May 3, 2026 - Good without God? A dark story from the Bible

Genesis  6:5 - ⁵ Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Mark 7:21 - ²¹ For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders

Jeremiah 17:9 - ⁹ “The heart is deceitful above all things,

And desperately wicked;

Who can know it?

Romans 3:10-12 - ¹⁰ As it is written:

“There is none righteous, no, not one;¹¹ There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God.¹² They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.”

Romans 3:23 - ²³ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Matthew 19:17 - ¹⁷ So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

James 1:17 - ¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

Mark 7:21-23 - ²¹ For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²² thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. ²³ All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”

Titus 3:3-4 - ³ For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. ⁴ But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared

Luke 17:26-27 - ²⁶ And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: ²⁷ They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.