The Bible answers that question in JEREMIAH 17:9. “The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart.” That Bible verse indicates that people are born with that kind of heart. I am not talking about the big muscle that pumps our blood and keeps us alive. I believe that means the heart of our souls.
Since Jesus had to die to pay for the sins of the whole world, it must mean that all humans are born into a sinful world and cannot change the nature they are born with. Humans cannot just go up to GOD and talk to Him. Even Christians’ prayers are translated into Heaven’s language by the Holy Spirit they receive when they are born-again. At the point of being born again, people receive a “new nature” from GOD Himself, but the old nature is “not” taken away because while we live on earth having the good and bad natures, we can decide if we will follow after Jesus or after the devil. That is the way Christians’ can grow in GOD’S grace and become more like Jesus. We do not receive the power to overcome evil, but we rely on the power of the Holy Spirit to help us overcome evil and follow Jesus.
BOTTOM LINE: Remember, if GOD gave us the power to move mountains we could set a mountain on our neighbor’s house if we got mad at them. By that I mean while we live in these bodies we cannot be trusted with that kind of power….AMEN
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