Day 3 • Question 8
8
But
are
we
so
corrupt
that
we
are
totally
unable
to
do
any
good
and
inclined
to
all
evil?
Footnote 1
Genesis 6:5
The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 8:21
And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.
Isaiah 53:6
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.
Footnote 2
John 3:3-5
"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.