But the world has managed to deceive people into believing life is supposed to be easy. There should never be any problem in life. Problems mean you are no good. You must have done something wrong and that is why problems befall you. How true is that?
The bible says that humanity is both depravity and dignity.
No one is righteous for everyone is under the power of sin. No one seeks God. They have all turn to deceit, cursing, bitterness and the shedding of blood. There is no fear of God in them.1
Humanity has depravity when they chose to disobey God and ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Humanity’s image and likeness of God became distorted by their free will of choosing sin and death over freedom and life. They became self-centered tending towards every kind of evil and perversion that destined for hell2. Humanity no longer lives in the freedom and joy of the Garden but is being deceived and manipulated by Satan. They became isolated, confused, inferior and unable to handle the demands of life3.
Humanity has dignity by their creation in the image and likeness of God. The Psalmist says we have been fearfully and wonderfully made by God and that we are well aware of our value because we recognized fully God’s wonderful work in us4. The Lord often looks down from heaven, watching proudly humanity going about themselves because he appreciates his own good work in the hearts of men. Humanity is dignified for the very reason that God is exalted and glorified by his actions and holy work5.
Depravity sees that life should be easy by hook or by crook.
Dignity recognizes that life is hopeful by faith in Jesus Christ, and we will emerge stronger and better.
Never let anyone tell you that life should only be all "ups" and no "downs" (because downs mean that you have fallen short). The FACT is, we all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. The FACT is, the very world we live in is one that is fractured giving rise to pain and suffering.
Life is not perfect - this is the fact but there is One TRUTH - the Son of Man once walked the face of the earth. Every of His step is a step of perfection. Yes, Perfection. How was that possible when this world is not perfect. That was because He is the embodiment of PERFECTION and He came into this world to be the light6 that shines in the darkness, the salt7 to all that have become tasteless and to show humanity the Way, and Truth and Life8.
He came so that we who live in this depraved world will have Life and have it abundantly9. He came to bring us out of depravity into dignity for He is the embodiment of dignity. He took upon Himself the depravity of humanity - unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; vile affection10; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, and unmerciful11 12 in exchange for DIGNITY.
A dignity that is filled and full of love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and self-control. For against these, there is no dignity in humanity. Dignity requires the flesh with all its affections and lusts be crucified.13
Heed the call of GOD, REPENT and Surrender your life to HIM who is ABLE to bring you out of depravity and set your feet firmly on the ground of Dignity.
JESUS CHRIST died for all the depravity of your life so that you may have all Dignity found ONLY in HIS LOVE.
JESUS CHRIST was stretched to his limits in His Body and Soul on the CROSS so that you are "released" and "set free" from the depravity that is stretching, draining and sapping away your life.
REPENT and Give your life to JESUS CHRIST for He has Come to give your Life in ABUNDANCE.
Endnotes from New International Version & King James Version bibles.
1 Romans 3:9-18
What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. As it is written:
“There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.”
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”
“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
“Their feet are swift to shed blood; ruin and misery mark their ways and the way of peace they do not know.”
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
2 Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
3 John 15:5
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing.
4 Psalms 139:13-14
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
5 Psalms 33:13-15
From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind; from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth — he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.
6 John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
7 Matthew 5:13
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
8 John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
9 John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.
10 Romans 1:26-27
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.
11 Romans 1:29-31
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
12 Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
13 Galatians 5:22-24
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Written by Aloy L. An Evangelist, Author, Speaker. He has served full-time in Christian ministries, built businesses on scriptural principles and rigorously trained in biblical counseling and psychotherapy. His calling and mission are to preach good tidings. bind up broken hearts, proclaim liberty and the opening of prison doors, declare the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of God.
