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Besides wrong acts, what does sin involve? (Psalm 51:5)
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Psalm 51:5 (“Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.”) is saying that sin is not only the wrong acts we commit. It also involves an inward condition or disposition — a sinful nature, corrupt heart, and bent of will and desire that we are born with. Sin includes our thoughts, motives, desires, attitudes, and the inner corruption that leads to outward deeds.
Other passages that make the same point: Jeremiah 17:9 (the heart is deceitful), Romans 3:23 and 5:12 (all have sinned; sin entered the world through one man), and Psalm 51:10–12 where David asks God to create a clean heart and renew a right spirit. The practical implication is that forgiveness and salvation must address the heart (regeneration and cleansing), not merely outward behavior.
Other passages that make the same point: Jeremiah 17:9 (the heart is deceitful), Romans 3:23 and 5:12 (all have sinned; sin entered the world through one man), and Psalm 51:10–12 where David asks God to create a clean heart and renew a right spirit. The practical implication is that forgiveness and salvation must address the heart (regeneration and cleansing), not merely outward behavior.
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