What does the Bible say about our helplessness in sin?
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The Bible teaches that we are utterly helpless in our sin, deserving of God's wrath without His mercy.
The Bible presents a sobering reality about our state in sin. In Psalm 124, the psalmist reminds us that if it had not been for the Lord, we would have been overwhelmed by our sinfulness. Isaiah 64:6 states that all our righteous acts are like filthy rags, indicating that no amount of human effort can remedy our sinful condition. Ephesians 2:1-3 elaborates further, depicting humanity as dead in trespasses and sins, demonstrating our total inability to save ourselves. We are like birds caught in a snare; the more we struggle to escape through our own works, the tighter we become ensnared. It is only through divine intervention that we can hope to be freed from this condition.
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