Just as certain diseases may paralyze the physical body, so sin may cause weakness and/or paralysis of the conscience, of man’s will to do good. The primary need of man is spiritual—the forgiveness of his sins and coming into fellowship with God. All needs of the physical body are secondary to this.
Sin is widespread. It would be difficult, if indeed not impossible, to overestimate the importance of forgiveness. This is the case because the Bible plainly teaches that each accountable person is guilty of sin (Romans 3:9-18, 23). Men living today are in basically the same kind of world as that described by Paul in Romans 1:18-32. Three times in that section Paul says, “God gave them up.” One time he says, “God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves!” (Romans 1:24). Again, Paul says, “For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions” (Romans 1:26). And, finally, Paul said, “And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting” (Romans 1:28).
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