Evil is only evil because it harms others.

That's a common mantra in our age.

Evil is defined as an idea or a behavior that infringes upon others.

It's a type of negative consequentialism, and thus morality is centered on minimizing

harm to others.

And this line of thinking conditions how we all think of evil.

You see it in libertarianism, a political party in the states that says, quote,

all Americans should be free to live their lives and to pursue their interests as they

see fit as long as they do no harm to another, end quote.

And it's behind the widespread acceptance of so-called gay marriage in this country.

So this do what you want just don't hurt anyone else, mantra, is alive and well in America.

But how does scripture define evil exactly?

This topic was part of Pastor John's recent trip to Holland.

And here's a clip of what he said there.

Saving faith is a coming, this is not physical, I'm not walking anywhere because he's in heaven.

I'm coming spiritually, I'm moving in my heart, I'm reaching out, I'm embracing, I'm

coming to Jesus to find the first of my soul, the longings of my soul, the aching of my

soul, satisfied in him, that's faith.

Which is why faith is such a powerful thing to change your life.

And why so many people are not changed because they don't have faith, that faith, we've

turned faith into such an intellectual thing, it has no power.

And therefore so many parts of the Bible don't make any sense if you are a Christian,

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