The short answer is yes. Here’s why.
The Bible tells us that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). This sin has affected (corrupted) all of our body’s and soul’s faculties. For instance, “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?” (Jer. 16:9). “Who can know it?” means that the deceit is so great that it is hidden from us. For instance, we may do a very good deed, but don’t realize that we are doing it to gain attention.
As a result, we cannot trust our “moral intuition” because the flesh with its sin will mislead us to always put ourselves first. Look at this contrast: Jesus said, “I always do those things that please God” (John 8:29). But we say, “I always do those things that please ME.” We are far from the standard, which is to glorify God in all we do.
A person who is maturing in his or her faith is someone who is living by faith in what the Bible says about God, self, and the world. It is by faith because our feelings, mental reasonings, and more cannot lead us to God’s will and ways. We are fallen. So we read, study, and trust that what God says is reality. Jesus is the way, the TRUTH, and the life.
Remember Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” Our trust is in the Lord, not self. We deliberately lean on His wisdom, not casually on what originates in us. We acknowledge our need of dependence on the Lord, the Shepherd of the weak sheep, knowing He will not steer us in the wrong direction.
