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Being BORN Totally Depraved is FALSE Teaching!
Here is Ecclesiastes 7:20 from the KJV. “For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.”
Does Ecclesiastes 7:20 teach us that all humans are
BORN with a SINFUL NATURE?
Is the doctrine of Total Depravity Biblical?
NO! Absolutely NOT! The Bible ITSELF does not teach that we are born with a nature that compels us to sin.
In Ecclesiastes 9:1,2, Solomon says there are righteous, good, and clean people.
And Ecclesiaste 7:15 it says that a JUST man perishes in his RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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Ecclesiastes ALSO Says People are RIGHTEOUS!
The Christians that teach the doctrine called Total Depravity use verses of Scripture, that they take OUT of the context, to TRY to support their misguided belief that all of mankind inherited a so-called SINFUL NATURE, because of the sin of Adam.
Let us begin this Verse Study on Ecclesiastes 7:20 by reading four verses of Scripture from the Book of Ecclesiastes to learn its TRUE sound Biblical meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:20.
“For there is not a just man upon earth, that does good, and sins not.”
Ecclesiastes 7:15.
“All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes in his RIGHTEOUSNESS, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his life in his wickedness.”
Ecclesiastes 3:17.
“I said in my heart, God shall judge the RIGHTEOUS and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”
Ecclesiastes 9:1,2.
“For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the RIGHTEOUS, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.
Ecclesiastes 9:2. All things come alike to all: there is one event to the RIGHTEOUS, and to the wicked; to the GOOD and to the CLEAN, and to the unclean; to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that swears, as he that fears an oath.”
So then, Ecclesiastes 7:20 does NOT mean what it SEEMS to be saying.
And when we take a CLOSER look, then we can see that there are two different Hebrew words that are both translated as “NOT”.
And thus, the second Hebrew word should be translated as NEVER and WITHOUT instead of “not”.
Ecclesiastes 7:20.
“For there is not a just man upon earth, that does good, and NEVER sins.”
“For there is not a just man upon earth, that does good, and WITHOUT sin.”
And the context in verse 15 is a PROPHECY of Jesus.
Ecclesiastes 7:15.
“All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is to BE a RIGHTEOUS MAN that perishes in his RIGHTEOUSNESS, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his life in his wickedness.”
And the WISDOM in Ecclesiastes 7:19 is to STRENGTHEN man that is wise BECAUSE ALL men have SINNED and there is not a righteous man who has NEVER sinned.
And that is the TRUE sound Biblical meaning of Ecclesiastes 7:20. It simply means that we need a Savior.
It does NOT mean that all humans are totally depraved and not able to walk in righteousness.
For you see, Abel is called RIGHTEOUS by Jesus himself in Matthew 23:35. And in Hebrews 11:4 Abel obtained a good witness from God that he was RIGHTEOUS.
In Genesis 7:1, Yahweh sees that Noah is RIGHTEOUS before Him. And God judged Job to be a PERFECT and upright man who feared God and eschewed evil in Job 1:1.
And what about Enoch and Abraham who walked with God, found to be righteous and pleased God?
Be sure to read the next Verse Study on Psalm 51:5, which is a PROPHECY of Jesus.
So, NO! Ecclesiastes 7:20 does NOT prove that ANY human is BORN with a sinful NATURE.
But rather, every human being LEARNS to walk in righteousness.
And sadly, some people LEARN to corrupt their own minds and harden their own hearts to SIN against their conscience.
And the TRUTH of the matters is that every man has sinned at some point in life, we all have FALLEN short of the glory of God, BECAUSE we all have SINNED at one time or another in our life.
And it was Satan, the DEVIL who entices us to SIN.
Now sadly, Christadelphian Christians do NOT believe that Satan, the Devil, is a REAL literal BEING.
And the Christadelphian Christians ALSO wrongly believe, as well as, some other church denominations, that God created EVIL and that Yahweh is the CAUSE of all of the EVIL in the world.
Plus, Christadelphian Christians, as well as other church denominations such as the Roman Catholic Church, sincerely, but wrongly believe in the FALSE doctrine of original sin.
And thus, they build their other man-made doctrines upon the false doctrine of every person being born with a so-called sinful NATURE.
Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
Once Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even atheists understand the REASON that Yahweh CREATED the Son of MAN, Jesus, was to have DOMINION over the work of Yahweh’s hands.
And after you understand that the REASON that Yahweh did that is to STILL His ENEMIES, Satan and the fallen angels.
Then you can understand that God made His human Son to become “a” Lord, “a” King, and “a” God, under and subject to his God and Father in order to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels.
For a deeper understanding of this WAR that Lucifer and one third of the angels waged against the throne of Almighty God, please read the studies under the subject category called ** Q-0 Why Are We Here? Is God at WAR? **.
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Thanks again for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
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