…4 Against You, You only, have I
sinned and
done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge. 5
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. 6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.…
(Psalm 51:4-6)
This is not to be taken literally but should be understood to mean that "we sin
as soon as we are capable of thought and choice.
When David said he was "evil at CONCEPTION" we are not to take this literally since the prophets and Jesus Himself said that children are INNOCENT. We become sinful as soon
as we become capable of understanding and choosing. Jesus said of children:
(Luke 18:15-17)
And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them. But Jesus called for them, saying, “Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
(Matthew 18:2-5)
And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are CONVERTED AND
BECOME LIKE CHILDREN, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven
(Matthew 19:13-14)
By contrast, Reformed teacher Voddie Baucham has called human infants "children vipers in diapers." Who is right Jesus or the Reformed teachers?
The Bible speaks clearly that infant which die at birth are
INNOCENT
"In the Old Testament, the shedding of innocent blood is explicitly condemned and is often associated with acts of violence, murder, and injustice. The law given to Israel through Moses underscores the gravity of such acts. In the Old Testament, the shedding of innocent blood is explicitly condemned and is often associated with acts of violence, murder, and injustice. The law given to Israel through Moses underscores the gravity of such acts
(Deuteronomy 19:10).
A Parallel passage to this is Psalm 58:3
"The wicked are estranged
from the womb; they
go astray from birth,
speaking lies.
Do the unborn or newly born literally GO ASTRAY at birth, speaking lies? I admit I never saw a newborn infant speaking.
