One of the great German poets of 200 years ago, von Goethe, summed it up for us all, when he wrote: “I have never heard of a sin being committed without knowing full well that I had the seed of it within myself.”
We are on the most blessed ground with our forgiving Savior when we dare to be honest, telling Him, “O dear Lord, I have the potential of all those sins within me. I did not get them done but I have had the seed within me. Forgive me and cleanse me and keep me, for Thy glory!”
Psalm 51:5; 1 Corinthians 10:11–12; 2 Peter 3:17
Echoes from Eden, 46.