My Dear Children,
I think of you often and pray for you daily.
I want you to be aware of a serious problem. There is a scripture I want to share with you, one that I have given a lot of thought to over the years. This scripture is there to shed light on a problem we all have. Our struggle between good and evil!
Romans 7:21 reads like this; “I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wishes to do good.” I find this evil in me not only wants to hurt and injure other people it wants to hurt and injure me and has done so many times throughout my lifetime. I have spoken of this to other people and some do not want to believe this. They say “There is no evil in me I have Jesus in my heart!”
I think that if I were to follow these folks around for a few days I would see evil words and actions come forth from them and as long as they continue to deny that evil is in them they cannot get a victory over it.
Dear children it is when we see the evil in us that we can begin to have a victory over it. Even though evil is in us we do not have to be evil or allow evil to operate in and through us.
Have you ever had evil thoughts, evil emotions or evil desires? Of course you have! You have them because evil is in you, evil thoughts, evil emotions and evil desires! Because you experience these things, does not mean they are yours. That is what we must see clearly. These things are there but they are not yours. They come from the evil that is in you!
It is important to know that when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of that tree, evil entered into them and it has been with us ever since. And it will continue to be in you until you leave that body in death. When God said; “The day you eat of that tree you will surly die.” The penalty was not passed on you, because of Jesus we will live. The evil in you will die when your body dies. It can only be with you and trouble you as long as you are in that body. When you leave that body through death, you will continue to live but the evil that is in you will die.
When we see this truth that evil is in us and will work through us at every opportunity and that we do not have to obey it anymore, then we understand what Paul was teaching in Romans 7:15-21
“For that which I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. But if I do the very thing I do not wish to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that it is good. So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which indwells me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the wishing is present, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that I wish, I do not do; but I practice the very evil that I do not wish. But if I am doing the very thing that I do not wish, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wishes to do good.”
If you read just this part it sounds like there is no way to overcome or be victorious over this sin and evil. That is not true, there is victory in Jesus Christ. The scripture’s say, “Truth shall make you free”. When I see the truth that both good and evil are in me, I have good thoughts and evil thoughts, and I have good desire and evil desires, I can then choose which one I want to do. I do not have to act on every evil desire I have. I do not have to obey the evil thought that enters my mind. I can say no to both of them knowing they are not my thought or my desire but coming forth from the evil that is in my flesh.
My Dear Children, I pray that God through His Holy Spirit will give you understanding.
You are in my thoughts and prayers,
Your Loving Dad