“very good” (Genesis 1:31). If Adam and Eve had possessed a sin nature, God could not have called them “very good.” This proves that all you need to sin is a free will and the capacity to believe a lie. All believers possess these qualities—that is why the apostle John taught us not to deceive ourselves about who we were before we were cleansed from sin and who we are after we are cleansed: If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins,
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