§outh§tar said:
Well, I am afraid there is actually no Biblical basis for that assumption either.
As you can see from Romans 1:28, before salvation, we are inclined and LOVE to do evil. See the proceeding verses 29-31. This is similarly observed in Romans 3:10-18.
There is absolutely no proof that we sin although we don't want to. The Bible actually says that humans are by nature carnally minded, and there is no life in us. See Romans 8:5.
There is no way a human being ever reaches out for God without His grace playing a role. Without his goodness and longsuffering, we are condemned and all mouths are shut in guilt. (Romans 2:4) Human beings never want to do God's will. We do the things we want to do. As new creations in Christ, it is our nature to do His bidding. As dead creations in the world, it was our nature to be at enmity with Him. Romans 5:10.
Do try to show some Scriptural authority for your arguments next time, that way they carry a lot more weight!
Ok.
Rom 7:15
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
Here's some other things that I found interesting:
Rom 8:
5 Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
6 The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace;
7 the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
8 Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
Jumping a bit (still Rom 8 though):
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.
20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?
25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
