Lady Crosstalk
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We are conceived in sin my Sister. Read Romans 7:14-25. There is a battle of the spirit and the flesh of believers.
No, sin does NOT originate in the body--it originates in the soul. James 1:14 "But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust." Mark 7:18-20--
"Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, 19because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
20He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him. 21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,h 22greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. 23All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
These sins are clearly conceived in the heart (roughly equivalent to the soul) and mind--NOT in the body. As far as we know, demons do not possess bodies (except the human ones that they try to take over) yet they are quite capable of coming up with an array of wicked actions which they try to get humans to carry out.