The Evil Heart of Man



     Scripture declares that "the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts" (1 Chron. 28:9). Is it any wonder that He declared that the thoughts of man are "evil" (Gen. 6:5), "vanity" (Psa. 94:11), "an abomination" (Prov. 15:26), "of iniquity" (Is. 59:7), "sin" (Prov. 24:9)? God declares that He is not to be found in any of the thoughts of the wicked (Psa. 10:4), that their thoughts are against Him for evil (Psa. 56:5). God says that His thoughts are higher than human thoughts even as the heavens are high above the earth (Is. 55:9), and that the unrighteous man is to forsake his thoughts (Is. 55:7). The Lord Jesus declared that the evil thoughts of men proceed out of their own hearts (Mark 7:21). The Holy Spirit declared that the Bible is the critic, the discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart (Heb. 4:13).
     Therefore, when there arises a question against the righteousness of God, it is a question that comes from the abundance of the evil heart of man. It is humanism. It is evil, vain, abominable, foolish, and iniquitous. These are the adjectives the Lord used to describe the thoughts of men... God help us day by day to turn away from the vain thoughts of man and turn to the revealed thoughts of the Lord. It is by reason of use of the Word of God that we can have our senses exercised to discern good and evil (Heb. 5:14).
Donald G Barnhouse, Romans vol. I, pages 170-171.


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