A Better Education Only Makes a More Clever Criminal

People don't change just by changing their environment.

Putting a person in a new environment or giving them a better education does not change their character.

The character is what makes the person not what they do or how educated. An evil man will just become more clever in his evil behavior by educating him. A good person will act with integrity no matter where you place him. You may have heard the saying "give a blue collar criminal an education and he just becomes a white collar criminal."

The character of a person is not changed by the job they do or the place they live. If a person is taken out of the safe church environment and placed in a wicked environment and you see changes in that person to become more evil, then the evil was already there just hidden.

A righteous man will be righteous everywhere no matter what his environment. A wicked man placed among righteous people will merely learn to hide the evil that dwells within them to be accepted.

It is foolishness to think that if you bring a worldly non-believer into the churches they will learn to be a Christian or desire it. This is just not true. Non-believers who are coddled in the church will learn to modify how they act to be accepted as well as hide what they know is not accepted. They just learn to be better deceivers.

The idea that if you give a rebellious poor person an education he will learn to be good, is foolishness. Every evil man learns how to fit into his environment, if only to hide his real self to be accepted. This is what we see in the churches today. Many unsaved wicked people dwell in houses of God today. They have learned how to hide their real selves to appear righteous but in their hearts they are evil.

This is why we are encountering more accusations of sexual abuse being revealed in recent years. There was a time when these things were not spoken of but in a culture now that openly speaks out, those who have been abused are more angry than ashamed.

The churches today are filled with wicked people pretending to be good. They do know what they are doing is wrong that's why they hide it. If they believed what they were doing was alright then they would not hide it.

We are also seeing the acceptance of evil behavior by many Christians in the name of love. Its not love but that's the excuse used to be able to be friendly with everyone. After all, this culture thinks personal happiness is more desired than holiness. The personal gratification from being liked far outweighs any sense of real help for the sinner.

As we see the increase of coddling in the church we are also encountering the disapproval and anger toward the truth teller. Those who expose truth will be more likely to be rebuked and maligned than the one who is sinning.

Hebrews 12:11-12 " 11 No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a peaceful harvest of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. 12 Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.…"

This "just love them" mentality only makes the evil grow and in our time exponentially, it is not love at all. There is no stopping evil now, far too many people are rebuking the truth tellers in favor of tolerance while coddling the one who lives in sin.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Author Unknown

Our culture is spiritually weaker than ever before. Plagued by the fear of man, the fear of rejection and the loss of companionship the modern believer cowers before men as though men matter more than God does.

Proverbs 29:24-26 "…24 A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but will not testify. 25 The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD will be set securely on high. 26 Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD."

When we coddle the sinner while rebuking the truth teller we are partaking in the evil of the one who sins. God counts us as sinning when we defend those who are sinning while rebuking those who speak truth.

Ephesians 5:6-8 "…6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be partakers with them. 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,…"

Those who speak truth of the word of God are rejected, maligned and gossiped about. The weak kneed cowardly ones shrink at the slightest sign of disapproval. They have no boundaries while lacking integrity. These weak kneed ones become increasingly timid and frightened as the culture changes. Rather than stand up for righteousness they become just like the ones to whom they cower. They cower to the sinning one but somehow find strength in coming against the truth to preserve their standing with the wicked.

YES I did say "cowardly", because that's what most "Christians" are when it comes to speaking the truth so that someone will learn their need for Christ. Many believers are confused about truth because they have bought into every false good sounding doctrine that has appeared but has confuse. They do not challenge anything because cowards do not attempt to find truth. These cowards only care about happy companionship based on superficiality which is nothingness. Nothing of value comes from superficial demonstrations of Christianity. Even worse increasing disobedience and anger at correction has been the result of this false Christianity. No believer has an excuse to be deceived by the culture, they can always turn to Christ.

John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"

Those who have been indoctrinated into the ways of the world have no excuse, they could always ask God. God will give truth and strength to anyone who wants it.

James 1:4-6 "…4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.…"

My suggestion to all believers is to pray for truth and boldness. Not for boldness for its own sake but for Holy Spirit boldness as He is the One Who works in us.

If being accepted by man is causing fear of boldness in you, then man is your idol. Stop focusing on man and begin to focus entirely on Christ and you will see an amazing transformation in the way you think and whom you love more.