There are several teachings about corruption in the Scripture, but in this article it is limited only to corruption related to the effects upon the minds or thoughts of the believer by corrupting them from the simplicity and purity that is toward Christ, intransitively of the old sin nature, waxing moral decay after the lusts of deceit. That, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old sin nature, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit (Ephesians 4:22)

Several principles are related to this truth: First, man is born in natural state of physical corruption, in which the effect of the withdrawal of life brings decomposition (1 Corinthians 15:52-53). Secondly, man is born in natural state of moral corruption, in which the old sin nature is gratified by its own desires for lusts (Galatians 6:8) in contrast to the desires of the Spirit for believers. Thirdly, believers are in constant conflict with the old sin nature by marring them away from holiness of life and purity of doctrine in which it should abide (1 Corinthians 3:17). Fourthly, believers are in constant danger of spiritual corruption by association with those who deny the truth and hold false doctrine (1 Corinthians 15:33).

After the fall of man, every person born into this world is born with physical, moral, spiritual corruption. No one is born with natural or inherit goodness or righteousness (Romans 3:15-19). Every person fall short of God's standard of righteousness (Romans 3:23, Psalm 14:1, 3). Satan the god of this world will continue to bombard the believers with humanistic and demonic doctrines as long as they are in the world aiming to corrupt their minds and souls. 

Everything in this world is under the reign of the god of this age. Every institution, organization, sector and organized body of people is under satanic dominion and nothing escapes his scheming. The world system will continue in disorder and disability as long as the rulers and authorities of darkness are here (Ephesians 6:12). There will be corruption everywhere as long as human beings are dominated by their old sin nature

Satan has corrupted everything in this planet and men have chosen the things of the world than the things of heaven. The evil nature in man, his old sinful nature is predisposed to follow and accept human and demonic doctrines rather than the teaching of God (1 Timothy 4:1). The corruption in the world system is because of the corruption that is in men.  As long as the corrupted men run the world system, corruption is untreatable (Isaiah 1:4). Human problems will remain unsolved as long as we depend on human solution. No human solution will ever work for good as remedy for human problems.

Those who thought that a Christian president is the solution for the severe political, economic and spiritual problem of this nation are deceived by the devil. They have not realized that every person that venture into the world's politics is under satanic political party. If ever a Christian candidate wins the election, he becomes a slave of satanic system. Politics is a human solution incapable of doing the will, purpose and plan of God.

Only the Bible doctrine can change a person and only Bible doctrine can change this nation not a Christian politician who joined the satanic band wagon. At one point of human history, God destroyed the entire human race leaving only eight person because of extreme corruption in the souls (Genesis 6:11-13) but because men have inherited from Adam the old sinful nature (Romans 5:12), corruption continues to flourish whenever men flourish (Deuteronomy 4:25, 31:29).

Corruption is a decision and an act of the human free will to against the plan and purpose of God. Every person is accountable only for himself and not for anyone else. Corruption spread because more people have chosen the bad decisions of others (Exodus 32:7). A son may become a criminal because he chose to follow the footsteps of his father who is a criminal not because he inherited the same corruption.

Every person is corrupt by nature (old sinful nature) and has received the imputed incorruptible new nature at the point of salvation. But as long as the believer is in the mortal and perishable body (1 Corinthians 15:52-54) physical, moral and spiritual corruption is expected. At the point of spiritual growth and momentum the believer can experience gradual but progressive renewal or changes in his thinking pattern brought about by the Bible doctrine that is stored and becomes resident of his soul.

Each Bible doctrine stored in the soul replaces certain human viewpoint or demonic doctrine. The greater the amount of Bible doctrine stored in the soul, the greater the resistance of the believer against moral and spiritual corruption inflicted by the old sin nature, by the world or by the devil.

No amount of religious, psychological or philosophical teachings, rituals, practices and activities can combat this corruption in the souls of men. The pace of corruption might be slow and gradual for some, for others noticeably fast, but just in the same way, they incur serious damages. No believer will escape spiritual corruption without Bible doctrines stored and readily available to function as solving devices for solving human problems.

The solution for moral corruption is not moral recovery since unbelievers does not have acceptable virtues in the eyes of God. Believers can recover from spiritual and moral corruption only through the renewal of their minds. Renewal of the minds is the process of systematic, progressive acquiring of Bible doctrines into the soul to replace human viewpoints and demonic doctrines that has been collected since physical birth (Hebrews 12:1-2). The souls of the believers will continue to gather garbage after spiritual regeneration unless the volition decided to give priority to the Word of God.

The process of moral and spiritual corruption is temporary halt whenever the believer resides and functions inside the plan, purpose and will of God. The spiritual believer is being processed for spiritual maturity inside the divine plan of God. The believer is being corrupted inside the world system  and is denied of spiritual blessings, privileges, resources, opportunities, and provisions designed exclusively for divine dynasphere. Such believers are left in the cosmos without divine protection from Satan.

God has already provided the escape from corruption for believers (1 Peter 1:4) through God's precious and magnificent promises but some instead of accepting and using God's provision they chose human solutions (2 Peter 2:19) that leads to destruction. God in His grace toward us has solved every problem we are incapable of solving.

For mortal and corruptible human body God has prepared a glorious, spiritual, eternal body (1 Corinthians 15:42-45) without old sin nature and incapable of committing sin, designed to dwell in the presence of God forever. For the corrupted creation God has already prepared new heavens and earth (2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21:1) where everything is glorious and perfect.

In this imperfect and corrupted world God has already provided a spiritual palace for every believer where moral and spiritual corruption is not possible, where the Lord Jesus Christ stayed all throughout His 33 and ½  years on earth. There was never a moment when He gets out of the divine dynasphere and do His own will and desire. The Lord Jesus Christ designed the divine dynasphere and have proven and tested it for us. The believer accesses the divine dynasphere by the act of rebound and stay inside by maintaining spirituality.

The volition of the believer to adjust to the justice of God through rebound gives him the privileges and spiritual resources available. The believers inside the divine dynasphere have all the provisions, protection, blessings and resources that God has prepared in the eternity past.  The world, Satan and all the demons cannot corrupt the believer inside the divine dynasphere.

J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries