6442	Forums / Theology Forum / Re: The ways of man	on: April 26, 2008, 01:09:16 PM
Men are always searching for a way that is not Gods way. That is why from birth men are going astray. First because in the heart of each man is a confidence that is in his own power. Every man is born with a disposition of self confidence. That is why they naturally are blind to being dependent upon Gods way. Men will not think that they are unrighteous in themselves, but they want to go the way of self will, and then search out any other way than going the way of self destruction. The natural form of self love is not going down into the abyss of grief of having that self love. So that men say they are free by their pride in their choices. This is why men are quick to judge and slow to receive self hate. God requires a foreign ability to do good. Men think their goodness is not foreign. God is angry with the wicked everyday. Not because they are wicked by their deeds but because they are wicked by their desires and thoughts. God requires good desires. Men think that good desires are their freedom to do good in their choices. But these are not good, rather they are men trying to be good apart from Gods ways of thinking. The resting in natural thinking is the way by which men hate God. The sin is in the passive pride. God not only deserves to be praise for His creation, but He deserves to be praised for His gracing us with the ability to do good. So that men must come to the point in which they relinquish their own will. They must see that their own strength is pride. But men will not go that far in believing. They will allow God to be second in their thoughts as long as the requirement is not for them to acknowledge their own schemes that are an affront to Gods ways. When God speaks He works in that word to change mans ways of thinking. Every word of God is a new way for men. Men will stop at the point of living in their own confidence and will go no further to understand Gods word and ways. But Gods ways are the ways of self hatred. If men trust in their own strength then they will not know the strength of God. When men are weaken and undecided about what will be done without their own strength is when they will see Gods strength. Unless the path is supernatural then men are scheming in their own pride.