Evil in the World

Can there be any doubt that evil is rampant in the world? From the Houston man who beat his mother to death and ate part of her heart to the terrorist bombings in Israel and around the world, to the hatred that exists between races and ethnic groups, there can be no doubt that evil is a true and pervasive force within humanity. Some would say this is caused by people not 'knowing enough' thus needing education. Others would say hatred is like a disease spawned in the environment. Fix the envoironment, the culture and the social order and people will be better, if not 'good.'

The truth is that evil lurks in the heart of man. Some religions call this Original Sin. Others see it as something to be cleansed in righteous living through many incarnations. Still others see evil as a force to be embraced or appeased by sacrifice.

Because evil lives and breeds within the human character, as part of the inherent nature of Man, it cannot be expunged by the will of Man or tools he might devise. It can be controlled and managed in some degree by the police powers and sanctions of society but the ultimate purging of Evil can only be accomplished by personal belief in the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus, the son of God and the Son of Man. This can happen only in one person at a time. While the evil is not removed, the sinful, evil nature is forgiven.

Education, psychotherapy, policemen, incarceration and punishment cannot remove evil nor forgive it. Man's best efforts can only ameliorate it.
True freedom from the devastating effects of evil only comes from forgiveness created by the shed blood of the God-Man.