All have sinned

Indeed, we believe that man is declared righteous by faith, regardless of the works of the law. Romans 3:28

Many people still cling to the notion that man is naturally good. We did not have that of the Greeks. Aristotle said : "There is no good in humanity." We did not get Judaism. Jeremiah said : "The heart is crooked more than anything, and it is incurable. Who can know it ?" (Jeremiah 17:9).

We did not understand that about Christian teachings. The Apostle Paul said : "All have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). I believe that philosophers and psychologists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries taught the false doctrine that man is a helpless victim of his environment.

The Bible says that man is not naturally good. All human experience confirms it. Man is rebellious by nature. This first rebellion of history occurred in the Garden of Eden, where the environment was perfect and there was no heredity to blame !

Prayer for the day

Whenever I am obsessed with the idea that my actions are so noble, let me remember the magnanimity of Your perfect life.

Billy Graham