Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
We are sinners, we cannot help being sinners because it is how we were born. It was not just David that was born in sin, it was every human ever born except for Jesus who as the Christ. When you are born something, you cannot change what you are, male is male, and female is female, and a sinner is a sinner. A born sinner is never anything else, just as an apple tree bares apples and an orange tree bares oranges a sinner can only sin. Because of our father Adam who sinned God condemned the entire human race under him. God said “For as in Adam all die…” 1Co 15:22 and this is why we are born sinners and cannot change who we truly are. Since we were “shapen in iniquity” it is “in sin did my mother conceive me.” Because mama and daddy were both born in sin and sinners then their children were born sinners. Even if one or even both were born again believers in Jesus Christ, I was still born a sinner. No one is born a Christian all Christians were born again a second time which we were born of God. Our sinful nature is something we never leave behind not even in salvation or in our new birth from God. Unfortunately, we were born with sinful natures, and we will die with sinful natures, and it is only after this death our human natures will leaves us. God said, “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.” Romans 6:12 This is not a choice for a lost soul, and if God does not supply us with enough grace, it is not a choice for a Christian. Our human nature will always make us desire sin because it gets its strength through sin. The war within the Christian is the battle of two natures, one sinful and the other holy, and this battle within us will be until we die. God said, “Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God…” Rom. 6:13. This is the very reason the Psalmist David prayed, “Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight… Ps 51:4. He was begging God to cleanse him from His sin and to make him walk in a righteous path of life. The Psalmist went on to pray these words, “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.” Psalm 51:12 David was miserable as a person because as long as he was on this earth he was a sinner. If a Christian is left alone, they will always choose sin over righteousness, it is only within God’s blessed grace we will choose righteousness over sin. The Psalmist knew he was still a sinner, but he prayed constantly two things, (1) that God would forgive his sin and (2) that God would lead him away from sin. God warned us, “not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think;” because “For I say, through the grace given unto me” therefore we are only as strong as, “according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” This is why we sing, “I am weak but Thou art strong; Jesus, keep me from all wrong;” therefore David wrote these words “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Ps 51:10. Our hearts as Christians need to cry unto God this same prayer, we need to realize and never forget that we are sinners, we need to pray for the grace of God to overcome our sinful desires of our fleshly nature. And let us all pray as David prayed, “Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.” Ps 143:10. Beloved, grace is not what we needed just to be saved, oh no, grace is something we need every hour of every day. As the song so truly says, I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord; No tender voice like Thine can peace afford. I need Thee every hour, stay Thou nearby; Temptations lose their pow’r when Thou art nigh.I need Thee every hour, in joy or pain; Come quickly and abide, or life is vain. I need Thee every hour; teach me Thy will; And Thy rich promises in me fulfill. I need Thee every hour, most Holy One; Oh, make me Thine indeed, Thou blessed Son.” Please dear Lord, forgive my iniquity and keep me for sin! Oh Lord, “Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.” Ps. 51:11
