“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
(Luke 11:13)
Jesus is saying that even though they are evil, they can still receive the Holy Spirit.
Well, praise God for that!
IMO, this is just another proof that all humans are born with an evil sinful nature.
Luke 11:13 does not say one word about being BORN with a sinful nature, it simply says these men were evil. It does not address whether they were born evil or became evil afterward. You are inserting your own presupposition into scripture.
Now, here is scripture that says God made men upright.
Ecc 7:29 Lo, this only have I found,
that God hath made man upright; but
they have sought out many inventions.
The word "they" points directly back to the word "man" and shows this verse is speaking of all men, not just Adam and Eve.
Read any scripture concerning sin and you will see it shows man as first being upright, but going "astray" in sin, or "becoming" filthy, or "corrupting" themselves. To corrupt means to go from a good state to a bad state.
Gen 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had
corrupted his way upon the earth.
This verse doesn't say men were born evil, it says all men had "corrupted" their way. They had gone from a good state to an evil state.
And what did Paul say in Romans 3 that is quoted so often?
Rom 3:12 They are all
gone out of the way, they are together
become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Notice Paul said men have "become" unprofitable. This was taken from Psalm 14, where it says "become filthy". And can a person be "gone out" of their house unless they were first in their house?
Let me ask you, if you were born rich, would you tell people you "became" rich? No, of course not, because you were always rich.
But what if you were born poor, but worked hard and invested your money and became wealthy? Would you tell people you "became" rich? Yes!
Isa 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;
and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have
taken us away.
Let me ask you, does a leaf start out withered, dry, and brown? No, all leaves start our fresh, moist, and green. So this verse is not saying we are born sinful, it is in fact showing the exact opposite, that we started out upright like a new green leaf, but our sins and iniquities have "taken us away".
This is the problem, folks have been conditioned by false doctrine and do not even realize it. They believe all men are born sinful and evil, when that is not what the scriptures say. If they were to read scripture carefully without bias, they would see the scriptures teach we are all born upright, but that all men "go astray" or "go out of the way" and "become filthy".
Show where Jesus ever spoke evil of little children. Jesus, speaking of little children said, "of such is the kingdom of God".
Mar 10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the
little children to come unto me, and forbid them not:
for of such is the kingdom of God.
Jesus NEVER spoke evil of little children, but only good. Jesus said unless we be "converted" and "become" as little children we shall not see the kingdom of God.
So, your post is error.
