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NASB | Romans 5:19 For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 5:19 For just as through one man's disobedience [his failure to hear, his carelessness] the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of the one Man the many will be made righteous and acceptable to God and brought into right standing with Him. |
Subject: Is sin inherited from father and mother? |
Bible Note: The Bible does say that 'no one is righteous', but He's not talking about children. Sin is not committed by those who can't possibly know between right and wrong. A mentally handicapped person, for example, does not sin. To sin, you must be capable of knowing right and wrong--as Adam did when he chose to sin. The Bible is directed at us sinners, not little children. The kingdom of heaven belongs to 'such as these.' It is we who need to become as children. They are innocent. They are not defiled. This is what pains me about your doctrine. Little children are sweet and innocent. They all come into the world with so much potential. They come into it clean and have a chance for eternal life. God is no respector of persons and desires that they all be saved. But not so according to this 'DEPRAVITY' doctrine--which I find evil. No, according to the doctrine of depravity, a child is damned to hell, quite literally [and please don't give me any business about how they are graciously covered by God until they reach a certain age, because Calvinism doesn't provide for that--Calvinism, when honestly related doesn't give children an ounce of hope unless they are the lucky few who are beneficiaries of God's whim, i.e. 'election'] because they inherited Adam's sin through their daddy's DNA. They are doomed from the start. They are doomed because Calvinist believe that God only miraculously saves some at an appointed time in their lives. The rest stay in darkness, in their depravity and they sin because of the nature they inherited. I'm sorry, but this doctrine of Depravity is not of God. God is full of compassion, He is fair, He desires that all men be saved (1 Tim 2:1-5), Jesus is the mediator for all men, He tasted death for all men (Heb. 2:9), He is the Savior of the world, especially of those who believe. TRUE OR FALSE: God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes should not perish, but have everlasting life. TRUE OR FALSE: God so loved the world, but only the few whom God sends His 'irrestible grace' to have any chance of salvation. |