-7; Psalm 34:15-16; Proverbs 1:24-33; Ezekiel 33:11-20; Romans 6:16-23; 8:12-13; 11:11-29; 1 Corinthians 15:24-28; 2 Corinthians 3:16-17; 6:9-11; Galatians 5:19-21; 6:7-8; Hebrews 6:4-9; 10:26-29; 2 Peter 2:9, 20-21; Revelation 21-22)
Proof of humankind’s inclination to
evil, evil’s
progressive nature, and
that denial is its primary characteristic. Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus the Christ) is alive and well, and
wants you to be rescued and restored from all your life-problems; so take
Him as your partner in life from now on. See more about the Bible is authentic inspired
revelation of God
Thank you Finis Jennings Dake and Dake Publishing Thank
you Derek Prince Ministries
and his Self Study Bible Course book
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