Romans 7:18-20
18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.21So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22For in my inner being I delight in God's law; 23but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members.
Matthew 5:48
48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Leviticus 19:2
12 'Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
1 Peter 1:15-16
15But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."
Luke 18:18-19
The Rich Ruler
18A certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
19"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good—except God alone.
Psalm 14:3
3 There is no one who does good, not even one.
Romans 3:12
12 There is no one who does good, not even one.
Matthew 19:16-17
The Rich Young Man
16Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?"
17"Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments."
Matthew 7:1-2
Judging Others
1"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Romans 7:24-25
24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
John 14:27-31
27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
28"You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. 30I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me, 31but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me.
I am a divided man...I have a divided mind...I am at war within myself...St. Paul teaches us the reason for this...It is our sin...
Jesus teaches us to be perfect, like our heavenly Father is perfect...He teaches us to be Holy like our heavenly Father is Holy...Then He tells us that only God is good...No one is good but God alone...The Psalmist and St. Paul tells us that there is no one who does good, not even one...It is God alone, who is good...
I want to be perfect like my Father, but I can't be perfect...
I want to be Holy like my Father, but I can't be Holy...
I want to be good like my Father, but I can't be good...
I want to be just like my Father, but I can't be just...
I want to please my Father, but I can't please my Father...
I feel like I am two different people...There does at times seem like a war of two minds inside of me...I have the desire to be good, but I just can't seem to carry it out...But the evil I want to do is what I keep carrying out...I find myself looking out for myself alone, watching and protecting my own desires, like no one else lives on the earth...Now if continue to do not what I want to do, it is no longer me who is doing it, it must be something else...It is the sin living in me that continues to do the things I do not want to do...What a wretched man I am...After many years, I know that the only way to the Father and be like Him, is thanking Him for being the Only One who is good, and thanks be to Jesus Christ our LORD...He died for my sins, and is the Only One who can take this divided, wretched man and put him in one mind, one body, and one heart...Jesus is the Only One who can put us back together, and make us like Him...
Jesus gives a peace to us, not as this world gives...He puts us back together by taking away our sins...I am saddened that He had to leave the earth, because of my selfishness...But I should want Him to be with His Father...By His leaving and going back to His Father, as He explains is better for us...This is why He had to leave...When He died, He took away my debt of sin...Then He could send us the Holy Spirit, and be in us...In His complete unselfishness, Jesus leaves so we could have the Holy Spirit...He leaves (and dies) thinking about us and His disciples, not about Himself...This peace He gives us is not of this world, but of heaven...Jesus is the answer, He is my answer to my divided mind, and the divided man...