Before this happened, there was no sin in the world. After they ate the fruit sin entered the world, and everyone is now born into sin. ... But if you do not do right sin is creeping in the door." (Gen. 4.7) God desires everyone to do what is right and good to keep sin from creeping in. ... He does not like sin, or tolerate it, but He also has compassion. ...
Not only has the murder deprived his/her victim of the rest of their earthly life, it is a further sin against him as a creature made in the image of God and against God himself whose image the murderer does not respect. ... Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin." ...
Understanding the Christian Doctrines of Divine Sovereignty, Predestination, And Free Will for Counseling "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." (John 3:16, NRSV) "But to all who did receive him, who believe in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God." (John 1:12, 13, ESV) "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise that person up on the last day." (...
