Literature

The human mind: What a wonder! It can produce the most sophisticated computer technology imaginable. We have sent men to walk on the surface of the moon—a robot to crawl on the surface of Mars, photographing the terrain for us to examine. Yet the same minds which produce such marvels of science and technology cannot solve human evils, like war, violence, crime, immorality, dishonesty and deceit. The awesome mind of man has not brought about lasting peace. Indeed, the mind of man, contrary to what some modern scholars might think, has produced an abundance of evil, heartache and bloodshed. The question is, why? How can a mind that produces such incredible technology utterly fail when it comes to solving world problems? The answer: human nature. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart [of man] is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” All of the evils plaguing society today can be blamed on the deceitful, wicked human nature in man.

But that statement raises many vital questions: What is human nature? Where did it come from? Did God create it in man? God reveals the answers to these questions in the Bible. But there is not one simple verse that gives all the answers. We find the answer revealed “here a little, and there a little” (Isaiah 28:10). We must begin at the very beginning.