What do you believe concerning Original Sin?

[Lamb]

What do you believe concerning Original Sin?

 

[Frankj]

Original sin was the decision man made to decide what was right and wrong for himself instead of obeying the decision God had already made about it, effectively this put mans desires ahead of God and his rules that were given him making man himself the first false god to be put before him.

The way I see it, and not necessarily the correct one.

 

[Lamb]

Original sin was the decision man made to decide what was right and wrong for himself instead of obeying the decision God had already made about it, effectively this put mans desires ahead of God and his rules that were given him making man himself the first false god to be put before him.

The way I see it, and not necessarily the correct one.

Is all of mankind affected by Original Sin in your belief?

 

[Frankj]

Is all of mankind affected by Original Sin in your belief?

Only the ones who are decedents of Adam. The sins of the fathers are passed on to their generations who, in turn, pass them on to theirs accordingly.

Those born from sinless fathers do not receive the passing of original sin to themselves and their subsequent generations.

 

[Lamb]

Only the ones who are decedents of Adam. The sins of the fathers are passed on to their generations who, in turn, pass them on to theirs accordingly.

Those born from sinless fathers do not receive the passing of original sin to themselves and their subsequent generations.

Who is without sin except for Jesus Christ?

 

[Frankj]

Who is without sin except for Jesus Christ?

To the best of my knowledge none, which is why a man was not the father of Jesus, there was no original sin in his father to pass on to him.

 

[jswauto]

Humanity Inherits Mortality and a Sinful Nature From Adam — not Adam’s guilt. We are born into a world where sin reigns, and we inevitably will sin, but Scripture never says infants or unborn children are “guilty” of Adam’s sin.
In short:

We inherit corruption, not condemnation. We sin because we are fallen — but we are not born already damned.

This is the position most consistent with the entire sweep of Scripture.

1. What we do inherit from Adam​

A fallen nature​

• A heart inclined toward self, pride, and rebellion
• A world under the curse
• Mortality (“in Adam all die” – 1 Cor 15:22)
• A spiritual environment where sin dominates

This is why David says:

“In sin did my mother conceive me.” (Psalm 51:5) Not meaning he was guilty in the womb — but that he was born into a fallen world and a fallen lineage.

A universal tendency to sin​

Every human eventually chooses sin:

• “All have sinned” (Rom 3:23)
• “There is none righteous” (Rom 3:10)

This is experiential and inevitable, but not the same as being born guilty.

2. What we do NOT inherit from Adam​

We do NOT inherit Adam’s guilt​

The Bible never says:

• “Adam’s guilt is imputed to you at birth.”
• “Infants are born condemned.”
• “You are guilty before you commit any sin.”

Instead, Scripture repeatedly says:

“The soul who sins shall die.” (Ezekiel 18:20)

God explicitly rejects the idea that guilt is inherited.

We are not born spiritually dead in the Augustinian sense​

Paul says we were “dead in sins” — not “dead at birth.”
Dead in sins = the condition we enter when we actually sin.

3. What Paul actually teaches in Romans 5​

Romans 5 is the battleground text, so here’s the key:

“Death spread to all men because all sinned.” (Romans 5:12)

Paul does not say:

• “because Adam sinned”
• “because Adam’s guilt was imputed to all”

He says:

• death spread because all sinned (each person participates in Adam’s pattern)

Adam opened the door; we all walk through it.

4. Why this matters for the gospel​

If people are born guilty before they ever choose anything, then:

• infants who die would be condemned
• free will becomes meaningless
• judgment becomes unjust
• Christ’s atonement becomes a legal fiction

But Scripture presents God as:

• just
• fair
• not condemning the innocent
• not punishing children for their parents’ sins

This is why Jesus says:

“Let the little children come to Me… for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 19:14)

Children are not born guilty — they are born fallen.

5. The balanced biblical summary​

Here’s a one‑sentence definition:

Original Sin means we inherit a fallen nature from Adam, but we are only guilty for the sins we personally commit.

This preserves:

• human responsibility
• God’s justice
• the universality of sin
• the necessity of Christ
• the innocence of children
• the reality of the fall

 

[Lamb]

Humanity Inherits Mortality and a Sinful Nature From Adam — not Adam’s guilt. We are born into a world where sin reigns, and we inevitably will sin, but Scripture never says infants or unborn children are “guilty” of Adam’s sin.
In short:

This is the position most consistent with the entire sweep of Scripture.

1. What we do inherit from Adam​

A fallen nature​

• A heart inclined toward self, pride, and rebellion
• A world under the curse
• Mortality (“in Adam all die” – 1 Cor 15:22)
• A spiritual environment where sin dominates

This is why David says:

A universal tendency to sin​

Every human eventually chooses sin:

• “All have sinned” (Rom 3:23)
• “There is none righteous” (Rom 3:10)

This is experiential and inevitable, but not the same as being born guilty.

2. What we do NOT inherit from Adam​

We do NOT inherit Adam’s guilt​

The Bible never says:

• “Adam’s guilt is imputed to you at birth.”
• “Infants are born condemned.”
• “You are guilty before you commit any sin.”

Instead, Scripture repeatedly says:

God explicitly rejects the idea that guilt is inherited.

We are not born spiritually dead in the Augustinian sense​

Paul says we were “dead in sins” — not “dead at birth.”
Dead in sins = the condition we enter when we actually sin.

3. What Paul actually teaches in Romans 5​

Romans 5 is the battleground text, so here’s the key:

Paul does not say:

• “because Adam sinned”
• “because Adam’s guilt was imputed to all”

He says:

• death spread because all sinned (each person participates in Adam’s pattern)

Adam opened the door; we all walk through it.

4. Why this matters for the gospel​

If people are born guilty before they ever choose anything, then:

• infants who die would be condemned
• free will becomes meaningless
• judgment becomes unjust
• Christ’s atonement becomes a legal fiction

But Scripture presents God as:

• just
• fair
• not condemning the innocent
• not punishing children for their parents’ sins

This is why Jesus says:

Children are not born guilty — they are born fallen.

5. The balanced biblical summary​

Here’s a one‑sentence definition:

This preserves:

• human responsibility
• God’s justice
• the universality of sin
• the necessity of Christ
• the innocence of children
• the reality of the fall

If you inherit Original Sin...that's a sin that isn't committed, it's within you as if it were a disease that needs healing.

Christ died for Original Sin thankfully as well as the sins we commit.