Based on Romans 1:29-32
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
The consequence of ignoring God - or not thinking about him often - is warped (wrong) thinking, because God is the standard of truth and right. Warped thinking leads to warped behaviour. Unrighteousness; behaving contrary to God's law. Fornication; sexual misbehaviour. Wickedness; attitudes contrary to God's law. Covetousness (lust); allowing yourself to continue wanting something you know you cannot have without breaking God's law. Maliciousness; doing evil for fun. Envy; harbouring thoughts that someone else is unfairly advantaged over you. Murder; wanting to kill someone, and especially succeeding. Debate; arguing for the sake of it. Deceit; manipulating through false information. Malignity; lacking good character. Whisperers; saying bad things about people behind their back. Backbiters; saying bad things about people to their face. Haters of God. Despiteful; insulting people. Proud. Boasters. Inventors of evil things; coming up with ideas of how to do evil. Disobedient to parents; refusing to be persuaded to do right by other people. Without understanding; refusing to understand the truth. Covenantbreakers; breaking promises. Without natural affection; hating family members. Implacable; refusing to forgive. Unmerciful; determined to get back at people.
We all know these things are bad and that the universe is better off without such traits, logically any person that refuses to relinquish such faults would need to die for a perfect universe. But how often do we enjoy watching other people doing these things that we condemn? On TV, in movies, in games, in books and even newspapers. We love to watch evil, and fill our minds with it. The list above is the result of turning the mind from the perfect character of Jesus to the things of the world/society. If you want to be evil, your way is clear. If you want to be holy, fill your mind with the only one who is holy, by reading his book, the Bible.
The character of Jesus is the opposite of these evil traits, but if you dwell on the evil your mind will become evil, even if you are trying to use it to discern the truth. Read the Bible, make friends of people who are faithful followers of Jesus, fill your life with as many positive influences as possible, and from this time and every day, plead with God to transform you to become like Jesus. God wants to give you this gift, he is just waiting for you to be ready.
Either could be yours, choose wisely.
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