Yo Ozark,
You said?
I'm not sure I agree with this line of thinking. If we were created in God's image, how is sin part of our nature?
Genesis 1:26,
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth
I think it is our nature to do good, that is why all people have the ability to do good. We are all created in the likeness of God.
I understand the concept of inherent nature, for example it is a dog's nature to bark. That is what they do. However, a dog can be taught to not bark. I have a dog and have trained him not to bark. For the most part he does not bark, but on occasion he will. I guess he makes a choice to ignore his teaching?? Let's apply this.
I think sin is a choice. Did Adam sin before eating the fruit? Was it his nature to sin? I think Adam made a choice to sin. Think about it, at this point in your walk, does sin just creep up on you and jump out? (sometimes maybe) But wouldn't you agree that most of the sins we still commit we think about and some how make a choice to ingnore our training? I think (and I used that phrase alot in this post) it is all about choices, especialy our choice to follow Jesus. I'm sure this discussion belongs on another thread, but I just wanted to express my thoughts in reply to your last post. If you want to discuss it further please let me know.
See Ya, Idaho Bassman
You said?
While most translations do not use the word sin nature to describe our captivity, it is certainly a sound teaching. To help us understand this, consider an example in nature-- the orange tree. Its nature is to make oranges. It does not have to try. Moreover, no amount of telling an orange tree to stop making oranges will make it stop. This helps us understand what it means to have a sin nature. We don't have to try to sin. It comes naturally. Moreover, no amount of telling us not to sin will stop us. This is why the law failed to make us righteous. This is our nature to the core!
I'm not sure I agree with this line of thinking. If we were created in God's image, how is sin part of our nature?
Genesis 1:26,
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth
I think it is our nature to do good, that is why all people have the ability to do good. We are all created in the likeness of God.
I understand the concept of inherent nature, for example it is a dog's nature to bark. That is what they do. However, a dog can be taught to not bark. I have a dog and have trained him not to bark. For the most part he does not bark, but on occasion he will. I guess he makes a choice to ignore his teaching?? Let's apply this.
I think sin is a choice. Did Adam sin before eating the fruit? Was it his nature to sin? I think Adam made a choice to sin. Think about it, at this point in your walk, does sin just creep up on you and jump out? (sometimes maybe) But wouldn't you agree that most of the sins we still commit we think about and some how make a choice to ingnore our training? I think (and I used that phrase alot in this post) it is all about choices, especialy our choice to follow Jesus. I'm sure this discussion belongs on another thread, but I just wanted to express my thoughts in reply to your last post. If you want to discuss it further please let me know.
See Ya, Idaho Bassman
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