{ "id": "basics-def-sin-nature", "question": "What is the sin nature?", "answer": "The sin nature is inherent sin - the nature every human being inherits from his parents. It is one of three kinds of sin every man must deal with, alongside imputed sin, which is the sin of Adam placed to the account of every one of his offspring, and personal sin.\n\nSin natures, like fingerprints, are absolutely unique, though they share the same structure. Every sin nature is composed of areas of weakness, areas of strength, areas of lust, and basic trends. In the areas of our weakness each of us is drawn to particular kinds of sins - some to mental attitude sins, some to sins of the tongue, some to overt sins.\n\nThe sin nature is not removed at salvation. It will not be taken away until we die physically. What changes is that the believer is made spiritually alive and placed in Christ, so that we now have the ability to choose every moment whether we will serve the old sin nature or the new nature.", "url": "/faq/what-is-the-sin-nature/", "unit": 1, "lesson": "1-1", "lesson_title": "The Problem-Sin", "question_type": "definition", "tier": 1, "faq_class": "definition", "aeo_questions": [ "What is the inherent inclination to sin that all humans inherit from their parents?", "How is the sin nature different from the sin that we commit personally?", "Is the sin nature that we are born with ever removed when we become Christians?" ], "topic_anchor": "Sin nature", "derivation": "derived-definition", "source_authority": "authoritative", "author": "Gene Cunningham", "book": "The Basics", "source": { "doc_id": "btbm-01-TheBasics-8-10-24", "ref": "The Basics, Unit 1 - The Old Sin Nature (pp. 3, 5, 121)", "segment_id": "the-basics__def__sin-nature", "book_page": [ 121, 121 ] }, "scripture": [ { "display": "Luke 21:34", "osis": null, "book_pages": [ 133 ] } ], "topics": [ "Adam", "Salvation", "Sin nature", "Sin of Adam", "kinds of Sin" ], "topics_context": [ "Judging", "Race of life", "Christian, way of life", "Plan of God, goal", "Power and Holy Spirit", "Power of old sin nature", "Production; and evil, human", "Righteousness, self-", "Sin, entangling", "kinds of Sin", "lust for Power" ], "printed_pages": [ 121 ], "related": { "ranked": [ { "id": "basics-canon-kinds-of-sin", "topic_idf_score": 15.536, "why": "topic", "shared_topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature", "Sin of Adam" ], "topics": [ "Adam", "Cross", "Salvation", "Sin nature", "Sin of Adam", "kinds of Sin" ], "shared_verse_count": 0, "same_lesson": false }, { "id": "basics-def-sin", "topic_idf_score": 15.536, "why": "topic", "shared_topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature", "Sin of Adam" ], "topics": [ "Adam", "Cross", "Sin nature", "Sin of Adam", "character of God", "kinds of Sin" ], "shared_verse_count": 0, "same_lesson": false }, { "id": "basics-u1-l1-1-q07", "topic_idf_score": 10.901, "why": "topic", "shared_topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature", "kinds of Sin" ], "topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature", "kinds of Sin" ], "shared_verse_count": 1, "same_lesson": false }, { "id": "basics-canon-cross", "topic_idf_score": 10.68, "why": "topic", "shared_topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature", "Sin of Adam" ], "topics": [ "Adam", "Cross", "Sin nature", "Sin of Adam", "character of God" ], "shared_verse_count": 0, "same_lesson": false }, { "id": "basics-canon-sin-of-adam", "topic_idf_score": 10.68, "why": "topic", "shared_topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature", "Sin of Adam" ], "topics": [ "Adam", "Confession", "Cross", "Sin nature", "Sin of Adam" ], "shared_verse_count": 0, "same_lesson": false }, { "id": "basics-canon-spiritual-death", "topic_idf_score": 6.045, "why": "topic", "shared_topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature" ], "topics": [ "Adam", "Carnality", "Death", "Fellowship", "Salvation", "Sin nature", "Spiritual death", "Temptation", "fellowship with God", "separation from God" ], "shared_verse_count": 1, "same_lesson": false }, { "id": "basics-canon-separation-from-god", "topic_idf_score": 6.045, "why": "topic", "shared_topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature" ], "topics": [ "Adam", "Carnality", "Death", "Fellowship", "Salvation", "Sin nature", "Spiritual death", "Temptation", "fellowship with God", "separation from God" ], "shared_verse_count": 0, "same_lesson": false }, { "id": "basics-canon-character-of-god", "topic_idf_score": 3.186, "why": "topic", "shared_topics": [ "Adam" ], "topics": [ "Adam", "Righteousness", "Suffering", "character of God", "character of Jesus Christ" ], "shared_verse_count": 0, "same_lesson": false } ], "same_lesson": [], "shares_scripture": [ "basics-u1-l1-1-q01", "basics-u1-l1-1-q06", "basics-u1-l1-1-q07", "basics-u1-l1-1-q13", "basics-canon-death", "basics-canon-sin-nature", "basics-canon-fellowship-with-god", "basics-canon-spiritual-death" ], "shares_topic": [ { "id": "basics-canon-kinds-of-sin", "score": 15.536, "topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature", "Sin of Adam", "kinds of Sin" ] }, { "id": "basics-def-sin", "score": 15.536, "topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature", "Sin of Adam", "kinds of Sin" ] }, { "id": "basics-u1-l1-1-q07", "score": 10.901, "topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature", "kinds of Sin" ] }, { "id": "basics-canon-cross", "score": 10.68, "topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature", "Sin of Adam" ] }, { "id": "basics-canon-sin-of-adam", "score": 10.68, "topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature", "Sin of Adam" ] }, { "id": "basics-canon-separation-from-god", "score": 6.045, "topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature" ] }, { "id": "basics-canon-spiritual-death", "score": 6.045, "topics": [ "Adam", "Sin nature" ] }, { "id": "basics-canon-character-of-god", "score": 3.186, "topics": [ "Adam" ] }, { "id": "basics-canon-evil", "score": 3.186, "topics": [ "Adam" ] }, { "id": "basics-canon-free-will", "score": 3.186, "topics": [ "Adam" ] } ], "prev": null, "next": null, "prev_kind": null, "next_kind": null } }