How does human nature operate until God's power comes into a life?
Human nature vents its feelings on those beneath it when it cannot compete with those above, like a child pulling wings off a butterfly. That self-centered operation governs the whole human makeup until the sovereign God's power enters the life. Pushing God out of thinking, schools, and home yields the societal decay we then decry.
Les explains that human nature operates by venting feelings on something beneath a person, because he cannot compete against those above him. He illustrates this with a child who catches a butterfly and pulls its wings off. This is exactly how the whole human makeup operates until the very power of a sovereign God comes into that life. Les further notes that society today is in its present shape because people have pushed God out of their thinking, out of schools, and out of the home, and then decry the resulting things. God warns that these human nature traits will continue generation after generation, as seen in alcoholism repeating down the line. Scripture said this 1,500 years before Christ, not as a modern discovery.