There is another reason why men refuse to do what is right. It is because they love their sin more than they love God. To do what is right means to take a stand against sin, and that includes taking a stand against one's own personal sins. A price that increasingly few are willing to pay. While there is a price to pay for doing what is right, the price for not doing what is right is far greater.
Sin is deceitful.
One of the most dangerous ways that sin deceives is by hardening the heart. That is a high price to pay for preferring wrong over right. The more the heart is hardened, the easier it is to refuse to do what is right and at the same time to justify it. Make it your way of life to chose wrong over right and you will end up with a deceived, hardened heart. Les Walthers is Pastor of the Grace Reformed Baptist Church.