Deuteronomy 29:29. God is the great revealer. He is the holder of all things that are true. Nature or our environment does not determine what is true or what is right. When we get caught up in the question of nature vs nurture, we are basically assuming that our genes or our environment are controlling our actions. This also leads to us thinking that our genes or our environment are the source of right and wrong. This line of thinking is erroneous because God is the holder of truth and has control of everything.

Now, God has given us free will to make choices, but He has not given us free choice in order for us to be the ultimate authority on what is right or wrong. The free choice we have is to DO right or wrong. His truth does not change. If we seek Him, He will reveal His truth to us to enable us to choose right over wrong. He did not create us to do evil, but He gave us free choice so that we could freely worship Him and to do His Word (Deuteronomy 29:29, “The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law”).

DEUTERONOMY 29 BIBLE SCRIPTURE Deuteronomy 29:29, “The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.”

Ephesians 6:4. In discussions of nature versus nurture, many think that either our genes or our environment, or both, are the driving factors that govern our actions. In fact, God is the guiding light in this world. He has given us His Word to guide our actions and to nurture others in God’s Word. God supersedes our human nature and our environment in guiding our actions. God may have given us free choice, but He provides us the saving truth to know what is right and wrong. That saving truth is the Bible.

We as Christians have a responsibility to our children and to the people around us to nurture them in the Word and bring them up in the admonition of the Lord. We should not provoke or encourage our children or others to do what is wrong. As Christians we know God's truth. We have an obligation to share God's truth and be an example to others in order for them to come to Jesus Christ and respect God. (Ephesians 6:4, “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord”).

EPHESIANS 6 BIBLE SCRIPTURE, Ephesians 6:4, “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord”.

Romans 8:13. What drives our daily actions? Is it our environment or situation that we are in or is it because of who we are and what we have done in the past? These types of questions when talking about our nature versus nurture are narrow-minded because they omit God from the discussion. Thanks to Jesus we do not need to be governed by our situation or be slaves to our past. By accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit enters our heart. He gives us the power to follow Jesus no matter what our situation. We no longer need to be governed by our environment (our five senses, our flesh). We no longer need to lead a life of sin in disobedience against God that will only result in death. With the Holy Spirit in us, He inhibits (kills) the impulses for us to continue to live after the flesh. We are no longer governed by our environment (Romans 8:12-13, “Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”).

ROMANS 8 BIBLE SCRIPTURE Romans 8:13, “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”