Human nature

A look at what the Bible tells us about sin.

The apostle John tells us that sin is lawlessness:

1 John 3 verse 4

A look at why we sin.

The apostle James tells us that we sin when we are tempted to do wrong because of our own lust. Lust is a strong desire for something:

A selection of verses showing what the Bible says about demons.

Demon-possessed people are healed in the same way as those with every other illness:

A selection of verses showing that the Bible regards pride as a bad trait.

Proverbs 13 verse 10

A selection of verses showing that without God in our lives we have no real hope.

The book of Ecclesiastes tells us that everything about us ends at death:

A selection of verses showing what resulted from Adam's disobedience.

Adam is told at the time what will happen. We all still experience what God says:

A selection of verses showing that the apostles warn that people will turn away from the true Bible message.

The apostle Paul tells the believers at Ephesus and Colossae to resist deceptive ideas:

A selection of verses showing the inevitable conflict between our natural way of living (the flesh) and God's way (the spirit).

Jesus makes it clear that there is a distinction between flesh and spirit:

Satan simply means an adversary or one who opposes. In most Bible versions where the word satan occurs, sometimes it is left as satan and other times words like adversary are used.

The Hebrew word "satan" means "an adversary or one who resists". There word does not indicate whether the opposition is morally good or bad.