Adam fell, man's heart became entirely corrupt.
"Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time!"
"Every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood." (Genesis 6:5, 8:21)
Now, corruption can only propagate corruption.
When evil fills the heart, evil effects will soon appear.
From tainted sources, tainted waters flow.
The root proclaims the qualities of its fruit.
When poison permeates the veins, the whole body sickens.
The parent reproduces his own likeness.
Hence every child is born in sin.
No cradle holds an innocent one!
Each offspring of the human family comes into the world dead towards God,
corrupt in heart,
prone to iniquity,
void of all righteousness,
a willing slave of his father, Satan,
blinded in intellect,
a pilgrim towards a diabolical land,
a vessel fitted for destruction!
His heart has many tenants, but God is no longer there.
The palace once so fair, is now overrun with weeds. Like Babylon in ruins, wild beasts of the wilderness roam there, and the houses are full of doleful creatures. (Isaiah 13:21, 22) May this darksome picture scare you from delusion's dream!
Reader, surely such is your birth state!
Has your soul realized the dreadful truth?
Has the life-giving Spirit quickened you with regenerating might?
Are you a new creation in Christ Jesus?
If so, then surely you will praise God for His marvelous mercy and grace in saving you.
[Henry Law]
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Colossians 1:13-14 ... Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Psalm 51:5 ... Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Ephesians 2:3 ... Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. ❤
