Adam and Eve had to make a decision beyond their perfect nature in order to commit sin. Their nature then became sinful. We are descendants of their nature, and if we wish to be faithful to God, we must also make a decision beyond our nature, we must have confidence in Christ and rely upon His righteousness. We can build up a decision for Christ only in the light of God's face; we will never find strength and motive for such decision in ourselves, for our nature is rebellious toward God.

If in search for salvation we let our nature lead us, however nicely we may call them, we will abandon ourselves to the principles Adam and Eve succumbed to:

"So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law." (Galatians 5:16- 18)

God has given us the intellect to discern good from evil, and the free will to choose what is good, despite the fact that our nature rebels against such a choice. That is why the prayer (talk with God) is a conscious act, wherein we sensibly make our decisions which are besides our nature, in contrast to meditation and other systems where we unreasonably (Proverbs 18:2) devote us to selfish and self - righteous needs of our nature.

If man by his nature really wanted God, were our natural needs healthy, not pathological, Jesus would say: "If any man would come after me, he must find himself", however, Jesus says the contrary: "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself" (Matthew 16:24).