Our Sinful Condition Results in Sinful Behavior

The Bible says that our core problem, the fundamental reason we do what we do, is sin. What is being said here? Scripture is defining sin as a condition that results in behavior. We all are sinners, and because of this, we all do sinful things. This is why I said that our core problem precedes our experience. David captures it well in Psalm 51: Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me” (v.5). Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands, p. 10.