It occurred to me that faith without works is dead, but works without faith is also dead. Humanists believe you can be good without God. Perhaps for a little while but then “Lord of the Flies” occurs because it really isn’t true that we can be good without God.
If there is no God, there is no Devil, no sin, no law, etc. Then who is to say what is good? Humanists say it is humans (especially really smart ones) and yet humans can never agree. There will always be someone who will debate the goodness of illicit substances, stealing, abortion, homosexuality, government education, democracy, pedophilia, and the badness of religion, families, work, honesty, fidelity, etc, etc.
If it hadn’t been for God (more particularly the Messiah), we would never be resurrected, and our spirits would be doomed to serve the father of lies (see 2 Ne 9:8-10). So no matter how “good” we live, we can never overcome the fact that we are helpless against death and hell without someone to rescue us.
Fortunately, God is wise enough to rescue without enabling or perpetuating our weakness. That is why we view the rescue difficult. What? Dig out with a spoon? Too hard, too far, too long, too nebulous, too……..
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