And not a single sinful thought entered your head the whole day, huh?
There are times when they do and when they don't. Sinful thoughts entered the Messiah's mind during His 40 day trial in the wilderness. Satan tempted Him 3 times, telling what he could do. But being tempted to sin isn't sinning. It's when we let those temptations conceive that they give birth to sin.
We are still in the flesh. While in the flesh we will sin either by thought, word, or deed.
Even during times of worship?
Yes.
I guess you choose to call those things that are not as though they were with regard to future sins. I can't force you to change what you have faith in.
"The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies." (Psalm 58:3)
Who are the wicked?
Anyone who has not been born again.
Does that include babies?
Yes.
Wait, a baby directly from the womb can speak to lie?? The writer is using exaggeration to make a point about the wicked. It's as if someone were to say about you, "Budman was preaching from the womb!"
A sin is an
act of transgressing the law of The Almighty. A newborn baby can't act for themselves in any capacity.
This psalm is making a comparison between the righteous and the wicked. This is how the chapter ends:
Psalm 58:10-11
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth
The sinful nature we are all born with doesn't just kick in when we are made aware of the Law. Our sinful nature comes into existence at the moment of conception.
If the Law was needed to kick-start our sinful nature, the best plan would be to NEVER teach anyone the Law.
Please reread what you posted here highlighted in red, as maybe you'll want to rephrase or reconsider. It's indirectly implying that the Almighty's plan to give the law first wasn't the best plan; that He somehow had to come up with a better plan, like He made a mistake...
Yah is not a man. Nothing occurs to Him. He doesn't exist moment by moment as we do. He doesn't need to see how things play out
and then make adjustments. He is beginning and end, who was, is, and will be all at once.
...This is an immutable truth, so if our concept of the law is in conflict with this immutable truth we need to consider a change in our understanding of the law.
Secondly, please reread what I've been posting. Never once did I say or imply that the law was provided to kickstart or establish sin. Once again, I said the law was provided first to show what IS sin
in the process of salvation. This is what Paul says.
It's the equivalent to flipping on a light switch in a dark room.
Can't see what's dirty unless a light is shone upon it. Is the area still dirty with the light off? Yes. But need to see what needs cleaning.
Can't provide a solution to a specific problem if one doesn't first know what the problem is.
If something is malfunctioning one must be made aware of the instructions to know how it's meant to run properly before one can fix the malfunction.
We have a
mortal nature that compels us to sin, because of death. The law had to be given first to show HOW a person is sinful. The Messiah was given second for salvation from those sins...and then we are told to "fly right" (i.e. obey). If the law wasn't necessary in this process, then repentance wouldn't be necessary either...we wouldn't even need to know about The Messiah or need to believe in Him. He could just do the work and we keep on living however we want.
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