WHY GOOD PEOPLE DO BAD THINGS / 7 STAGES OF SPIRITUAL DEATH = PART 2 OF 7

EVERY MAN IS TEMPTED WHEN HE IS DRAWN AWAY!!

Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.…  James 1:13-15

WHY GOOD PEOPLE DO BAD THINGS PART 2

the darkness that lies within us all and causes us "to act out in inappropriate ways, destroy our relationships, sabotage our dreams, and place ourselves in harm's way." According to the author, the source of our doing bad things is the false self which is animated by our wants, needs, and deep feelings of unworthiness. Within each of us a war rages between "the good self and the bad, the light and the dark, the id and the ego, the Jekyll and Hyde."

There is a darkness that hides inside of each one of use.

• Guardedness and its spiritual antidote of vulnerability 
• Greed and its spiritual antidote of generosity 
• Arrogance and its spiritual antidote of humility 
• Intolerance and its spiritual antidote of compassion 
• Self-absorption and its spiritual antidote of being of service 
• Stubbornness and its spiritual antidote of willingness 
• Deceit and its spiritual antidote of integrity