No cradle holds an innocent one. By Henry Law. Surely I was sinful
at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Psalm
chapter 51, verse 5. All of us also lived among them
at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following
its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature
children of wrath. Ephesians chapter 2, verse 3. When Adam fell, man's heart became
entirely corrupt. Every inclination of the thoughts
of his heart was only evil all the time. Every inclination of
his heart is evil from childhood. Now, corruption can only propagate
corruption. When evil fills the heart, evil
effects will soon appear. From tainted sources, tainted
waters flow. The root proclaims the qualities
of its fruit. When poison permeates the veins,
the whole body sickens. The parent reproduces his own
likeness. Hence, every child is born in
sin. No cradle holds an innocent one. Each offspring of the human family
comes into the world, dead towards God, corrupt in heart, prone
to iniquity, void of all righteousness, a willing slave of his father,
Satan, blinded in intellect, a pilgrim towards a diabolical
land, a vessel fitted for destruction, His heart has many tenants, but
God is no longer there. The palace once so fair is now
overrun with weeds. Like Babylon in ruins, wild beasts
of the wilderness roam there, and the houses are full of doleful
creatures. May this darksome picture scare
you from delusion's dream. Reader, surely such is your birth
state. Has your soul realized the dreadful
truth? Has the life-giving Spirit quickened
you with regenerating might? Are you a new creation in Christ
Jesus? If so, then surely you will praise
God for His marvelous mercy and grace in saving you. He has rescued
us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom
of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness
of sins, Colossians 1, verses 13 and 14.