Recently, someone offered the following quote by Buddha and after the quote, posed a question.
The quote?
“Little by little a person becomes evil, as a water pot is filled by drops of water… Little by little a person becomes good, as a water pot is filled by drops of water.”
—Guatama Buddha
The question?
“What do you think of this quotation by a very wise man? Don’t you think it belongs in the Bible?”
The answer?
“You can tell the quote was by a man. It flatters man and puffs him up by telling him he can be good. And if this quotation was in the Bible, it would contradict everything else God’s Word teaches. On several points.
One: the Bible teaches that man does not become evil, little by little or otherwise. Man IS evil: it is his nature after falling to sin in the garden of Eden.
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
–Genesis 6:5
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
–Jeremiah 17:9
“For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.”
–Ecclesiastes 7:20
“And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.”
–Genesis 8:21
“Two, the Bible also teaches there is NOT one good man: man cannot become good (little by little or otherwise) EXCEPT through the mercy of God Almighty and the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ.”
“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
–Romans 3:10-12
“They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
–Psalm 14:3
“Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
–Psalm 53:3
And so, after reading a few of the previous, pertinent Bible verses, that portion of the discussion was over.
[NOTE: There is ONE thing (which is NOT in the Bible) which seems to many times be observed. That is that men gradually let their wickedness be displayed in public.
MORE: Sign of the End Times: Wicked Men Being Evil in Public
Rarely does a man suddenly explode into a wicked berserker or a hurricane of evil.
Much more commonplace is the man who gradually lets his evil self be on display: drip drip drip drip drip…
Which may be why so many believe man becomes evil slowly; by stages.
No, man is already evil.
However, he usually lets OTHERS only see glimpses of his wickedness by degrees over the course of time.]
DOES the reader believe he knows good people?
DOES the reader believe God’s Word is “too harsh” on man and man’s nature?
DOES the reader believe that God needs to “give man a break“?
It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.
DOES the reader believe he is saved?
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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?
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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: June 20, 2018.]
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