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1 | are we born into a sinnful world | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 215807 | ||
Hi sllnjb, Welcome to the forum! Did we inherit sin are we born into a sinful world? --"Answer: Yes, all people inherited sin from Adam and Eve, specifically Adam. Sin is described in the Bible as transgression of the law of God (1 John 3:4) and rebellion against God (Deuteronomy 9:7; Joshua 1:18). Sin had its beginning with Lucifer, the “shining star, the son of the morning,” the most beautiful and powerful of the angels. Not content to be all this, he desired to be the most high God, and that was his downfall and the beginning of sin (Isaiah 14:12-15). Renamed Satan, he brought sin to the human race in the Garden of Eden, where he tempted Adam and Eve with the same enticement, “you shall be like God.” Genesis 3 describes their rebellion against God and against His commandments. Since that time, sin has been passed down through all the generations of mankind, and we, Adam’s descendants, have inherited sin from him. Romans 5:12 tells us that through Adam sin entered the world and so death was passed on to all men because “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). This is the condition known as inherited sin. Just as we inherit physical characteristics from our parents, we inherit our sinful natures from Adam. esis 5:3). When Adam fell into sin, that resulted in every one of his descendants also being “infected” with sin. David lamented this fact in one of his Psalms: “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me” (Psalm 51:5). This doesn’t mean that his mother bore him illegitimately; rather, his mother had inherited a sin nature from her parents, and they from their parents, and so on. David inherited sin from his parents, just as we all do. Even if we could live a perfect life, we are still sinners as a result of inherited sin. Being born sinners results in the fact that we all sin. Notice the progression in Romans 5:12: sin entered the world through Adam, death follows sin, death comes to all people, all people sin because they inherit sin from Adam. Because “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23), we need a perfect, sinless sacrifice to wash away our sin, something we are powerless to do on our own. Thankfully, Jesus Christ is the Savior from sin! Our sin has been crucified on the cross of Jesus, and now “in Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Ephesians 1:7). God, in His infinite wisdom, has provided the remedy for the sin we inherit, and that remedy is available to everyone: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9)." http://www.gotquestions.org/inherit-sin.html John |
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2 | are we born into a sinnful world | Bible general Archive 4 | MJH | 215842 | ||
Good answer to whomever at gotquestions wrote this one. The only thing I would add would be that sin infected not only all mankind, but also all creation. Romans 8:19 "For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now." MJH |
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3 | are we born into a sinnful world | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 215851 | ||
MJH, Yes, I've often found the good folk's at gotquestions.org to be a very reliable source of biblical answers. Just imagine, the beauty we now see in His creation is only a mere shadow of that which will be when He returns to put it aright again. Not to mention the awesomely beautiful sight of, Him that created it! "Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven." Matt 6:9b-10 John |
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