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Rather than go through

David Jennings · January 11, 2006 · 2 Comments

the comments portion of the previous post, I’ll continue here. Thus far, as in my class and with SU, the consensus is that man is good. Interesting, especially in light of the audience. It still remains very confusing for me; I’m having a hard time reconcilling the consensus view with the biblical view. It could be just a matter of definition. Answers.com has a good interface, click for evil, sin or good.

I, too, have a hard time convincing myself that I am evil. Sin nature (kind of a far out thing, you know)? No problem, I accept. Tendency to do things I know are wrong? Sure, that’s me. Struggle with doing the right thing (btw, there are some very good articles on this out there)? Yep, me again. Evil? No way. Yet, isn’t that what the Bible says I am? Before Genesis 3, all was good, right? After Genesis 3, all was evil, right? You know, the whole fall of man thing?

I’m not sure what I’ve gotten myself into, what with trying to figure out what I believe and all. In the book, Ragamuffin Gospel, the author maintains that we cannot understand grace unless and until we understand that we are sinners. One of the comments from SC was that all evil is sin but not all sin is evil. Well, then, what is the remainder of sin? Little white lies? Is that a different classification? The point of the author in the book is that when we start to measure sin or set up systems (penances) to offset our sins, we have transformed grace into legalism. I’m starting to understand that, although I still recoil at the thought of declaring myself to be evil. Late.

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  1. Cherry says

    January 11, 2006 at 1:50 pm

    Correction in my thinking; after researching the subject more, I learned that ALL sin is indeed evil. I had a narrow conception of “evil”, but am over it. I do know since the “original sin”, we are all predisposed to sin unless we have His intervention. I may not understand it all, but I am very thankful I am forgiven when I ask, no matter what I’ve done, or what it’s called (evil? sin?). God has blessed me so much, I can’t help but want love and please Him. Keep us thinking, BD!!

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  2. Bigjolly says

    January 11, 2006 at 3:03 pm

    Ah, yes, 1 John 1:9. One of my favorite verses in the entire Bible.

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