Adamic sin nature
One of the great problems of the human race is that it has never admitted that humans born into the world have an Adamic sin nature. They would like to think that the environment, the parents, the breaks one gets in life and the goodness of the individual is what determines the outcome of the life.
Along with this idea, humans that are involved in the sciences of life Like psychology, psychiatry, medicine, behavior studies, theology and so forth, all have drawn conclusions of how humans exist without any reference to the Scriptures.
In fact, after many years of my study of human beings, I have come to the conclusion that the Apostle Paul knew more about humans and what makes up a human being than anyone or anything I have studied from modern science.
His brief epistles are a testimony to this. While many with great scientific knowledge might have more extensive study in certain areas, they have not learned the basic facts of humanity that Christ gave to Paul.
The most basic fact is that all humans are born with a sin nature and that nature will motivate them all the days of their life until they are born again.
Humans are involved with a distinctive genetic code. While no two humans created by God are the same, all do have one similarity, they have a sin nature. There are several places in the Scriptures that detail what is in the sin nature. One of the best is in Romans 1:28–32. Verse 28 says that all humanity who hear the gospel and do not believe are turned over to a reprobate mind. Versus 29–31 list some of the things that are in the sin nature.
This listing is the spiritual DNA of the unconverted and can be found in every human who has not excepted Christ as his life. Modern science and modern religion work diligently to correct humans by dealing with each deviant thing in the sin nature, but all to no avail.
These things are the fruit of an Adamic nature and until Adam is done away with, there is no change. Yet multitudes of humans work hard within themselves to not do these things.
Some even appear to have conquered their sin nature but all this is vain. The initial problem still exists, their original sin nature is still there. The fact is God will not allow anyone to do anything within themselves to free themselves of the Adamic sin nature because to do so would annul the crucifixion of Christ on the cross.
There were some very religious people in Paul's day who thought that being circumcised would make them more godly, Paul rebuked them on the premise that humans can do nothing within themselves to be more godly, Galatians 6:15.
The sin nature was adequately dealt with at the cross and the cross is the only way to a new life in Christ.
The one inescapable fact is that no human can escape the burden and the results of the Adamic nature and no human can get free of the sin nature without being born again. Jesus said to Nicodemus, "You must be born again" to see or to enter the things of God.
One of the great problems of the human race is that it has never admitted that humans born into the world have an Adamic sin nature. They would like to think that the environment, the parents, the breaks one gets in life and the goodness of the individual is what determines the outcome of the life.
Along with this idea, humans that are involved in the sciences of life Like psychology, psychiatry, medicine, behavior studies, theology and so forth, all have drawn conclusions of how humans exist without any reference to the Scriptures.
In fact, after many years of my study of human beings, I have come to the conclusion that the Apostle Paul knew more about humans and what makes up a human being than anyone or anything I have studied from modern science.
His brief epistles are a testimony to this. While many with great scientific knowledge might have more extensive study in certain areas, they have not learned the basic facts of humanity that Christ gave to Paul.
The most basic fact is that all humans are born with a sin nature and that nature will motivate them all the days of their life until they are born again.
Humans are involved with a distinctive genetic code. While no two humans created by God are the same, all do have one similarity, they have a sin nature. There are several places in the Scriptures that detail what is in the sin nature. One of the best is in Romans 1:28–32. Verse 28 says that all humanity who hear the gospel and do not believe are turned over to a reprobate mind. Versus 29–31 list some of the things that are in the sin nature.
This listing is the spiritual DNA of the unconverted and can be found in every human who has not excepted Christ as his life. Modern science and modern religion work diligently to correct humans by dealing with each deviant thing in the sin nature, but all to no avail.
These things are the fruit of an Adamic nature and until Adam is done away with, there is no change. Yet multitudes of humans work hard within themselves to not do these things.
Some even appear to have conquered their sin nature but all this is vain. The initial problem still exists, their original sin nature is still there. The fact is God will not allow anyone to do anything within themselves to free themselves of the Adamic sin nature because to do so would annul the crucifixion of Christ on the cross.
There were some very religious people in Paul's day who thought that being circumcised would make them more godly, Paul rebuked them on the premise that humans can do nothing within themselves to be more godly, Galatians 6:15.
The sin nature was adequately dealt with at the cross and the cross is the only way to a new life in Christ.
The one inescapable fact is that no human can escape the burden and the results of the Adamic nature and no human can get free of the sin nature without being born again. Jesus said to Nicodemus, "You must be born again" to see or to enter the things of God.
