ORIGINAL SIN 3: IT'S ORIGIN
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Original Sin
a) What is original sin? Did it start with Adam and Eve? What does the Bible say is the origin of sin? What does this mean to us today?
2. It's Origin
a) Paul wrote in Romans 5:12-14 that “just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given [and] reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam.”
b) Further, Paul writes that “one trespass [Adam‘s] led to condemnation for all men…For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 5:18-21).
c) This seems clear to be the original sin that infected the rest of humanity. Adam represents the federal head of all humans born since then and has continued to spread through the birth of every one that has ever been born. Everyone that is except Jesus Christ who was not born of a human father but conceived by the Spirit of God, therefore He was born without sin and lived a sinless life. This was the only way that He could pay for our sins. Or as Paul wrote, “as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous” (Romans 5:19). So we see that “by one man’s disobedience (Adam’s) the many (that would be all of humanity) were made sinners, [but] by one man’s obedience (Jesus Christ) the many (all that trust in Him) will be made righteous.” Notice that Paul said “the many” and not all because sadly, not everyone will trust in Christ and receive eternal life.
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1. Original Sina) What is original sin? Did it start with Adam and Eve? What does the Bible say is the origin of sin? What does this mean to us today?
2. It's Origin
a) Paul wrote in Romans 5:12-14 that “just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given [and] reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam.”
b) Further, Paul writes that “one trespass [Adam‘s] led to condemnation for all men…For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 5:18-21).
c) This seems clear to be the original sin that infected the rest of humanity. Adam represents the federal head of all humans born since then and has continued to spread through the birth of every one that has ever been born. Everyone that is except Jesus Christ who was not born of a human father but conceived by the Spirit of God, therefore He was born without sin and lived a sinless life. This was the only way that He could pay for our sins. Or as Paul wrote, “as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous” (Romans 5:19). So we see that “by one man’s disobedience (Adam’s) the many (that would be all of humanity) were made sinners, [but] by one man’s obedience (Jesus Christ) the many (all that trust in Him) will be made righteous.” Notice that Paul said “the many” and not all because sadly, not everyone will trust in Christ and receive eternal life.
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