DO BABIES SIN?

Does the Bible teach that babies have no sin when it also says that all have sinned?  The Bible does say that there is none righteous, no not one. Striving to make these statements conflict is a misunderstanding of what our Lord Jesus Christ taught about babies and about sin.  We are born with an ABILITY or TENDENCY to sin, for we want our own way.  Adam was the same way (that is, he had both the ability and tendency to sin) BEFORE he sinned, so it is not a part of any "fallen nature" which we are presumed to inherit from Adam.  But the Bible teaches that we do not (in fact, cannot) inherit Adam's sin, or the sin of any other, for "Sin is a transgression of the law" (1 John 3:4). Also, knowing to do good and not doing it is sin (James 4:17).  One cannot inherit DOING something or inherit FAILING TO DO something.  Besides, one inherits PHYSICAL characteristics, not SPIRITUAL ones.  We get our spirits from God (Hebrews 12:9). If children could inherit the SPIRITUAL NATURE from their father, then when parents were converted and made partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4) all the children born to them after that would inherit their DIVINE NATURE!  Therefore, we cannot inherit Adam's "fallen nature".  Read also Ezekiel 18, especially verses 19-20 and you will see that a son will not share the guilt of the father.  Jesus taught in Mt. 18:3 that one must become like a little child to inherit the kingdom of heaven, so such a child is certainly not a lost sinner!  The same teaching is given in Mark 10:13-16 and Luke 18:15-17.  Paul in writing the book of Romans was speaking to responsible adults and everyone who reaches the age of accountability has sinned, so he said in Romans 3:23. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." John said the same thing in 1 John 1:8, 10 "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.  If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us."  We must not seek to tempt the Lord in what he has said in His word but rather "study to show ourselves approved unto him, rightly dividing the Word."
              Gordon Musick