Is human nature good enough excuse to commit sin?

Question

I dunno, but it seems like mabe I comprehend the bible very differently than others or mabe I take it more seriously I dunno. But from what I gather if you are filled with the spirit of God, you can be made perfect. In other words on your own it is impossible to be without sin, but if you TRULY accept JESUS as your savior, his spirit can guide you and prevent you from doing things that you normally would. In other words, human nature vs. man IMPOSSIBLE for man to win. Human nature vs. a Spirit filled human= it is possible to conquer human nature. So when I here people stabbing others in the back and making fun of the poor, and the metally challenged. THEY HAVE NO EXCUSE WHATSOEVER! If you are spirit filled as you claim, you will not commit these acts. A good tree bringeth forth good fruit and a corrupt tree bringeth for corrupt fruit! You are identified by the words you speak. Arrogant words come out of an arrogant man. Its that simple there aren't any excuses.

Answer 1

Some people don't know any better at all, and most people don't realize the damage they can do with words.
Everyone is in a different state of growth.
Everyone could use a closer walk. (Ro 3:10 - As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one; "

Spirit in-filling is not a one time thing, but a continuous process, and many revelations by the Spirit, and encounters with the Spirit.
Not an excuse. People sometimes do wrong unknowingly, and sometimes by choice.
If you read the biography of King David, you will see a whole rainbow of human failings. Yet, he was loved by God.

God extends grace, not condemnation for those who are trying to live in a relationship with Him... to a theif on a cross, to a woman caught in adultry (notice the pharisees did not bring the offending man, @#*%# M.C.Pigs), and notice King David, an adulterer, a man who orchestrated the killing of his mistress's husband. There are many more examples.
Without grace, from God, and between people, human civilization would decend into total anarchy and chaos!
The world sounds like a black and white place for you. They usually accuse Christians of that.

Answer 2

You can never be "perfect". All religious and spirtual traditions accept that. Catholism allows for a few exceptions, they are made "saints' but even these exceptions are not "perfect", just somewhat above the average flawed human. Humans are flawed from birth, original sin. They remain flawed throughout their existance.
Hindus keep coming back till they get it right, with no assurance they will ever get it right. Think Sisyphus and the rock.
Very, very, very few of us ever qualify for heaven.
Good luck on your quest for sainthood.

Answer 3

You cannot be perfect in the absolute sense in this world. If you could, you wouldn't die, as the Bible makes the connection from sin to death very clear. Living by the Bible's principles does put your life much more in harmony with God's will however and is the only path to salvation.

Answer 4

From a guy who loves God and continues to be in the flesh. Christ contraptions some standards that it may be appropriate if we could desire to stay as much as them. i've got self belief notwithstanding which you will locate in Romans "oh what a wretched guy i'm, I do what i shouldn't each and all the time" Loosely translated of direction. For me the base line is to attempt to stroll like Jesus, and not be disillusioned when I fail. once you agree for your self as an adulter and think of that it quite is o.k. is once you get into hassle. in the previous testomony the severe Priest made sacrifices for you. At Calvary the veil, that separates us from God, became lease from the suitable to backside, this allows us to head into into the HOLY OF HOLY's that the severe Priest went into formerly Calvary. What this potential is which you will right now get forgiveness by in simple terms acknowledging to your self your sin and asking Christ to forgive you.

Answer 5

You are human and thus will sin. The difference is that if you know it's a sin and do it any way then that's bad. But all people will inadvertedly sin, but all sin can be forgiven by God if the heart is truly sorry for that sin. You will not be perfect.

Answer 6

Humans will always commit sins *because* it's their nature. Being filled with spirit only makes you STRIVE to live a purer life.

Answer 7

Is not an excuse
Is an explanation
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Answer 8

Jesus Saves—How?
"Jesus saves!" "Jesus is our Savior!" In many countries around the world, such messages are displayed on walls of buildings and in other public places. Millions of people sincerely believe that Jesus is their Savior. If you were to ask them, "How does Jesus save us?" they would probably reply, "Jesus died for us" or, "Jesus died for our sins." Yes, Jesus' death makes it possible for us to be saved. But how can the death of one man pay for the sins of a multitude? If you were asked, "How can Jesus' death save us?" what would you say?

THE answer that the Bible gives to this question is very simple but clear and full of significance. To grasp its importance, though, we first need to see Jesus' life and death as a solution to a very difficult problem. Only then can we properly understand the enormous value of Jesus' death.

In having Jesus give his life, God was dealing with a situation that arose when Adam sinned. What a tragedy that sin was! The very first man and his wife, Eve, were perfect. The beautiful garden of Eden was their home. God gave them the meaningful work of caring for their garden home. They were to have under their loving oversight the other living creatures on earth. And as humans multiplied and filled the earth with millions of their kind, they were to expand the paradise to earth's limits. (Genesis 1:28) What a delightful and exciting work they were given! Moreover, they had the warm companionship of each other. (Genesis 2:18) They lacked nothing. Happy eternal life was before them.

It is hard to imagine how Adam or Eve could sin. But the first human pair rebelled against the very one who created them—Jehovah God. Using a serpent, the spirit creature Satan the Devil deceived Eve into disobeying Jehovah, and Adam followed her.—Genesis 3:1-6.

There was no question about what the Creator would do about Adam and Eve. He had already spelled out the consequence of disobedience, stating: "From every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction. But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die." (Genesis 2:16, 17) A question of far greater magnitude now required an answer.

Mankind Faces a Difficult Problem
The original sin created a very critical problem for mankind. Adam began life as a perfect human. Therefore, his children could have enjoyed perfect everlasting life. However, Adam sinned before he fathered any children. The entire human race was still in his loins when he received the sentence: "In the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to dust you will return." (Genesis 3:19) So when Adam sinned and began to die as God said he would, all mankind was sentenced to death along with him.

Appropriately, the apostle Paul later wrote: "Through one man [Adam] sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned." (Romans 5:12) Yes, because of the original sin, children that were supposed to be born perfect with endless life ahead of them were brought forth with sickness, old age, and death as their prospect.

"That is not fair," someone might say. "We did not choose to disobey God—Adam did. Why should we lose our prospect for everlasting life and happiness?" We know that if a court of law were to put a son in prison because his father had stolen a car, the son could rightly complain: "That is not just! I did not do anything wrong."—Deuteronomy 24:16.


Adam brought sin
and death upon mankind
By inducing the first man and woman to sin, Satan may have concluded that he would place God in an impossible situation. The Devil struck very early in the history of the human race—before any children had been born. The moment Adam sinned, an important question was, What will Jehovah do about the children that Adam and Eve will have?

Jehovah God did what was just and fair. "Far be it from the true God to act wickedly, and the Almighty to act unjustly!" declared the righteous man Elihu. (Job 34:10) And concerning Jehovah, the prophet Moses wrote: "The Rock, perfect is his activity, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness, with whom there is no injustice; righteous and upright is he." (Deuteronomy 32:4) The solution that the true God provided to the problem created by Adam's sin does not take away our opportunity for everlasting life on a paradise earth.

God Provides a Perfect Solution
Consider the solution God laid out in the sentence he pronounced on Satan the Devil. Jehovah said to Satan: "I shall put enmity between you and the woman [God's heavenly organization] and between your seed [the world under Satan's control] and her seed [Jesus Christ]. He will bruise you [Satan] in the head and you will bruise him in the heel [Jesus' death]." (Genesis 3:15) In this first prophecy of the Bible, Jehovah alluded to his purpose to have his heavenly spirit Son come to earth to live as the perfect man Jesus and then die—be bruised in the heel—in that sinless state.

Why did God require the death of a perfect man? Well, what was Jehovah God's penalty for Adam if he sinned? Was it not death? (Genesis 2:16, 17) "The wages sin pays is death," wrote the apostle Paul. (Romans 6:23) Adam paid for his sin with his own death. He was given life, he chose to sin, and he died as a penalty for his sin. (Genesis 3:19) What about the condemnation that the entire human race came under because of that sin? A death was needed to atone for their sins. But whose death could justly cover the transgressions of all mankind?

God's Law to the ancient nation of Israel required "soul for soul [or, life for life]." (Exodus 21:23) According to this legal principle, the death covering mankind's transgressions would have to be of a value equal to what Adam had lost. Only the death of another perfect man could pay the wages of sin. Jesus was such a man. Indeed, Jesus was "a corresponding ransom" for the saving of all redeemable mankind descended from Adam.—1 Timothy 2:6; Romans 5:16, 17.

Jesus' Death Has Great Value
Adam's death had no value; he deserved to die for his sin. Jesus' death, however, had great value because he died in a sinless state. Jehovah God could accept the value of Jesus' perfect life as a ransom for obedient descendants of sinful Adam. And the value of Jesus' sacrifice does not stop at paying for our past sins. If it did, we would have no future. Being conceived in sin, we are bound to err again. (Psalm 51:5) How grateful we can be that Jesus' death makes provision for us to gain the perfection that Jehovah originally intended for the offspring of Adam and Eve!

Adam can be likened to a father who died and left us in such deep financial debt (sin) that there is no possible way for us to get out of debt. On the other hand, Jesus is like a good father who died and left us a rich inheritance that not only frees us from the enormous debt that Adam burdened us with but also provides enough for us to live on eternally. Jesus' death is not simply a cancellation of past sins; it is also a wonderful provision for our future.

Jesus saves because he died for us. And what a valuable provision his death is! When we see it as a part of God's solution to the complex problem of Adam's sin, our faith in Jehovah and his way of doing things is strengthened. Yes, Jesus' death is a means of rescuing "everyone exercising faith" in him from sin, disease, old age, and death itself. (John 3:16) Are you thankful to God for making this loving arrangement for our salvation?

Will God Overlook
Our Weaknesses?

'I am not wicked! I have tried very hard to give up my bad ways, but I am just too weak!'


DO THESE sentiments echo the way you or someone you know feels? Many conclude that it is virtually impossible for ingrained moral weaknesses to be conquered. Some people are dependent on alcohol, tobacco, or drugs. Greed dominates the lives of many others. And there are those who have given in to sexual misconduct, alleging that they are hopelessly addicted to sex.

As indicated at Matthew 26:41, Jesus kindly expressed his understanding of human weaknesses.* In fact, the entire Bible record clearly establishes that both Jehovah God and Jesus are indeed merciful toward humans. (Psalm 103:8, 9) But can we expect God to ignore all our defects?

Moses and David
Consider the account of Moses. He was known as "by far the meekest of all the men who were upon the surface of the ground," and he strove to conserve that good quality. (Numbers 12:3) As the Israelites trekked through the wilderness, they often acted unreasonably and showed disrespect for God and his representatives. Through it all, Moses humbly looked for divine direction.—Numbers 16:12-14, 28-30.

Just as the long, tiring journey was ending, however, he lost his temper before the entire nation and disobeyed God's instructions. God forgave him, but did He overlook that incident? No. He told Moses: "Because you did not show faith in me . . . , you will not bring this congregation into the land that I shall certainly give them." Moses would not enter the Promised Land. After a 40-year struggle for that splendid privilege, a serious human failing caused him to lose out.—Numbers 20:7-12.

King David was another godly man with a weakness. On one occasion he gave in to passion and had sexual relations with another man's wife. He then attempted a cover-up by having her husband killed. (2 Samuel 11:2-27) Afterward, he deeply regretted his crimes, and God forgave him. But David had destroyed a family, and Jehovah did not shield him from the devastating calamities that followed. David's baby boy got very sick, and Jehovah did not intervene, despite David's prayers in behalf of his child. The boy died, and thence followed a string of tragedies in David's household. (2 Samuel 12:13-18; 18:33) David paid a very high price for yielding to moral weakness.

These examples show that God holds humans responsible for their conduct. Those who want to serve him must shore up weak areas in their spirituality and become better Christians. In the first century, many did that.

The Fight to Throw Off Sin
The apostle Paul is rightly considered a model of Christian living. But did you know that he had a constant fight against his weaknesses? Romans 7:18-25 vividly describes this conflict, or, according to verse 23, this "warring." Paul fought without letup, for he knew that sin is unrelenting.—1 Corinthians 9:26, 27.

Some members of the Christian congregation of ancient Corinth had formerly been habitual wrongdoers. The Bible says that they had been 'fornicators, adulterers, men who lie with men, thieves, greedy persons, drunkards.' But it also says that they were "washed clean." (1 Corinthians 6:9-11) How? They were strengthened to stop their wicked practices by accurate knowledge, Christian association, and God's spirit. Eventually, they were declared righteous by God in Christ's name. Yes, God extended forgiveness, thus giving them a clean conscience.—Acts 2:38; 3:19.

Paul and the Christians of Corinth did not minimize their sinful tendencies. Instead, they battled them, and with God's help they triumphed. Those first-century worshipers became morally beautiful, despite their surroundings and imperfect inclinations. What about us?

God Expects Us to Fight Our Weaknesses
Battling a weakness may not result in eliminating it completely. While we need not surrender to our imperfection, we cannot destroy it. It spawns weaknesses that may be very persistent. Yet, we should not give in to our weaknesses. (Psalm 119:11) Why is this so important?


Because God does not allow imperfection to be a constant excuse for bad conduct. (Jude 4) Jehovah wants humans to clean up, to get their lives in good moral order. The Bible says: "Abhor what is wicked." (Romans 12:9) Why does God take such a strong stand?

One reason is that yielding to weakness is harmful. "Whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap," says the Bible at Galatians 6:7. Those giving in to addictions, greed, and promiscuity often reap a terrible harvest in their lives. But there is a more important reason.

Sin offends God. It causes "division" between us and Jehovah. (Isaiah 59:2) Since those practicing sin cannot gain his favor, he exhorts such ones: "Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; . . . cease to do bad."—Isaiah 1:16.

Our Creator is loving and merciful. "He does not desire any to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9) Constantly giving in to weakness hinders us from attaining God's favor. Since God does not ignore our weaknesses, neither should we.

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