Are Men Born Sinners? - Library of Theology
Are Men Born Sinners? - Library of Theology
Are Men Born Sinners? - Library of Theology
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Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither<br />
known him. I John 3:6<br />
Whosoever is born <strong>of</strong> God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he<br />
cannot sin, because he is born <strong>of</strong> God. I John 3:9<br />
For whatsoever is born <strong>of</strong> God overcometh the world. I John 5:4<br />
We know that whosoever is born <strong>of</strong> God sinneth not; but he that is begotten <strong>of</strong> God<br />
keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. I John 5:18<br />
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Chapter 11: Can Christians Live Without Sin?<br />
It is hard to understand how a thinking person can read the Bible and still believe in<br />
original sin. The Bible commands men to depart from all sin, to keep God's<br />
commandments, to be holy because God is holy, and to be perfect as our Father in heaven<br />
is perfect. The Bible teaches that all men ought to live without sin and that they can live<br />
without sin by God's grace and the power <strong>of</strong> his indwelling Holy Spirit. The Bible also<br />
teaches that Christians do live without sin and overcome the world, the flesh, and the<br />
devil.<br />
But the doctrine <strong>of</strong> original sin contradicts the Bible and teaches that no man, not even<br />
the Christian, can live without committing sin:<br />
From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made<br />
opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions.<br />
Westminster Confession.<br />
This corruption <strong>of</strong> nature, during this life, doth remain in those that are regenerated.<br />
Westminster Confession.<br />
They deplore their inability to love their Redeemer, to keep themselves from sin, to live a<br />
holy life in any degree adequate to their own convictions <strong>of</strong> their obligations...They<br />
recognize it as the fruit and evidence <strong>of</strong> the corruption <strong>of</strong> their nature derived as a sad<br />
inheritance from their first parents. Charles Hodge, Systematic <strong>Theology</strong>, Vol. II, p. 273<br />
...whereby he is utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite unto all that is spiritually<br />
good, and wholly inclined to all evil, and that continually, which is commonly called<br />
original sin, and from which do proceed all actual transgressions. Larger Catechism.
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