Are Men Born Sinners? - Library of Theology

carnal mind (which, he says later in chapter eight) was enmity against God, not subject to
the law of God, and that neither indeed could be. He said that he was definitely in the
flesh, and that he still had a sinful body, a body of death, or a sinful body condemned to
death, which he cried out to be delivered from.
On the other hand, he told the Christians in chapters six and eight that they were not
carnal, but spiritual; that they were no longer walking after the flesh; that they were not
sold under sin, but gloriously delivered from the bondage of sin; that they did not have a
carnal mind, but a spiritual mind; that they were not in the flesh, but in the Spirit; and that
they did not have a sinful body, but that their body was dead. Now, if Paul was describing
his own bondage to sin in ROM 7:14-25, then he was describing his own bondage and
slavery to sin at the same time that he declared all the Christians to whom he wrote to be
gloriously liberated from the bondage of sin. Such an inconsistent conclusion can only be
reached as a result of ignoring context, language, common sense, and reality in
interpreting the Scriptures.
No one can come to the Bible with a sincere heart, and read all of chapters six, seven, and
eight of Romans, comparing chapter seven with chapters six and eight, and then come
away believing that Paul was describing his own Christian experience in ROM 7:14-25. It
is impossible. The contradictions involved in such an interpretation are too obvious.
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Appendix G
Bible Texts Can Be Used to Prove Lies
By taking Bible texts out of their context and isolating them from the rest of the Bible, it
is possible to prove almost any lie. In this way, false cults have used the Bible to prove
the lie that there is no everlasting punishment for the wicked, but that the wicked will be
annihilated or destroyed. Malachi 4:1, 3; Isaiah 1:28; Psalm 145:20; ROM 9:22. False
cults have used the Bible to prove the lie that after death men cease to exist. Eccl. 3:19,
Eccl 9:5-6. They have used the Bible to prove the lie that Jesus was created by God and
was not the divine and eternally existing Son of God. Col. 1:15, Rev. 3:14.
The Bible can be used to prove the most frightening of lies. It can be used to prove the lie
that God is the creator and originator of evil and that men sin because God hardens their
hearts and makes them sin. Isaiah 45:7; Amos 3:6; Ex. 4:21; Ex. 10:1, 20, 27; Ex. 11:10;
Ex. 14:17; Deut. 2:30; ROM 9:18.