BORN SINNERS 2: CAN WE BLAME ADAM & EVE?
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Born Sinners
a) Is it true that we are all born as sinners? Why do we have to pay for the sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden? Are we sinners at birth? What does the Bible say?
1. Born Sinnersa) Is it true that we are all born as sinners? Why do we have to pay for the sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden? Are we sinners at birth? What does the Bible say?
2. Can We Blame Adam and Eve?
a) It doesn’t seem fair that we are reaping what Adam and Eve sowed but the truth is that we would have done exactly the same thing as they did. As the Scriptures truthfully say, “just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned” (Romans 5:12).
1 Corinthians 15:22
“For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive”
b) From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is clear that each one of us is responsible for our own actions. We reap what we sow and we sow the death penalty by all rights. You could take the most righteous man or woman of God you know and put them in the Garden and they would make the same decision that Adam and Eve did.
c) We can also not put all the blame on Eve because she was deceived. Adam went into it with his eyes wide open. He had no one to blame but himself. So Adam and Eve are not responsible for our sins…we are! We can not claim to be any better than they were or that we would not have made that decision to eat of the forbidden tree. We have the advantage of having the Book of Genesis and knowing what happened and what would happen. They didn’t! Was it Adam or Eve tapping you on the shoulder telling you to sin? No!
The End ...
a) It doesn’t seem fair that we are reaping what Adam and Eve sowed but the truth is that we would have done exactly the same thing as they did. As the Scriptures truthfully say, “just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned” (Romans 5:12).
1 Corinthians 15:22
“For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive”
b) From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is clear that each one of us is responsible for our own actions. We reap what we sow and we sow the death penalty by all rights. You could take the most righteous man or woman of God you know and put them in the Garden and they would make the same decision that Adam and Eve did.
c) We can also not put all the blame on Eve because she was deceived. Adam went into it with his eyes wide open. He had no one to blame but himself. So Adam and Eve are not responsible for our sins…we are! We can not claim to be any better than they were or that we would not have made that decision to eat of the forbidden tree. We have the advantage of having the Book of Genesis and knowing what happened and what would happen. They didn’t! Was it Adam or Eve tapping you on the shoulder telling you to sin? No!
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