Genesis 4:7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.’
How many times have you thought something like “I’m not that bad. I do good to people. I help others.”? Well if you do then I commend you that you have found good in your heart.
When you do those good things does it not encourage you to do more? We do like helping and encouraging others because it makes us feel good as well.
But if we turn away those opportunities we open ourselves to hate, resentfulness and other horrible things. We then have to work harder at not being horrible to others…