Concerning Evil's Origin

 1. No more, my God, I boast no more
  Of all the duties I have done;
  I quit the hopes I held before,
  To trust the merits of Thy Son.
 

2. Now, for the love I bear His name,
  What was my gain I count my loss;
  My former pride I call my shame,
  And nail my glory to His cross.
 

3. Yes, and I must and will esteem
  All things but loss for Jesus’ sake:
  O may my soul be found in Him,
  And of His righteousness partake!
 

4. The best obedience of my hands
  Dares not appear before Thy throne;
  But faith can answer Thy demands
  By pleading what my Lord has done.
 

–Isaac Watts

 

THE PUZZING PROBLEM CONCERNING EVIL’S ORIGIN 

I am not so much troubled about how evil came into the world as about helping to get it out! Practical common-sense seems to say, “If there is a thief in the house, let us catch him, or else get him out. And after that we will try to find out how he got in.” 

Our Lord Jesus Christ did not come into the world to tell us how sin was brought here, but He came to show us the only way in which sin can be taken out of the world – and that is by the door which He opened in His own side. It is by His death that sin is to be expelled from the earth!
 

–Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892 A.D.), pastor in London, England

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