This principle assumes that the average person is naturally innocent. But in fact, anyone that's ever been put on trial is undeniably guilty.
Perhaps not guilty of the crime they're accused of, but certainly guilty of something.
Guilty of kicking the neighbour's dog. Or of stealing the boss's pen. Or of having naughty thoughts about the girl across the road.
I was listening to Sarah McLachlan's song, Adia, the other day. The lyrics go,
"...we were born innocent;
believe me, Adia, we are still innocent"
A beautiful song with beautiful sentiments, but it troubled me, because it got me thinking about babies.
A baby is surely the most innocent being on the planet – yet are babies really born innocent when we are all born into sin?
For "by the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners" (Romans 5:12–21, vs19).
Does that mean a baby is guilty at birth even before his first 'personal' sin?
I guess that's where God's grace comes in. A grace that is even greater than the sin. A grace that makes us all alive, even though we were dead. (1 Corinthians 15:22)
A grace that makes us innocent, regardless of the evidence.
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