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To: metmom; Freedom Frayed; ScoopAmma; Irisshlass; informavoracious; larose; RJR_fan; Prospero; ...
metmom wrote:
You can start with the fact that sin did not enter the world through the woman, Eve, ...
You deny Holy Writ?
1,722 posted on 09/06/2010 8:25:11 PM PDT by narses ( 'Prefer nothing to the love of Christ.')
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To: narses
Scripture is clear that sin entered the world through Adam.

It wasn't until Adam ate of the fruit that the eyes of both of them were opened.

Genesis 3:6-7 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned—

Romans 5:15-19 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

The sin nature is inherited from the father. Jesus was born sinless not because Mary was sinless, but because God is His father. He inherited the sinless, divine nature of His father, not the sinful human nature of an earthly father.

1,726 posted on 09/06/2010 8:37:36 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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