THE SINNER'S NEED OF CHRIST 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 What was man's original nature when God created him?

(Genesis 1:27, 31)

(Ecclesiastes 7:29). 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Note: When man came from his Creator's hand, he was perfect in character, equipped with a keen mind and a healthy body. He was in complete harmony with God.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 What is our nature, natural tendency, now that we have all followed the sinful example of our first parents?

Psalms 51:5

Romans 7:14,18

Jeremiah 17:9

1 Corinthians 2:14

Romans 8:7. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 But can't we change our nature, and decide to live righteously?

Job 14:4

Romans 8:7

Jeremiah 13:23🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Note: As sinners, we are in an awful predicament. Alienated from God, under the condemnation of our sins and sentence of death, we are completely helpless, of ourselves, to escape the fearful pit into which we have fallen. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Is it not enough to desire to do right, to acknowledge the loving kindness of God and His benevolence?

Romans 7:16, 12, 14 22-24

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Note: The apostle Paul recognized intellectually the goodness of God and that the claims He makes upon men are right, proper, and for man's own good. He longed for purity and righteousness. But Paul found that his sinful human nature rebelled against obedience, setting up a fearful conflict in his life. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 What was Paul's solution, and ours?

Romans 7:25

John 1:29. Is there nothing we can really do to save ourselves from sin?

John 3:3,7. Where does this power come from?🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Who is the only One who can give us this new life?

John 1:4, 12, 13

1 John 5:11, 12. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Is Jesus really the only source of salvation? Is there no other way?

Acts 4:12

John 14:6 .