Degeneration

Just as through one man sin entered into the world,

and death through sin, and thus death spread to all

men, because all sinned...  Romans 5:12

The nature of sin is not immorality and wrongdoing, 

but the nature of self-realization which leads us to 

say, "I am my own god."   (OC)

Reader, Jesus came to set us free from self and all the 

heartache it leads to. That old sin nature was crucified 

with Him on the cross. It was buried. What rose from 

the dead with Him is a born again, new person with 

a new identity. We are not our own; we belong to the 

one true God.  (See Romans 6)