Human Nature Desires:
The carnal religionist desires to look good publicly, but not to Be Good inwardly and privately for Jesus' sake. Human nature can enjoy religion, but not JESUS CHRIST Himself. Human nature craves the world, sighs for human approval and praise, seeks ease and comfort, and indulges with pride in the vain notion of self-righteousness. Human nature does not need God, because it is satisfied with surface religion. The carnal mind has a very attentive ear to every new notion, and gives careful attention to external religion. The vain convictionite refuses to see the Savior; they are so Blind, that even if they were transported to the edge of the Sun, they still could not see. Human nature insanely rejects the Gospel, despises the Savior, and laughs at His sinless Blood Atonement for human sin as a delusion. Human nature loves to dream up self-righteous nonsense and religious absurdities. Human nature plots and schemes to set up its own vain righteousness, and refuses to concede to Christ and His Righteousness. Human nature loves to stay busy with vain entertainment, vain ceremonies, and dreaming over vain philosophies, and not after Christ Himself. Human nature desires vain wisdom, vain righteousness, and vain glory. Human nature's ignorant, vain-glorious attempts to establish its own righteousness by its owns and merits and religiousness will only result in temporal misery and eternal damnation. Human nature leans to its own understanding, turns to its own way, loves to be its own blind guide, and soon falls into a deep ditch. Human nature desires false profession, hypocritical formality, and a vain show. Original thinkers boast of their enlightenment here in the 21st century, but all of their silly ideas are vain attempts to extinguish the undeniable facts of the Gospel. Vain men would be wise, but they are void of True Understanding from above. Human nature's vain ablutions (the act of washing one's self) only results in making itself more and more filthy in the sight of God.
And the Light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than Light, because their deeds were evil. I AM the Light of the world: he that followeth ME shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life. He that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. I AM come a Light into the world, that whosoever believeth on ME should not abide in darkness. The darkness is past, and the True Light now shineth.
*John 1:5; 3:19; 8:12; 12:35; 12:46; I John 2:8*
The Divine Nature Desires:
The Holy Spirit works in us and awakens us to our sinfulness and defilement, gives us Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (His Precious Blood, Sinless Atonement), grants the New Birth and Eternal Life, imparts the Divine Nature, and the Grace of God stirs up within us deep Contrition, true Repentance, holy tenderness and lowliness, and thoughtfulness about offending God and grieving the Holy Spirit in our thoughts, words and deeds (The Fear of God). Desire after inward Purity for Jesus' sake. Desire to keep myself pure, the salvation of others, the good of the saints, the truth in my inward parts, to honor God in all things. My one desire is that I may do God's will from day to day for Jesus' sake. HE must INCREASE, but i must decrease. Desire only to praise, glorify, and magnify JESUS, and to only Glory in His Cross. Desire to pray and witness in the Holy Ghost, so that the Holy Spirit will bless the truth of the Gospel, and bring the lost out of bondage and despair. Desire to bring saints and sinners away from sinning and to the Savior, and edify the body of Christ. Desire to depart and be with Christ which is far better. Desire Purity in my inward parts and daily conversation (walk of life). Desire to be made right with God, conformed to the image of Christ, by yielding to the mighty working of the Holy Spirit. Desire to speak with JESUS daily in prayer and communion, desiring to walk in the Spirit, seeking fellowship with the Father. I desire not to believe what I may dream up or imagine, not what I invent or think out, but to believe only in The Holy Scriptures, The Lord Jesus Christ (His Precious Blood and Perfect Righteousness), and The Gospel of the Grace of God. Sincerely Desire to conquer my sins through the help and strength of the Holy Spirit.
The FATHER hath made JESUS to be Sin for us.
