The Bible teaches that humanity's inherent nature is flawed from birth, prone to sin and separated from God. According to Psalms 51:5 and 58:3, this condition is present from the moment of birth, with David acknowledging his own innate sinfulness. The Apostle Paul expands on this concept in Romans 3:23 and 5:12, explaining that sin entered the world through Adam's disobedience, affecting all people. As Ecclesiastes 7:20 also affirms, no one is immune to sin's influence, highlighting the universal need for redemption and forgiveness through faith in God.
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Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.