The Bible describes our natural state as being spiritually bankrupt and dead in trespasses and sins, as noted in Romans 3:10, Ephesians 2:12, and Ezekiel 16.
According to Scripture, our natural state is one of total depravity. We are born with a sinful nature, as expressed in Ezekiel 16, where it depicts Israel's birth as unclean and neglected, symbolizing the human condition of being abandoned and without hope. Romans 3:10 states, 'There is none righteous, no, not one', highlighting that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Ephesians 2:12 reinforces this by declaring that in our natural condition, we are without Christ, strangers to the covenants of promise, and without hope in the world. This underscores the biblical view that apart from divine intervention, we remain hopeless in our sinfulness.
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