Cheryl Schatz

godrulz37, You said: Adam’s sin is not irrelevant because it introduces sin and death into the human race. Would it be fair to say that Adam’s sin passed on a physical decay to all of Adam’s seed? That this decay (the fact that we are born dying and with a limited time here on this earth) is passed on to all of us through Adam? I realize that Adam and Lucifer both sinned without a sin nature, but they both sinned willfully and with full knowledge, and the rest of us started to sin when we didn’t even know what sin was. We have a propensity to sin that cannot be explained by the way God created us. This is the reason why God treated Lucifer and Adam so harshly. They were traitors because of their sin. But a young baby who has never understood what “a lie” is naturally acts in a way contrary to the way God made us to be. I also want to make it clear that I do not believe that we inherit “sin” from Adam. A “sin nature” is not sin. Adam is responsible for his own sin and we are responsible for our own sin. I do not believe that Jesus was born of Mary so that He was not born a sinner, but without a sin nature. If you read the link I gave you it has charts that explain what I believe. I won’t go into it here as that would be redundant. i have a great deal of compassion for people who struggle through this issue. I just want to encourage people to see what God says on an issue. What are His exact words and His grammar and why does He say what He says? I hope this helps!