Q: Why do people call what is of God evil and of the devil?
Why do they call good evil and evil good?
A:
Isaiah 5:20-24 talks about this.
Isaiah 5:20-21:
"20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!"
Evil men are depending on their own understanding (their own mind). Isaiah 5:21 talks about this. Romans 8:6-7 (see also Romans 8:5-8) says:
Isaiah 5:20-21:
"20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!"
Evil men are depending on their own understanding (their own mind). Isaiah 5:21 talks about this. Romans 8:6-7 (see also Romans 8:5-8) says:
Romans 8:6-7
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is
not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
If we do not
seek God, we will be depending on our own carnal mind, which is “enmity against
God” and at war with God.
Evil men will not seek God.
Psalm 10:4 says, “The wicked, through the pride of his
countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.”
Evil men
call good evil and evil good because they are not seeking God and are depending
instead on their own carnal mind.
Depending on
your own will instead of on God’s will is a type of rebellion.
Luke 16:13 says, “No servant can serve two masters: for
either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the
one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
