• The answer is both no and yes.
  • Matthew 18:3 - If children are innately sinful, then we would have to be sinful to enter heaven.
  • Ezekiel 18:1-3
  • Passages where the word speaks of an innate nature
    • Romans 1:26 - Homosexuality is not the innate nature of man.
    • Romans 2:27 - Man is physically uncircumcised by nature.
    • Romans 11:24
    • Galatians 2:15
    • Galatians 4:8
    • Hebrews 2:16
    • No, we are not innately sinful.
  • Passages where the word speaks of an acquired nature
    • Romans 2:14
    • I Corinthians 11:14 - Corinthian custom showed men with long hair. Custom was not the only reason it was wrong, though (see I Corinthians 11:7).
    • Ephesians 2:3 - They didn’t have to live like the world. They chose it.
    • II Peter 1:4
    • Yes, we can acquire a sinful state.
  • The answer to the original question depends on the context. Man chooses whether to sin or not. We can choose to sin by an acquired sinful nature.