Then, what is inside a human heart? The above passage states, “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.” All kinds of evils come out of people’s hearts and defile them.

It is recorded in Psalms, “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?” (Psalms 8:3-4) Why does God Himself visit us? He visits us because He loves us, created us and took pity on us sinners. He blotted out all our sins and made us His people. “O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Heavens!” King David sang this psalm in the Old Testament when he realized that God would become the Savior of sinners.

In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul repeated the same psalm. It is such an amazing thing that we, God’s creations, can become the children of the Creator. It is done only through His compassion for us. This is the love of God. We should recognize that trying to completely live by the Law of God is an audacious challenge to Him. It is also an ARROGANT orientation that comes out of our ignorance. IT IS NOT RIGHT to LIVE OUTSIDE HIS LOVE WHILE STRUGGLING to KEEP THE LAW FOR ONESELF AND PRAY DESPERATELY FOR SUCH a LIFE.

It is God’s will that we should realize ourselves as sinners under the Law and believe in the redemption of the water and the blood of Jesus.

His Word is written in Mark 7:20-23, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”


JESUS SAID THAT WHAT COMES OUT OF A HUMAN BEING, THE SINS WITHIN, DEFILES HIM/HER. Even the unclean food that God gives cannot defile us. All creations are clean, but only the things that come out of human beings, that is, the sins, defile us. We are all born descendants of Adam. So, with what are we born? We are born with twelve kinds of sins. Is this not right? Then, can we live without committing sins? We will continue to sin for we are born with sin. CAN WE STOP SINNING JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW THE LAW? Can we live by the commandments? No. The more we try to live by the Law, the harder it becomes.

We should realize our limitations and give up our past orientations. Then, with humble minds, we can accept the baptism and blood of Jesus, which save us. All 613 articles of the Law are good and just. But people are sinners from the time they are conceived in their mothers’ wombs. When we realize that the Law of God is right, but that we are born as sinners who can never become righteous by ourselves, we come to realize that we need the merciful compassion of God and the redemption of Jesus in the gospel of the water, the blood and the Spirit.

When we REALISE OUR LIMITATIONS —that we cannot become righteous by ourselves and we will go to hell for our sins—we cannot but rely on the redemption of Jesus.

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WE SHOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT OUR SINS ARE

Since we are all descendants of Adam, we all have lusts in our hearts. However, what does God tell us? He tells us not to commit adultery even though we have adultery in our hearts. We have murder in our hearts, but what does God tell us? He tells us not to kill. We all defy our parents in our hearts, but He tells us to honor them. We should realize that His Word is right and good, but we all have sin in our hearts. Is this correct or not? It is absolutely correct. Therefore, what must we do before God? We have to admit that we all are masses of sin and hopeless sinners.

It is not right to think that we were righteous yesterday because we did not sin yesterday, but are sinners today because we have committed sins today. We are born as sinners. Whatever we do, we will still be sinners. This is why we should be redeemed through faith in the baptism of Jesus. We are not sinners because of our deeds: such as committing adultery, murder, theft, adultery...but we are sinners because we were born as sinners. We were born with twelve kinds of sins and since we are born as sinners in the eyes of God, we can never become good by our own efforts. We can only pretend to be good.

WE ARE BORN WITH SINFUL MINDS, so how can we be righteous even if we don’t actually commit these sins? We can never be righteous before God by ourselves. If we claim to be righteous on our own, it is HYPOCRISY. Jesus called the Pharisees and the scribes ‘the hypocritical Pharisees and scribes.’ Humans are born as sinners and they sin before God throughout all their lives.

Anyone claiming that he/she has neither fought nor hit anyone or stolen even a needle from anyone in all his/her life is lying because humans are born as sinners. That person is a liar, a sinner and a hypocrite. This is how God sees him/her. Every one is a sinner from his/her birth. Even if you don’t commit a single sinful act, you are destined for hell. Even if you have kept most of the Law and commandments, you are still a sinner destined to go to hell.

Then, what should we do with such destinies? We must ask for God’s compassion and depend on Him to be saved from our sins. If He doesn’t save us, then we will go to hell. That is our destiny. Only those who accept God’s Word admit that they were indeed sinners. They also know that they become righteous ONLY by faith. So, they know that ignoring and laying aside His Word without recognizing it is the most serious sin. Those who accept His Word are righteous, even though they were previously sinners. They were born again of His Word in His grace and are the most blessed.

THOSE WHO TRY TO BE REDEEMED THROUGH THEIR WORKS ARE STILL SINNERS

Who are still sinners even after their believing in Jesus? Those who try to be redeemed through their works. Let’s read Galatians 3:10 and 11. “For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.’ But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for ‘The Just shall live by faith.’” It is said, “…everyone who does not continue in all things that are written in the book of the law is cursed.” Those who think they believe in Jesus, yet try to be justified by their works are cursed.

Where are those who try to be justified by their works? They are under the curse of God. Why did God give us the Law? He gave us the Law so that we may realize our sins (Romans 3:20). He also wanted us to know that we are complete sinners who are destined for hell. Believe in the baptism of Jesus, the Son of God, and be born again of water and the Spirit. Then, you will be saved from your sins, become righteous, have eternal life and go to heaven. Have faith in your hearts.

The Most Arrogant Sin in the World

What’s the most ARROGANT SIN in the world? TO TRY TO LIVE BY THE LAW .

We are blessed by having faith in His blessing. God saves those who have faith in His Word. But today, among believers, there are many Christians who try to live by His Law. It is commendable that they try to live by the Law, but how is it possible? We must realize how foolish it is to try to live up to His Law. The more we try, the harder it becomes. He said, “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” We need to cast off our arrogance in order to be saved.

WE HAVE TO GIVE UP OUR OWN STANDARDS TO BE SAVED

What do we have to do to be saved? We must give up our own standards. How can a person be saved? It is possible only when he/she recognizes himself/herself to be a sinner. There are many who have not yet been redeemed because they cannot give up their WRONG BELIEFS AND EFFORTS.


God says that those who clench onto the Law are CURSED. Those who believe that they may gradually become righteous by trying to live up to the Law after believing in Jesus are cursed. They believe in God, but they still think that they have to live according to the Law to be saved.

Dear friends, CAN WE BECOME RIGHTEOUS THROUGH OUR WORKS? We become righteous ONLY by believing in the Word of Jesus; and only then are we redeemed. Only by having faith in the BAPTISM of Jesus, His BLOOD, and His GODHEAD, are we redeemed. That is why God has prepared the law of faith for us as a way to become righteous. The redemption of the water and the Spirit does not lie in the works of people, but in the faith in the Word of God. God delivered us through faith and that is how God planned and completed our salvation.

Why were those who believed in Jesus not redeemed? Because they did not accept the word of the redemption of the water and the Spirit. But we, who are as imperfect as they were, have been redeemed through our faiths in the Word of God. If two people were to work on a grindstone, the one left behind would keep on working, even after the other person is taken up. The one who is left behind represents one who has not yet been redeemed. Why was one taken and the other left behind?

The reason is because one listened and believed in the Word of God, but the other worked hard to keep the Law and was eventually cast down into hell. That person was trying to crawl up to God, but God shook him off, as if he/she were a bug crawling up His leg. If a person tries to crawl up to God by trying to keep the Law, he/she will surely be thrown into hell. That is why we have to be redeemed by faith in the water and the Spirit.

“For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them,’” “But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for ‘The just shall live by faith’” (Galatians 3:10-11, Romans 1:17).

Not believing in the Word of God is a sin before Him. In addition, it is also a sin to lay aside God’s Word according to one’s own standards. We human beings cannot live by His Law because we are all born as sinners and continue to sin all our lives. We sin a little here, a little there, and everywhere we go. We have to realize that we are of the flesh and cannot help but to sin.

A human being is like a big bucket of manure. If we try to carry it around, it will splatter all along the way. We are like that. We keep spilling sin everywhere we go. Can you picture it? WOULD YOU STILL PRETEND THAT YOU WERE HOLY? If you were clearly aware of yourself, you would give up trying in VAIN to be holy and believe in the water and the blood of Jesus. Those who are not yet born again need to cast off their stubbornness and admit that they are grave sinners before God. Then, they must return to His Word and discover how He saved them with the water and the Spirit

< Mark 7:20-23 > “And He said, ‘What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.’”

PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED AND LIVE UNDER THEIR OWN ILLUSIONS

Who is most likely to be saved? It is he who thinks himself to be the worst sinner !

First of all, I would like to ask you a question. How do you see yourself? Do you think you are GOOD or BAD? What do you think? All people live under their own illusions. You may not be as bad as you think, nor quite as good as you think. Who, then, do you think will lead a better life of faith? Will it be one who thinks of himself/herself as good? Or one who thinks of himself/herself as bad? It is the LATTER.

Let me ask you another question. Who is more likely to be redeemed—the one who has committed more sins or the one who has committed only a few sins? The one who admits that he/she has committed countless sins is more likely to be redeemed because the person accepts that he/she is a grave sinner. Such a person can better accept the Word of redemption prepared for him/her by Jesus.

When we really look at ourselves, it is evident that we are merely masses of sin. What are human beings? A PERSON IS ONLY ‘A SEED OF EVILDOERS.’ In Isaiah 59, it states that there are all kinds of iniquities in the hearts of people. Therefore, it is clear that people are masses of sin. However, if we define humankind as a mass of sin, many will disagree.

But, defining a person as ‘a seed of evildoers’ is the correct definition. If we honestly look at ourselves, it is clearly obvious that we are evil beings. THOSE WHO ARE HONEST WITH THEMSELVES MUST ARRIVE AT THIS VERY SAME CONCLUSION. But, it seems that most people refuse to admit that they are indeed masses of sin. Many live comfortably because they do not consider themselves as sinners

SINCE WE ARE EVILDOERS , WE HAVE CREATED A SINFUL CIVILIZATION. If it were not true, we would be too ashamed to sin. However, many of us do not feel ashamed while committing sins. Nevertheless, their consciences know. Everyone has a conscience that tells him/her, “It is shameful.”

Adam and Eve hid themselves among the trees after they had sinned. Today, many sinners hide themselves behind our vile culture—our culture of sin. They hide themselves among their fellow sinners to avoid the judgment of God. People are deceived by their own illusions. They think themselves to be more virtuous than others. So, when they hear about some bad news, they cry out in rage, “How can a person do such things? How can a man do that? How can a son do that to his own parents?” They themselves believe that they would not do such things.

Dear friends, it is so hard for you to know yourselves. In order to truly know ourselves, we must first receive the remission of sins. It takes a long time for us to obtain the correct knowledge on our human nature, and there are so many of us who will never find this out until the day they die.

KNOW YOURSELF

How do those who don’t know themselves live? They live hypocritical lives trying to Hide their sinful selves.

Sometimes we come to encounter such people who really don’t know themselves. Socrates said, “Know yourself.” However, most of us do not know what is in our hearts: murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye.... One who doesn’t know oneself has the venom of a serpent on his/her lips but speaks of goodness.

The reason for this is because the person doesn’t know that he/she was born as an INEVITABLE SINNER. There are so many in this world who do not know their true natures. They have deceived themselves and end up living their lives completely wrapped up in their own deceptions. They do not understand that they are throwing themselves into hell because of their self–deceptions.

PEOPLE SPILL SIN CONTINUOUSLY ALL THEIR LIVES

Why are they going to hell? Because they don’t know themselves.

Let’s look at Mark 7:21-23. “For from WITHIN, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.” The hearts of people are filled with evil thoughts from the day they are conceived.

Let us just imagine that a person’s heart is made of glass and filled to the brim with some filthy liquid, namely, our sins. What would happen if this person moved back and forth? The filthy liquid (sin) would of course spill everywhere. As the person moves about, sin would repeatedly spill all over the place. We, who are but masses of sin, live out our lives just like that. We spill sin wherever we go. We will sin throughout our lives because we are masses of sin.

The problem is that we do not realize that we are masses of sin, or in other words, the seeds of sin. We are masses of sin and have sin in our hearts from the day of our births. The masses of sin are ready to overflow. However, people do not believe that they are, in fact, inherently sinful. They think that others lead them into sin and therefore, they aren’t the ones who are bad.

Even while committing sins, people think that the only requirement needed to wash themselves clean again is for sin to be expunged. They keep wiping up after themselves every time they sin, telling themselves that it is not their own faults.

Just because we clean up after ourselves, does it mean that it’s okay to keep on spilling? We would have to continually wipe up over and over again. When a glass is full of sin, it will keep on spilling. There is no use in wiping up the outside. No matter how often we wipe the outside with our virtuous deeds, IT IS USELESS, as long as the glass full of sin. We are born with so much sin that our hearts will never become empty; no matter how much sin we spill along the way. Therefore, we commit sins throughout our lives. When someone does not realize that he/she is indeed just a mass of sin, he/she continues to hide his/her sinful nature.

SIN IS IN THE HEARTS OF ALL PEOPLE AND IT DOES NOT GO AWAY BY WIPING THE SURFACE CLEAN. When we spill a little sin, we wipe it up with cloth and when we spill again, we wipe it up with a mop…a towel and then a rug.... We keep hoping that if we just keep wiping up the mess over and over again, it will be clean, but it simply spills again and again. How long do you think this will go on? It goes on until the day a person dies. People act sinfully until their dying days. This is why we have to believe in Jesus to be redeemed. TO BE REDEEMED, WE NEED TO FIRST KNOW OURSELVES.

WHO CAN GRATEFULLY RECEIVE JESUS ’ LOVE? SINNERS WHO ADMIT THAT THEY HAVE COMMITTED MANY WRONGS.

Let us say there are two men who can be compared to two glasses full of filthy liquid. Both glasses are full of sin. One looks at himself and says, “Oh, I am such a sinful person.” Then, he gives up and goes to find someone who can help him. But the other one thinks that he is not really evil. He cannot see the mass of sin within himself and thinks that he isn’t so sinful. All his life, he keeps on wiping up the spills. He wipes up one side, and then the other side...quickly moving over to the other side....

There are so many who carefully live their lives, trying to have as little sin as possible to avoid spilling it over. But since they still have sin in their hearts, what good does it do? Being careful will not lead them any closer to Heaven. ‘Being careful’ puts them on the road to hell instead. Dear friends, ‘being careful’ only leads to hell. We should take this lesson to heart.

When people are careful, their sins may not spill over as much, but they are still sinners. What is in the heart of humanity? Sin? Immorality? Yes! Evil thoughts? Yes! Is there theft? Yes! Arrogance? Yes! We cannot help but admit to the fact that we are masses of sin, especially when we see ourselves act sinfully and wickedly, without being taught to do so.

It may not be as evident when we are young. But how is it, as we get older? As we go to high school, college, and so on, we come to realize that all that we have inside us is sin. Is this not true? Honestly speaking, it is impossible to hide our sinful natures. Correct? We cannot help but to spill sin. We then regret, “I shouldn’t do this.” However, we find it impossible to truly change. Why is that so? Because each of us is born as a mass of sin. We do not become clean simply by being careful.

What we need to know is that we are born as masses of sin in order to be completely redeemed. Only sinners who gratefully accept the redemption prepared by Jesus can be saved, Those who think, “I haven’t done much wrong or sinned very much,” do not believe that Jesus took away all their sins and that they are destined for hell. We have to know that each of us has this mass of sin within us because we were all born with it. If one thought, “I have not done much wrong if only I could be redeemed for this little sin,” then would he/she be free of sin afterwards? This can never be the case.

One who can be redeemed knows that he/she is a mass of sin. He/she truly believes that Jesus took away all our sins by being baptized in the Jordan River and that He paid the wages of sins when He died for us. Whether we are redeemed or not, we all are prone to live in an illusion. We are masses of sin. That is what we are. We can only be redeemed when we believe that Jesus took away all our sins.

GOD DIDN'T REDEEM THOSE WHO HAVE ‘A BIT OF SIN ’

Who is the one who deceives the Lord? The one who asks for forgiveness of DAILY SINS.

God doesn’t redeem those with only ‘a bit of sin.’ God does not even glance at those who say, “God, I have only a little bit of sin.” The ones He shows pity for are those who say, “God, I am a mass of sin. I am going to hell. Please save me.” The complete sinners who say, “God, I would be saved if only You saved me. I cannot pray for repentance anymore because I know I cannot help but to repeatedly sin. Please save me.”

God saves those who depend on Him completely. I myself tried to offer daily prayers of repentance too, but prayers of repentance never freed me from sin. So, I knelt down before God and prayed, “God, please take pity on me and save me from all my sins.” The ones who pray like this will be saved. They come to believe in the redemption of God and the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. They will be saved.

God only delivers those who know themselves to be masses of sin, a brood of evildoers. The ones who say, “I have only committed this tiny sin. Please forgive me for it,” are still sinners and God cannot save them. God only saves those who admit to themselves that they are complete masses of sin.

In Isaiah 59:1-2, it is written, “Behold the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.”

Because we are born as masses of sin, God cannot look upon us fondly. It is not because His hand is shortened, His ear is heavy, or that He cannot hear us asking for His forgiveness. God tells us, “Your iniquities have separated you from Me; and your sins have hidden My face from you, so that I will not hear.” Because we have so much sin in our hearts, we cannot enter Heaven, even if the doors are wide open.

If we, who are but masses of sin, asked for forgiveness every time we sinned, God would have to repeatedly kill His Son. God does not want to do this. He says, “Do not come to Me everyday with your sins. I sent you My Son to redeem you from all your sins. All you have to do is understand how He took away your sins and accept that it is the truth. Then, believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit to be saved. This is the greatest love I have given you, my creations.”

This is what He tells us. “Believe in My Son and receive the remission of your sins. I, your God, sent My own Son to atone for all your sins and iniquities. Believe in My Son and be saved.”

Those who do not know themselves to be masses of sin ask His forgiveness for their every little sin. They go before Him without knowing the terrible weight of their sins and just pray, “Please forgive this tiny bit of sin. I will never do it again.” They also try to deceive Him with such prayers.

We do not commit sin just once, but do so continually until we die. We would have to keep asking for forgiveness until the very last day of our lives, because we cannot stop sinning and our flesh serves the law of sin until we die. Being forgiven for one little sin cannot solve the problem of sin because we commit countless sins every day. So, the only way we can be free of sin is by passing all our sins onto Jesus.

WHAT IS THE HUMAN NATURE? A MASS OF SINS

The Bible enumerates the sins of human beings: “For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perversity. No one calls for justice, nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; they conceive evil and bring forth iniquity. They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web; he who eats of their eggs dies, and from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. Their webs will not become garments, nor will they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their ways; they have made themselves crooked paths; whoever takes that way shall not know peace” (Isaiah 59:3-.

People’s fingers are defiled with iniquity and all they do throughout their lives is sinful. Everything they do is evil. And our tongues ‘have spoken lies.’ All the things that come out of our mouths are lies. “When a devil speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources” (John 8:44).

Those who are not born again like to say, “I am telling you the truth.... I am really telling you. What I am saying is the truth....” However, everything that they say is nevertheless a lie. It is as it is written. “When a devil speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources.” People put their trust in empty words and speak lies.

People conceive evils and bring forth iniquities. They hatch vipers’eggs and weave spiders’ webs. God says, “He who eats of their eggs dies, and from that which is crushed a viper breaks out.” He says that there are vipers’ eggs in your heart. Vipers’ eggs! There is evil in your heart. That’s why we have to be redeemed by believing in the gospel of the water and the blood

Whenever I begin to talk about God, there are those who say, “Oh, dear! Please don’t talk to me about God. Every time I try to do something, sin spills out of me. It just floods out. I can’t even take a step without spilling sin all over the place. I can’t help it. I am too full of sin. I am quite hopeless. So don’t even talk to me about the holy God.” This person knows for sure that he/she is just a mass of sin, but does not know that God has saved him/her completely through the gospel of His love. Only those who know themselves to be masses of sin can be saved.

In fact, everyone is like that. Everyone continuously spills sin everywhere he/she goes. Sin just overflows because all people are masses of sin. The only way for us to be saved from such an existence is through the power of God. Is it not simply amazing? Those who spill sin whenever they are upset, happy, or even comfortable can be saved only through our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus came to save us. He has completely blotted out all your sins. Admit that you are a mass of sin and be saved

IF WE DO THINGS BY THE LAW, CAN IT SAVE US?

Luke 10:25-30 > “And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, ‘Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?’ So he answered and said, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.’ And He said to him, ‘You have answered rightly; do this and you will live.’

But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ Then Jesus answered and said: ‘A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.’”

WHAT ’s HUMAN ’s BIGGEST PROBLEM? THEY LIVE WITH MANY MISTAKEN ILLUSIONS.

Luke 10:28, “Do this and you will live.”

People live with many mistaken illusions. It seems that they are especially vulnerable in this respect. They seem to be intelligent but are easily deceived and remain unaware of their evil sides. We are born without knowing ourselves, but we still live as if we do. Since people do not know themselves, the Bible repeatedly tells us that we are sinners.

People talk about the existence of their own sins. It seems that people are incapable of doing good, however, they are inclined to characterize themselves as good. They boast of their good works and show off, though they say they are sinners with their lips. They don’t know that they neither have good in them nor the ability to do good, so they try to deceive others and sometimes even deceive themselves. “Come on, we can’t be completely evil. There’s got to be some good inside of us.”

And let him who thirsts come. And whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. " (Revelation 22:17)