3 John 1:11 – 11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.
Anyone who does good is from God.
Why is this?
Because no one is good accept God.
Luke 18:19 – 19 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.
The only reason we can do good in this fallen state we’re in is to tap into the good of God.
When we imitate evil, we are helping the camp of the enemy. Do we really want to do that? I don’t think any of us really want to help out the enemy. But if we turn our backs on God, we are doomed to do so, because without Him we are not good. The question is how not good?
Matthew 6:23 – 23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Scripture after scripture after scripture, warn us to obey God and die to the world and our old sinful nature.
Don’t ignore the warnings and quit listening to the voices that suggest whatever it is your doing isn’t really all that bad. Get into the Word and you’ll discover that our Lord isn’t keen on evil at all.