We are naturally sinners.

Ever since the fall of man to sin that Adam and Eve fell to in the garden of Eden, we have naturally been born sinners. The bible tells us that:

Ephesians 2:3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

No one has to teach us to sin as babies we do it automatically...think about “mine”, hitting when upset, temper tantrums, lying, ect. It comes natural! 

I got a little chuckle out of this quote from JC Ryle: “The fairest child, who has entered life this year and become the sunbeam of a family, is not, as his mother perhaps fondly calls him, a little “angel” or a little “innocent”---but a little “sinner”. 

But thank be to God, He knew this about us and had a plan to save us! Jesus Christ! He sent His now Son to die for us sinners! Take the wrath of God against sin off of us and upon Jesus! Think about that for a while! Praise be to Jesus!

1 Timothy 1:15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.

As parents we have a mighty big responsibility to raise our children up in the training of the Lord to give them the best chance of giving their lives to Jesus! May we make sure first we have given our lives to Jesus ourselves for we are born in sin!

Tom