Christian Ethics - ① Roots of Sin

Christian Ethics - ① Roots of Sin

Regarding the problem of overcoming the sinful nature within us, “We are trying to cover the sinful nature with grace alone, and this cannot be solved. There is a saying that unless I am aware of myself and try to change, sinfulness cannot be resolved. That's a lot of thought. If we connect this issue with Christian ethics, we can see that it is most closely related to the “pastor's sexual ethics”. It is difficult to answer that anyone can be confident about whether they can overcome the sinful nature in themselves by faith. In this regard, however, there is a passage in Romans 1:23–26 that seems to have a sexual connection with idolatry. There seems to be a correlation between idolatry and sexual depravity. The Bible mentions in several places the events where men and women combine to become one body. “The secret is great, because a man will leave his parents and join his wife, and the two will become one flesh” (App 5:31-32). do. It is testifying that a secret that we do not know is hidden in the relationship between man and woman. Karl Barth says that "the image of God" means this "man and woman relationship" itself. It seems worth meditation. In this regard, we need to find a biblical answer to why Adam and Eve, who sinned in good and evil in the Garden of Eden, covered the lower body with shame and fear. Isn't it the mouth that actually sinned? If so, they should have covered their mouths with shame and fear. This is known to be raised by the heretical denominations, but it is also a subject of study on how to respond to the clear refutation logic with orthodoxy. When we consider the relationship between spiritual adultery and physical adultery, God seems to see spiritual adultery as a greater crime. Of course, there may be controversy here, but it is a logic within the limits that presuppose idolatry as spiritual adultery. Imagine that in the previous verse of the Romans, a man who committed spiritual adultery was thrown into physical depravity. In this passage, spiritual adultery is the cause of physical corruption. In addition, in light of the phrase “according to the passions of their hearts,” the original human being can be interpreted as “primarily sinning being”. Therefore, human beings have no choice but to sin physically, but if they do not commit spiritual adultery, that is, if they look at only one God, hope for the fruit of the Holy Spirit, and thoroughly reject the idolatry, they will not be physically corrupted. As the gift of the Holy Spirit, it can be interpreted that only the gift of the Holy Spirit can prevent the physical fall of man. In other words, the root of all sin is in wrong lust, and treatment for it is possible only by the Holy Spirit.

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