If we have a sin nature that wars against God, we should know it from our own personal experiences. You can see this in children who are very selfish. This is the reason people who do not have the saving grace of God in them are basically selfish.
The Bible teaches us that we do have a sin nature that wars against God. In Isaiah 53:6 we read “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” Paul tells us in Romans 7:23 “But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.” Roman 8:7 says, “Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.” There are many other such references to this found in the Bible. The further we get away from God, the more this rebellion against God shows up.
This warring spirit that is in us is against us as well as against God. It blinds us to the wonderful life God has for us. It weakens every part of our spiritual life. It destroys our relationships with God and others. It opens us up to being controlled by tyrants from the spirit world as well as this world. It robs us of a whole host of blessings that comes from loving God and others. It causes us to have hell on this earth. It gives us nervous breakdowns. It drives us to do all kinds of terrible things to others.
This warring spirit of evil has been the cause of all that is degrading in our society. It has brought many curses on us. The further we get away from God and His ways the more we suffer from “tyrants” that are destroying us from within. We have gotten to the place where we are “rotten to the core” because we have refused to work for the well-being of others. Loving God and loving others go together. You cannot have one without the other.
The best proof of us having a sin nature that is warring against God is the corruption of our society. There is no amount of education, laws, preaching, good home environments, social programs, prisons, or any other human effort that is going to redeem us from this sin nature that wars against God.
Look! Isn't it about time we allow God to be Lord of our lives and our society? When our nation allowed prayer and the Bible to be taught in our schools, and the Ten Commandments to be the law of the land, we experienced great blessings from the Lord our God. It is time for us to quit following the ungodly herd and to get back to God's Holy Word. This will become clearer as we answer the other questions in this series of “What If” articles.
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