The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
there is none who does good.
The world would probably not agree with the above verse. Depending on your world view, very few would align with the above statement made by King David in this song. There might be many who agree with the first part of the verse. Perhaps even the majority would say it is foolish to deny the existence of a supreme being. To believe the world exist and that there is some moral conscious/code inborn in our society from that supreme being, is not logical. However, it is then minority who believe that this supreme god is Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, manifested on this earth through Jesus Christ and in our lives by the indwelling Holy Spirit. Those that believe that are called fools in this society.
Certainly many might believe and confess the middle part of the verse; that men are corrupt and do abominable deeds. We don’t have to watch or listen to most of the nightly news (no matter where you get it) to see that mankind can and does abominable deeds. That truth very few would disagree with. It is doubtful, however, that they make the connection David is making. David is saying that “all those” who reject the truth that God exists, do abominable deeds and are corrupt. That truth they would never agree to. For, to admit to that truth they would have to admit their own undoing.
It is the last part of the above verse that many would never agree with, at least those who reject God’s existence. The last part states that “there is none that does good.” As much as we are willing to admit that mankind “can be” corrupt and “can” do abominable things, very few in our society would agree that mankind and they themselves “can’t” also do good. In fact we have an entire industry created to allow mankind to do good: The non-profit industry. However, if the first and second part of this verse is true, so also the third part. The truth is, the nature of man is corrupt. This verse is not saying that mankind can’t do good things for himself or for others. This verse is saying, in relationship to the first line, that those who reject God are lost in their sin and can’t do anything good that measures up to God’s standards of holiness. Only those who accept Christ and do good and that is only because it is the Spirit of God indwelling them that does the good.
We may not like the way God paints the picture of mankind’s nature. But, it never-the-less is true. Only God can make a person “good.” Yes, evil men can do good things for their own benefit. But, only in God can we do good that merits God’s favor. The nature of man is corrupt when it is minus faith in God.
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