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Psalm 14 – Total Depravity?
A constant danger I have noticed in myself – and which I constantly fight – is reacting to the false interpretations of scriptures instead of focusing on the point of the Holy Spirit’s text. For example, in my daily reading I came across Psalm 14. Verse 3 reads, “There is no one who does good, not even one.” This verse is used to support Calvinism’s Total Depravity. And yet a complete reading of the text proves something totally different. Keep reading, “Then they will be filled with dread, for God is with those who are righteous. You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed but the LORD is his refuge (vv.5-6). The ones of whom it is said, “There is no one who does good, not even one”; the sinful “human race” of verse 2 is defined in verse 1 – “The fool says in his heart, “There’s no God.” But when I react against the wrong use, I miss God’s point. There is a God, and He rescues the righteous oppressed. What a glorious thought! Amen!
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