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Mart De Haan says, “The Bible can never be accused of cleaning up or white-washing human nature.” Have you felt the same? Why? Why not?
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I’ve honestly never thought about this before. To me, the Bible has the power to transform humans, but human nature has a propensity towards sin because we live in a fallen world. The Bible cannot change our human nature, but it can change our hearts.
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I am not sure exactly what Dr Hahn meant, however I do know that the Bible doesn’t try to change anything in its context, but it changes the person who is reading it.
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I definitely feel the same way, the Bible does tell the dark part of a story that not may be appealing to the reader, however, it is a story of redemption over and over again and in the hope of redemption through Jesus.
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The Bible is explicit, and gives the not so pleasant details. It most certainly isn’t giving us the sugar-coated stuff.
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It is interesting that the term ‘human nature’ is often used synonymously with negative connotations and characteristics and yet when God first created Adam & Eve, their human nature was good. From the point disobedience and sin, we find that humans fail miserably and can often act in selfish and self indulgent ways. The Bible depicts humanity as it is and gives an honest account of the people that God uses and their pitfalls.