Good & Evil
Evil is not the desire to cause harm. It is the resentment of the will of God.
Good, on the other hand, is the complete surrender and obedience to the will of the Father.
"“Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”" (Mt 19:17)
Jesus later brings the young rich man to the point where he had to face the truth that the real problem was not the outward acts or the fulfillment of the requirements of the commandments, but a true and complete surrender and obedience to the will of God.
The duality between God and Satan is evident in the Bible, ever since the fall of Man after creation. God has succeeded to defeat Satan on the cross and has birthed the church as the body who will accomplish His will on earth. The church’s primary motive is to do the will of God, God’s way. However, Satan still uses the weakness of believers to mingle in their lives and cause trouble.
Satan wants to fool us into believing that we are deprived of God, and are tricked into an endless cycle of good deeds and guilt of not doing enough. Jesus frees us of all guilt and empowers us for lives that are good at heart.
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit." (Rom 8:1-4)
Satan will try to use the weakness of believers, but the Bible is clear on all true children of God and how they are to live out their faith.
"Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him, we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory." (Rom 8:12-17)
