Are Men Born Sinners? - Library of Theology

superstition; it is infinitely worse. It is a devilish doctrine that muffles the voice of
conscience, corrupts Christian practice, and stumbles Christians into hell. It teaches that
the Christian must never expect to be saved from sin in this life, and that he should expect
to live more or less in rebellion against his Savior until he dies and goes to heaven. What
a lie from the devil! Where can this teaching be found in the Bible? Instead of teaching
that the Christian cannot be freed from sin and made holy until he gets to heaven, the
Bible warns that the unholy will never get to heaven!
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. Heb.
12:14
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matt. 5:8
Judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall be the end
of them that obey not the Gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where
shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? I Peter 4:17, 18
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they
shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. He that overcometh, the same shall be
clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life. Rev. 3:4,
5
The myth that God will transform the character of the sinning Christian when he gets to
heaven, and once there, make him a holy Christian, is just that a myth. The decree of God
is:
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he
that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. Rev.
22:11
God will not change the character of anyone after he dies. He is changing the character of
sinners now, in this life, while we are yet in this present world. There will be a change in
the Christian when he gets to heaven, but not in his character. His body will be changed.
The Bible says, "This corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on
immortality." I Cor. 15:53. This is not talking about a change of character; it is talking
about an incorruptible body that will never die. But, oh, how many are deceiving
themselves by the false doctrine that suddenly, when they get to heaven, they will be
transformed into holy Christians. Hear again the words of the Revelator:
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he
that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And,
behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man according as his
work shall be...Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to
the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates of the city. For without are dogs, and
sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and
maketh a lie. Rev. 22:11, 12, 14, 15