Sin And Sinners

                It amazes me how people can easily admit that they sin, but refuse to think of themselves as sinners. Sinning is one thing; we all have done something "bad." Being a sinner is a totally different idea. Being a sinners means that we are "bad people." Guess what? We aren't sinners because we sin; we sin because we are sinners. Matthew 15:19 says, "For out of the heart comes evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander." It is out of our heart. Guess what, guys? We are born bad, not good.

                So many people like to think that we are born good and do bad, but look at an infant and their mother. Does a mother ever have to teach their child to hit? Does a mother ever have to teach her child to be selfish? Does a mother ever have to teach their child to cry if things don't go their way? Does a mother ever have to teach their child to be greedy? Does a mother ever have to teach a child how to do bad? No. A mother spends time teacher her child how to do good! She spends time teaching her child how to share, how to love others, how to use nice words, how to not be greedy, etc. If a mother has to teach their child how to do good, what does that say about the way that we are born?

                If you couldn't guess, that means that we are born sinful. We are born knowing how to sin. We are born looking out for ourselves and not other people. If you try to use the argument, "well, children don't know better," then you are correct. They don't know better than right and wrong. That is exactly what I am saying. None of us are born knowing better. That is why we can say, with confidence, that we are born wicked and have to be taught how to do good.

                If you truly believe that you are not a born sinner, that sin is not your master from birth, then I have a challenge for you. Take the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17) and the "Golden Rules" (Do unto others as you would have them do to you Matthew 7:12). Keeping this in mind, you cannot commit these sins in the physical world or in your heart and mind. That means, you cannot meditate on killing someone, you cannot get angry and think of how you would want to cuss that person out, you cannot think of what you would do to that girl at work or that boy next door, you cannot help someone and grumble about it the whole time, and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and body at all times. No one has ever been able to do this, except for Jesus Christ.

                If you would like to try this challenge, be my guest and allow God to show you the sinful nature within; but in the end, it comes down to us being sinful because we are born sinners. The sooner that we can realize the depth of our problem, the sooner we can stop putting band-aids on our cancer and go to the doctor and get healed before it kills us.


                                                                                                                                         -D