God is the sole creator and owner (proprietor) of the universe and everyone in it. He is a Holy, principled,
just and righteous God. He is totally averse to unrighteousness, malice, wrongdoing and sin.
Sin is a lethal poison and is incompatible with life.
In his ancient past and at the very beginning, man volitionally disobeyed God and sinned. Judgment was swift
and the very first child born on earth and born to man became a murderer. Sin and the propensity to do wrong became part
and parcel of the make-up of all mankind. The physical and spiritual effects of sin are with us as is our very genetic
make-up. The Psalmist wrote; "Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me." Ps 51:5 (NIV)
Yes, we are sinful from our very beginning. It is like the baby suffering from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome because it's
mother abused alcohol during it's conception and while she was pregnant with the child.
We involuntarily sin because of our heredity but to add insult to injury, every man walking the earth today
has sinned voluntarily. The Bible states that: "There is no one righteous, not even one ..." Rom. 3:10 (NIV)
We all,(like the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Child) need a miracle to mend us and only God can perform such
a miracle. This miracle is what is called the 'new birth' and that is why we need to be 'born again' to be a
true Christian.
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