Many people in churches today especially the cultic denominations like the catholic church and the watch tower group think that people are born sinners and not only that but even think they have a sinful nature that they can nether eradicate and that all they can do is just (strive) along and hope for the best and if they sin weather wilfully or unwilfully they can just ask God for forgiveness each time and it will be ok. This is wats been taught in most churches 2day people.
Catholics think that babies are born sinners!! Its why they sprinkle babies with water, if that’s the case den why does jesus say in matthew 18:3 you must become like a little child to enter into heaven, in other words babies are innocent.
How can a baby be a sinner? They barely have the capacity to even think let alone even move and yet their supposed have the understanding of wat sin is. Sin is not innate, its not done on impulse, sin is a choice acted out upon our free will which requires an understanding to begin with.
Sin is a premeditated thing which also has to be thought out, its deciding to or not 2 do something iver way the person doing it has an understanding of wat their doing. Yes we have inherited the carnal nature and incorruptible flesh from our ancestors but that’s not a licence. Sin is a choice, we can always choose to or not to regardless of our canal nature!!
Jesus said to the adulterer (Go and sin no more) john 8:5-11 was he commanding the impossible? Not according 2 deu 30:11 my commandments are not far from you. Not according 2 1 corith 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not (common to man). God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability.
Phil 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Our obligations nether exceed our abilities if so then It would be unfair for God to command something that could nether be achieve.
It appears that you are mixing and blending your own human understanding into what really happened in the garden of Eden.
Adam/Eve and all humankind LOST the Gift of Eternal Life!! Gen. 3:22
Babies are
NOT believers in Jesus when they are born! In fact, through no fault of their own, they are
born as UNbelievers.
So then, whose fault was it, that they should be born as UNbelievers, without having the Gift of Eternal life, through the Gift of God's Holy Spirit?
Ans. Adam/Eve.
Try understanding it through John 3
[
18] He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
And also: John 8
[
23] And he said unto them,
Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. (Babies also).
[
24] I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. (Babies also).
As for becoming as/like a little child, the analogy is that we are to be as trusting towards God for His care and
Eternal provision, just as a little child trusts its parents for its physical care and provision.
That scripture has nothing to do with the eternal state of a baby.
Now conclude with this:
John 3:3-8
Rom. 8:9