Nasty little pricks.
Numbers 33:55 If ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. kjv
The Israelites knew that the land must be cleansed from them if they were to establish God's justice.
Now Christ has invaded us and purges His new territory to establish God's grace.
We are His body, set free from what is reserved for those who will not love Him.
Romans 7:18-23 For I know that in me dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. kjv
Secular values cannot bring Salvation but preserve the very standard Jesus came to overthrow. Indeed, humanism even denies the need for Redemption at all.
How could there be any original sin for Jesus to purge? they wonder.
What place for a Redeemer? and think they bring liberty but Jesus is very clear. They bring nothing at all.
Born evil; and The Bible explains that by secular, human standards we remain evil. No change. No victory claimed by Jesus. They bring nothing to the table and nothing is as good as it gets.
For those who love Jesus, The Bible explains, there is a present and enduring joy. For those who don't, everlasting torture. Will you accept His love today? Or will you reject His values and contribute to the secular value system which, as The Bible makes plain, certainly leads to Hades and destruction.
Proverbs 16:2-4 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. kjv