Those desires have not changed. We still want to be like God, in fact, we want to be God in essence, deciding for ourselves what is right and what we think is wrong. We vote in our churches what we want the truth to say this week or this year. Man has not changed since Adam and the Adam nature still remains our public enemy.

The natural man still wants to be in control of his world and thus must be in control of his own truth. Telling a small lie to protect someone from a horrible truth is not so bad. Maybe we tell them the dress really does not make them look fat. Maybe God really did make some people homosexual and they can't help it! Is it that person's fault that he likes men instead of women? Or a woman prefers women instead of men? Do we blame them for something they claim they cannot help? A person gets addicted to alcohol, drugs, tobacco or illicit sex ? What is the difference? That must be a sickness that they cannot help. Surely people would not do these things that they know are wrong and will hurt themselves and the people around them as well. Would God judge a person for doing something that they cannot help?

A thief steals sometimes genuinely because he does not have what he or she believes they should have or possibly need, like food or clothing. Some steal from work because the company does not give them the money they deserve for the work they are doing. We lie on our tax return because the government is taking more than it should and using it for purposes that are evil. We speed because we are in a hurry and the speed limit is stupid and set
just arbitrarily too low for people that need to be somewhere.

The natural unregenerate mind can justify anything it wants the truth to be. Thus, Adam justified his sin and we can come up with a similar justification for our own sins. If we find someone to agree with us then we are on to something. If we can find enough people we could form a church that can vote in any truth that we want the truth to be.
Man can always find an excuse and justification for any sin. The lie that man is telling himself is that God will not hold it against him. We rename sin as a sickness, a syndrome or some other mental illness that we cannot help. By reclassifying it we make the Word of God too harsh and unyielding. After all, we can't help it, we are human. We lie, steal, cheat, lust and enjoy the pleasures of life that this world offers. If we are a little greedy for money it is just because we want better for our children, wives etc.. Even though our own conscience may
tell us these things are wrong, our unregenerate mind can justify for us any sin we wish to tolerate.

That is why Jesus came out of the desert as did John saying repent or "change you thinking". Man must repent of his thinking and follow God's thinking,ie. His Word. The carnal mind of man is the natural enemy of God. The reason man does not think the way God thinks is the very reason our nature is the enemy, as is Satan. Man is in essence consulting the enemy when he trusts in his own thinking. Proverbs 3:5,6, says trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Fear the Lord and depart from evil.

The unregenerate mind thinks that is religious foolishness, just noise. The religious think that sounds good, brother, but we just can't do that, and God understands that. The regenerate mind agrees with it and then does it. 1John 2:4 says, He who says, " I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know we are in Him. Verse 9 says he who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. He who loves his brother is in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. If these words trouble, disturb, or upset you, remember how Jesus's words angered everyone, especially the religious, because He shines light on our sin and we just hate when that happens. I know I do, but we must repent of our thinking and let God's Word direct us or as Jesus and John the Baptist both warned us, we will perish.

You can vote on any wicked thing you want to excuse in the buildings that you meet in, exclude anything or anybody you want, but we will all stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ and answer for all of our deeds.

Romans 6:16 (NKJV) Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? So what is the truth? Whose slave are you?