The Nature of man

Genesis 1:26-28 [ASV]

[26]And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

[27]And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

[28]And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

The Father tells the Son "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:" All men and women are made in the image of Jehovah and Jesus. This is a beautiful truth that many forget about. Even though Adam and Eve sinned and we inherited their sin nature, we are not totally depraved. We are born with a sin nature but we are not born sinners. Remember, it's the teaching that we are born sinners (original sin) that inspired the heresy of infant baptism by Roman Catholicism and many of her Protestant daughters.

Sin is the transgression of the law thereby a little baby cannot make the choice to transgress the commandments of God. Of course, once a little baby grows up and starts learning good and evil they will sin due to the nature they have inherited. They will also exhibit good character even before coming into a knowledge of God because they were made in his image which means they also have inherited some of his beautiful attributes.

 Genesis 2:7 [ASV]

 [7]And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

We as men and women are made of the dust of the ground (body) and the breath of life (spirit) from Jehovah to become a living soul. Jehovah's breathes into us his lifeforce (spirit) into our bodies and then we become a living soul.

Body + Spirit = a Living Soul

There is no such thing as a disembodied soul, as the soul is the combined result of the lifeforce (spirit) being breathed into a body at conception.

 Psalms 51:10 [ASV]

 [10]Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.

Our cry to God should be for a right spirit within us. Our sinful nature left to itself, will cause our heart to darken and the spirit within us to err. Notice the scripture says a "right spirit", we can only receive this right spirit by abiding in Christ and his words abiding in us. As humans grow and learn right from wrong, their heart and spirit within them will darken to the nature we have all inherited. Only by believing on the name of the Son of God and beocoming born again, can a person be transformed and be given a clean heart and right spirit. Even then we still have to daily consecrate ourselves and utter the prayer of the psalmist.