“The
imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth.” Genesis 8:21
Mankind has become fully persuaded
of its inherent goodness. Sinners of every ilk say that since they are made in
the image of God, they and their sins are automatically good. But God has told
us the truth, an awful truth we want to ignore. We are sinners and have evil
hearts from our youth, as in the day of our birth. The psalmist declared that
he was “brought forth in iniquity.”
This is something we don’t like to dwell on because it disrupts the good view
we have of ourselves.
If this were the only biblical truth
about us then we would be hopeless. But it isn’t the only truth. There is a
more wonderful truth, and that is that we are also the objects of God’s love.
In His love He gave His own Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sin and make us
anew, reborn in righteousness with God. In spite of our natural condition,
God’s grace offers us His divine condition through repentance and faith in the
cross of Christ.
Dear Father, Thank You for
forgiveness and a new nature through Christ. Amen.
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