Bible Summary. There is really no debate in the Nature vs Nurture debate. Both sides are wrong. Through Jesus we have a choice and the wisdom to do right despite our heritage or environment. In reality the major reason for us taking a strong position either way in the nature vs nurture argument is to avoid God, and to avoid our real purpose in life.

Jeremiah 31:29. Most of us are deeply influenced by our parents. This can be in a good or bad way. The Bible tells us to honor our mother and father, and we should respect their authority. At the same time, we cannot use our parents or our past as an excuse to do wrong in the sight of God.

There Are Only Two Choices In Life.

Bible Summary. Many Things May Influence Our Actions, But God Determines What Is Right and Wrong. God gives us the ability to nurture people in God’s truth despite the situation or a person's nature. Thanks to Jesus we do not need to be governed by our situation or be slaves to our past. See below for Biblical commentary and scriptures concerning the debate of nature versus nurture.

Luke 11:13. Being filled with the Holy Spirit is central to the Christian experience. The filling of the Holy Spirit is an experience that you must seek and ask for. It starts with you first realizing that you have a relationship with God, and that this relationship is important to you. This is when a desire, a thirst, for God enters into your heart.

Bible Summary God made us to worship Him, but we will quickly make a wrong choice to worship things that are not God. So many people will deceive themselves and say that they are a Christian or they attend church regularly, but in reality they continue to make wrong choices about the way they live their lives.

2 Timothy 2:4. The Bible describes a sanctified person as a soldier in the army. Sanctification is a process where a person is purified of sin and set aside for God's use. Sanctification is a disciplined lifestyle, a soldier's lifestyle.

2 Timothy 2:21. A passion for life comes from fulfilling your purpose in life. Because God is your Creator, seek Him to find your purpose and passion in life. Because most of us do not seek God nor His purpose for our lives, we become dishearten, dispressed, self-destructive, bored, tired, double-minded, and aimless when going about our daily activities.

Proverbs 23:17. Many people never find their passion in life because they are looking in the wrong place. Instead of seeking God for what they should do in life, many people will seek their passion in the material possessions or other attributes that other people have in life. Seeking what others have leads to envy and disappointment in life.

Zechariah 10:2. We can never understand prophesy if we do not have a relationship with God and we are not in Christian fellowship. Without a relationship with God, we cannot hear true prophecy because there are too many other false prophets that distract us and mislead us. These false prophets are many and can be ministers, advertisers, your friend, celebrities, and outright scammers.

1 John 4:2. The Bible is very plain when it comes to giving us advice on determining the validity of visions and revelations. Not every prophet, proclaimer, sage, soothsayer, dream, vision, and so on are of God and are speaking the truth about the future. There is a simple test to determine if someone or a vision is of God or not.

Free will and the exercise of our will is a key concept in Christianity and the Bible gives us much advise on the subject. God created mankind to have free will. God gave mankind the freedom to make choices, to exercise their will. God did this because He loves us and created us for His own purposes and for us to worship Him.

Bible Summary. Cain, the son of Adam and the bother of Abel, made his own choice to murder his brother. Cain made a personal choice to bring God an unworthy offering. The devil did not make Cain a murderer. God did not condemn Cain to be a murderer.

Summary. If we learn how to love God and loving our fellow man, we will be obedient unto righteousness. Jesus tells us how to be obedient to God. His way is the only path to righteousness and being in right standing with God. The Bible tells us there are two choices in life, sin unto death or obedience unto righteousness. God desires for us to be obedient and to serve Him.

Summary. Hate is a bad choice to make in any situation because it is the opposite character of God. When we are able to love like God loves us, this is evidence that we will receive eternal life. On the other hand if we hate our brother we are on the path of death, sin unto death.