Cheryl Schatz

truthseeker,

You said: “Likewise, I think it cannot be said from Genesis that we have a sin nature that Adam gave us. I can no more see explicit verses saying Adam gave us a sin nature than I can see explicit verses that say men should have authority over women because Adam was created before Eve.”

We were “in Adam” when he sinned and from the natural man comes our death.

1 Cor 15:21 For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead.
1 Cor 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

The connection to being “in Adam” is now our being “in Christ” and we are of His seed.

If our nature did not come from Adam then our new nature is not connected to Christ since both are our Father. The one natural and the other spiritual.

I have to go out now so I will come back later to answer questions.