"The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth". This speaks about the deeds of man. His deeds were wicked and they prevailed during Noah's time.
Nevertheless, you are adding into scripture what is not there, it does not say men are compelled to sin.
Romans 3:10-18 is a treatise on the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Romans 3:13 says, "Their throat is an open grave, with their tongues that keep deceiving". This is a continual action in the Greek. They forever continue deceiving. They deceive again, and again, and again; ad infinitum, ad nauseaum. Only a person who is compelled to sin because of their wicked nature can continue to sin like this; and such is the condition of each and every unbeliever.
Same here, you are reading into scripture. If I made the statement, "my neighbors NEVER go to church, NO, NOT ONE" would you understand that to mean they were unable to go to church? NO, not even YOU would believe that, yet you have allowed Calvinist teaching to cause you to read into scripture what it does not say. It is simply telling you the sinfulness of all men, but it is not saying men are unable to do right. Think about that awhile.
You missed the point. I quoted Romans 6:6 to point out that at one time we were slaves to sin. At that time, prior to being converted, we were slaves to sin. A slave is the property of another, and bound to do the will of the one he serves. Prior to being freed from sin we were in bondage to it. Sin was out master. We were under compulsion to it.
A slave does not necessarily have to obey his master. A slave can disobey, a slave can run away. But he belongs to his master and when he is captured he is returned. Likewise, once you sin you are sold to sin and belong to it. You cannot escape, no matter what you do, you are BOUND under the penalty of death. This is what the scriptures mean when they say we are servants to sin, it does not mean we HAVE to sin as you and others falsely teach. When a sinner tells the truth, he is not sinning. That good work will not allow him to earn salvation, he is still bound to death, but it is not a sin.
Ephesians 2:1-3 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
Not only were we dead to sin, but we walked in that "deadness" (according to the course of this world). We did so willingly, yes; but we were compelled to do so because of our nature. Our nature did not possess the ability to anything else other than to sin.
Yes, we certainly did sin before we were saved, and we still sin after we are saved. But now we are dead to sin, we do not belong to it anymore, like the wife who had been married, but now her husband is dead. We are now married to Christ and under grace. But we still sin.
We are NEVER compelled to sin. If you are honest you will admit that even before you were saved, sin was a choice. You did not HAVE to lie or steal, you chose to do so. I have never been compelled to sin in my life, not once.
I agree with your statement, but you eliminate sin nature aspect.
The Bible says that we are slaves to sin, not by action only, but also through the nature we are born with due to the sin of Adam (Romans 5:12). If man is born without a sin nature then Christ died in vain.
Misinterpretation of scripture again. Romans 5:12 says DEATH passed on all men, not SIN. Gigantic difference. You are teaching something the scriptures do not say.
We are.
You are cherry-picking, using passages to support your presuppositions while ignoring the larger context. It is understandable why you continually do this, because it undermines your position.
First of all, I do not smoke, and I drink alcohol in moderation. The Bible say that drunkenness is a sin, not imbibing. Smoking may not be wise or healthy, but neither is eating copious amounts of fat. You need to work on your illustrations.
No man is born with a cigarette in his mouth or a bottle of whiskey in his hand. A man chooses to sin when he is not addicted and becomes addicted.
A person may become addicted to a specific sin by practicing it; but he is under compulsion to sin (general) by his very nature as explained earlier.
No he's not. No one forced you to drink.
Context:
How can the "good work" of returning a lost wallet be considered by Isaiah to be akin to a filthy garment? Because of being in a state of sin.
No garment starts out as a filthy rag. No leaf starts out brown and dead. You overlook the obvious.
You are prolific in making this accusation against anyone who has the audacity to stand up to your false teaching. You are tone deaf.
I am a musician who happens to have an excellent ear.
You are truly a piece of work. I understand the Old Testament context. So, why did Paul use the Jeremiah passage to speak about God's sovereign purpose? Go chew on that one for a while.
Tone deaf! I never said God caused Judas to sin.
If you knew Jeremiah you would know Paul is not saying God picks one person to salvation and another to damnation unconditionally in Romans 9 as Calvinism falsely teaches.
It is you that has been brain-washed by false teaching. You read into scripture what is not there constantly. You have shown that over and over in this very post.
