Man

Friday, May 18, 2018

In last week's article we considered, The Grace of God. We observed that salvation is not earned or deserved. Salvation is a gift given solely by the grace of God. This truth is seen more clearly when we understand what the Bible says about man. The Bible teaches two crucial truths concerning mankind. First, man is a sinner. Most people know they are sinners, but they do not know the seriousness of that sin. Romans 3:23 tells us, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." We are sinners for three primary reasons. We are sinners simply because we are descendants of Adam. Ephesians 2:3 tells us that we are "by nature children of wrath." We are also sinners because of what we have done, "for all have sinned." Furthermore, we are sinners because of what we have failed to do. In James 4:17 we read, "Therefore to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin." There is no way around this truth. We know it by revelation and experience, man is a sinner.

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