We're evil in the sense that we're always looking out for our own interests before those of others. And we accept this as the normal order of things eg. "God helps those who help themselves" instead of "God helps those who help others". I know myself that if I can make things a bit easier for myself, even if the proposed action is not quite ethical, I'll take it.
As a mild example, is there anyone here who hasn't used a few spare minutes at work to do their own thing or just sit back and do nothing, rather than keep their nose to the grindstone for the whole of the working day, for which you're being paid? I have on quite a number of occasions, and I'd be surprised if there's anybody out there who says they haven't - including the bosses, even as they look over our shoulders.
We look after our own interests first, and in that sense we're "evil". God is constantly putting Himself out for others - Christ was the "man for others", healing and saving others whilst not even having a place to "put his head", and declaring His mother to be His disciples' mother and John to be her son(using John as a stand-in for all His disciples), even as He hung on the cross.
The repentant thief on the cross had himself in mind first and foremost even as he recognised Christ's authority eg. "Remember
me when you come into your Kingdom". He wasn't pleading first and foremost for the other thief, or the people he'd apparently stolen from, or offended in some other way. Not that I blame him - if I were being crucified, I think my thoughts would be entirely on my own miserable, agonising state.
As for the paragraph in the article, where Jesus seemed to indicate He Himself was not good, it was really a leading question, to see if the chap asking Him about eternal life realised Who he was talking to viz. did he understand Christ was God in the flesh, or just another Rabbi or teacher?
Even Jesus refused the title “good” for Himself in terms of His humanity. The Gospel of Mark contains the following dialogue: As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good except God alone (Mk 10:17-18). As God, Jesus is good—absolute good. One could also argue that in His sinless humanity, Jesus is also good; but Jesus, presuming the man merely regarded Him as ordinarily human, rebukes him and declares that God alone is good.
