Please know your heavenly Father smiles upon you when you're motives are right. It doesn't matter to Him if your fruit is immature so long as you are growing and your motives are right. You and your words and works are perfect in His sight when you're motives are right.

We and our words and works are perfect in His sight not just because our motives are right, but because Jesus' imputed righteousness is covering them.

The forgiveness of sin is promised to him who repents and believes; the crown of life will be the reward of him who is faithful to the end. We may grow in grace by improving through the grace we already have. We are to keep ourselves unspotted from the world, if we would be found blameless in the day of God. Faith and works go hand in hand, they act harmoniously in the work of overcoming. Works without faith are dead, and faith without works is dead. Works will never save us; it is the merit of Christ that will avail in our behalf. Through faith in Him, Christ will make all our imperfect efforts acceptable to God. The faith we are required to have is not a do-nothing faith; saving faith is that which works by love, and purifies the soul. He who will lift up holy hands to God without wrath and doubting, will walk intelligently in the way of God's commandments. {NL 36.1}

Jesus loves His children, even if they err. They belong to Jesus and we are to treat them as the purchase of the blood of Jesus Christ. Any unreasonable course pursued toward them is written in the books as against Jesus Christ. He keeps His eye upon them, and when they do their best, calling upon God for His help, be assured the service will be accepted, although imperfect. Jesus is perfect. Christ's righteousness is imputed unto them, and He will say, Take away the filthy garments from him, and clothe him with change of raiment. Jesus makes up for our unavoidable deficiencies. Where Christians are faithful to each other, true and loyal to the Captain of the Lord's host, never betraying trusts into the enemy's hands, they will be transformed into Christ's character. Jesus will abide in their hearts by faith.--Letter 17a, 1891, p. 8. (To Brother and Sister Ings, and Elder Fulton, Nov. 18, 1891.)

By thus communicating truth to others, the worker for Christ obtains a clearer view of the abundant provisions made for all, of the sufficiency of the grace of Christ for every time of conflict, sorrow, and trial. Through the mysterious plan of redemption, grace has been provided, so that the imperfect work of the human agent may be accepted in the name of Jesus our Advocate. Man has little power, and can accomplish but a small work at his very best. . . . God is omnipotent, and at every point where we need divine help and seek for it in sincerity, it will be given. God has pledged His word that His grace will be sufficient for you in your greatest necessity, in your sorest distress. Christ will be to you a present help if you will appropriate His grace. {AG 260.3, 4}

T:The real question I have is, our heredity is completely beyond our choice. We can no more control our inherited characteristics in regards to our fallen flesh than any other characteristic we've inherited. What do we have to confess?

I'm assuming, in asking this question, that you are understanding "inbred sin" to mean our sinful, or fallen, flesh. But perhaps you have something else in mind, and, if so, we are probably in agreement regarding this point as well.


d:I understand inbred sin to be more than "fallen flesh" .
Everyone is born with "fallen flesh" that's what Adam gave us all. But consider that by the time a child is five (or so) they have already developed these propensities into established habits.

By the time a child reaches the age of accountablity all these inbred sins are his -- established and flourishing -- pounded into his character with great repitition.
Seems there is plenty to confess.

Rosangela, "imperfect" does not mean "a form of sinning". Do you agree?

"imperfect" does not mean "a form of sinning".

"You are powerless to do good, and cannot better your condition. Apart from Christ we have no merit, no righteousness. Our sinfulness, our weakness, our human imperfection makes it impossible that we should appear before God unless we are clothed in Christ's spotless righteousness. 1SM 333.
"The righteousness of Christ is presented as a free gift to the sinner if he will accept it. He has nothing of his own but what is tainted and corrupted, polluted with sin, utterly repulsive to a pure and holy God. Only through the righteous character of Jesus Christ can man come nigh to God." 1SM 342.
"In Him [Christ], is our hope, our justification, our righteousness." 1SM 351.

M: Rosangela, "imperfect" does not mean "a form of sinning". Do you agree?

R: Mike, do you think anything Adam did before he sinned was imperfect? Was his obedience imperfect? Were his prayers imperfect? Was his praise imperfect?

M: "imperfect" does not mean "a form of sinning".

A: It depends on what is imperfect. Having an imperfect jump shot is not sin. However, we need to understand that imperfection of character is sin. {COL 330.2}