Tag: cause-of-sin

Here is the link to Article XIX: https://bookofconcord.org/augsburg-confession/cause-of-sin/

This brief article makes a very important point — namely, that God is not to be blamed for our sins. God is the creator and preserver of nature and all things that exist. However, sin has its origins in the devil and in our own will, which (apart from God’s help) turns away from God.

Genesis 1:31: “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” (ESV)

1 John 1:5: “This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.” (ESV)

1 John 3:8: “Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.” (ESV)

James 1:13: “Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.” (ESV)