Space-Filling Thoughts

Photo from Unsplash How do you think about the sin within you?  How do you think redeemed people relate to sin?  Is there such a thing as a sinful nature in those who are born again?  Has the new birth eradicated it?  And is it possible this side of heaven to become elevated to a place where one does not have to worry about sinning anymore?  Or, on the other hand, are even the saved so bound up with a sin nature that they can’t help the sin that they find themselves doing?  Can we excuse the sin in our lives because we just can’t help it? It seems to me that these questions are still being asked today, one way or another.  Some really do believe in perfectionism, and embrace a view of human nature that sees sin not as something in us, but only in terms of that which is done by us.  Others embrace a view of salvation that does not see freedom from sin as essential to it.  They would say that a person can be saved and go on under the dominion o...