Sin Nature
The sin nature
lives in every cell of our bodies, and it is always there lurking, ready to attack our souls and distract us from God and His plan.The Bible teaches that whenever we neglect God’s Word and let sin remain in our souls, the sin nature takes over.
The sin nature
generates different behavior in different people. Some sin natures make a person want to put on a real good front of self-righteousness. Other sin natures make a person want to be just plain bad. And yes, some sin natures work like yo-yos, making a person hop back and forth between wild, immoral behavior and holier-than-thou legalism.
The sin nature has two areas of activity: one that produces humanly nice things, another that produces outright sins.The sin nature also has two trends—inclinations or persuasions—that make a person’s sins go toward one type or another. Lust is the fuel of desire that fires up either trend.
Click on each on each to learn more about this inside enemy.
Area of weakness
is in operation when we commit personal sins: think wrong things (anger, hatred, jealousy, vengefulness), say wrong things (disrespectful back-talk to authority, hurtful words, gossip about others), or do wrong things (disrespect property, disobey curfew, physically harm others, cheat on tests).
Lust
is the often uncontrollable desire that motivates sins in either trend. Lust fires up the trends in either direction. The lust to be BAD motivates the sins of antinomianism. The lust to be GOOD motivates the sins of legalism.
Area of strength
is in operation when we act on our own power and abilities and forget about God’s power. We forget to rebound—to make sure we’re filled with the Holy Spirit—and we do seemingly good things (help others, follow rules) on the power of the sin nature. Yes, if we are out of fellowship, the sin nature controls the soul, even though we might not realize it. God sees these good deeds from the area of strength and can only reject them.
trend toward legalism
is the general inclination toward self-righteousness that tends to use good and moral behavior to impress other people, God, or both. Typical acts include judging and gossiping about others, denying one’s own sinfulness, showing off with charitable works or self-deprivation.
Trend toward antinomianism
is the general inclination to reject authority, self-restraint, and rules and morality in order to gratify self. Typical acts include disrespectful speech, cheating, stealing, drug abuse, sexual preoccupations, violence.
The Sin Nature
R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries
Created on June 3, 2024
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Sin Nature
The sin nature
lives in every cell of our bodies, and it is always there lurking, ready to attack our souls and distract us from God and His plan.The Bible teaches that whenever we neglect God’s Word and let sin remain in our souls, the sin nature takes over.
The sin nature
generates different behavior in different people. Some sin natures make a person want to put on a real good front of self-righteousness. Other sin natures make a person want to be just plain bad. And yes, some sin natures work like yo-yos, making a person hop back and forth between wild, immoral behavior and holier-than-thou legalism.
The sin nature has two areas of activity: one that produces humanly nice things, another that produces outright sins.The sin nature also has two trends—inclinations or persuasions—that make a person’s sins go toward one type or another. Lust is the fuel of desire that fires up either trend. Click on each on each to learn more about this inside enemy.
Area of weakness
is in operation when we commit personal sins: think wrong things (anger, hatred, jealousy, vengefulness), say wrong things (disrespectful back-talk to authority, hurtful words, gossip about others), or do wrong things (disrespect property, disobey curfew, physically harm others, cheat on tests).
Lust
is the often uncontrollable desire that motivates sins in either trend. Lust fires up the trends in either direction. The lust to be BAD motivates the sins of antinomianism. The lust to be GOOD motivates the sins of legalism.
Area of strength
is in operation when we act on our own power and abilities and forget about God’s power. We forget to rebound—to make sure we’re filled with the Holy Spirit—and we do seemingly good things (help others, follow rules) on the power of the sin nature. Yes, if we are out of fellowship, the sin nature controls the soul, even though we might not realize it. God sees these good deeds from the area of strength and can only reject them.
trend toward legalism
is the general inclination toward self-righteousness that tends to use good and moral behavior to impress other people, God, or both. Typical acts include judging and gossiping about others, denying one’s own sinfulness, showing off with charitable works or self-deprivation.
Trend toward antinomianism
is the general inclination to reject authority, self-restraint, and rules and morality in order to gratify self. Typical acts include disrespectful speech, cheating, stealing, drug abuse, sexual preoccupations, violence.