There Is No Man Who Does Not Sin

1 Kings 8:46

"If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;"

There is no one who does not sin. The Bible is consistent and always reliable. Through His teachings, Jesus reiterates the truths of the Old Testament, applying them to the New Testament, taking the truths of the law and showing how they tie into the law of grace.

This truth, that all men are fallen sinners, is fundamental to the Gospel message. If we have not sinned then Christ died in vain for there was nothing from which to save us. If only some sinned, then the message of the Gospel is not for the whole world as is indicated many times in the Bible.

Sin entered the world through the first Adam and had passed to all his descendants. Then the final Adam came to take the punishment for our sins once and for all.

Romans 5:12,14

"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:...But not as the offence, so also isthe free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many."

Have I realized my sinful state? Have I realized the gift of salvation offered to me?