Basically Good?

 Many people today, even those claiming Christ, will tell you they believe the same thing; that man is basically good. They're wrong. Scripture tells us in both Testaments that "there is no one righteous, no, not one. There is NONE who does good. No one seeks after God." Jesus said to the rich young ruler "Why do you call me good? There is none good but God."

All one need do is LOOK AROUND! You will see the depravity of man. It's rampant. It's in the LGBTQ nonsense. It's in the glaringly evil transgender insanity. It's in the mutilation of children with the approval of their parents! It's in the perverse sexualization of the same children. It's in the sense of entitlement many seem to have. It's in the so-called education system. It's IN THE CHURCH! It's in EVERY facet of government, from local all the way to the Federal Government. NOTHING is untouched! Look around and you will see evil and perversity destroying the Nation. Why? Man has turned away from the One True God and is reaping what he's sown. It's really that simple. 

When people allow evil and perversity to flourish, it's because the majority are just as evil and perverse. When they refuse to speak out for truth, truth dies. It's all around us. One just needs to open one's eyes. I see no way of fixing this save a miracle of God. In order for that, we MUST repent and cry out to Him for mercy. Many are too proud or arrogant to do that. Man turns away from God because He has the audacity to tell us "NO!" Fallen man doesn't like that so, he denies the One True God, and makes one of his own. He sees his god every time he looks in the mirror. 

Lastly, for this post, man is excellent at death, destruction, and perversion. Man can invent something that someone else will figure out a way to use for evil. He'll pervert it, in other words. No. Man is not basically good. He is depraved and lost without the One True God.