The Nature of Inclinations

Paul explains original sin in great detail in Romans 5:12-19 and in 1 Corinthians 15:21-22.

 

I agree 100% with this analysis.

I also agree with this in it's entirety.

Verses 15 and 16 actually draw a distinction saying that the free gift is NOT like the offense. This shows us that there are differences between Adam and the way death was propagated and Jesus and the way life is propagated.

Verse 18 begins with "therefore" and so it is qualified by the previous verse, verse 17 when it says "they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ." So when verse 18 speaks of the "free gift" it is qualified by verse 17 as going to those who receive the gift of righteousness through Jesus Christ, though verse 18 does indicate that it is offered to all men.

I agree.

 

In other words, you have Adam simply passing down a bad example and all who follow that bad example get the same consequence! In other words, the fall is repeated from man to man from generation to generation and the fallen nature is a consequence of an "upright" heart simply choosing to follow Adam's example and thus meriting Adam's problem.

Sorry, but if that is your interpretation of this text, you do not pass go and you do not collect $200.00.

Paul's argument is very simple and clear. Paul identifies Christ as the "second Adam" (1 Cor. 15) and treats both men as representative heads of those each represents in them by natural birth versus new birth.

Adam acted as the representative of the human race and what he did actually affected all his posterity.

Paul is not saying "By one man's bad example all men were made subject to a bad example." He is saying by "one man's offence many were MADE SINNERS". He is not saying "by one man's offence many were POTENTIALLY made sinners any more than he is saying by one man's POTENTIAL offence.

They were not only "made sinners" but they came under condemnation due to "one man's offence." That is precisely why Jesus said that unbelievers in Christ were CONDEMNED ALREADY. That is why Paul said that formerly to new birth they were "BY NATURE" children of wrath and "children of disobedience" NOT FATHERS of disobedience! The Disobedience in Adam produced children of disobedience.

You do not even have an elementary understanding of this text or the context. I have observed the MENTAL GYNASTICS you must go through and lead everyone else through to deny the obvious meanngs of a plethora of texts that plainly condemn your interpretations.

 

Salvation is available to all, yes. But all will not accept it.

Rom 5:18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.​

But we know that many will not be justified.

Mat 7:14 "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.​

 

Heavenly Pilgrim,man was not created sinful by nature. God created man entirely holy and sinless. Our sinful condition is not the result of God’s creative work, but is a historical consequence of our abuse of free will. To say that God should have created us "for the most part holy and not sinful" fails to do justice to the true freedom and consequences of free will.

Free will means that even though our first parents were entirely sinless and enjoyed the life of original grace, they were still capable of choosing to be otherwise and forfeiting of the life of grace—and that’s just what they did. We, their offspring, are conceived and born bereft of this life, spiritually dead, in original sin. Even when we are spiritually reborn , we remain affected by concupiscence or tendencies toward sin as a result of having been conceived in original sin.

However, all of this is the result not of some defect in God’s creative work, but of the self-chosen circumstances into which our race fell in the very beginning.

 

Acts 8:12-13; 36; 10:47 - if belief is all one needs to be saved, why is everyone instantly baptized after learning of Jesus in the Bible? Because it also washes away original sin, we are to ask for forgiveness of the sins that we personally commit, baptism removes original sin.

 

Isaiah 43: 27; "Your first father sinned, and your mediators transgressed against me. "


Gen. 2:17 - the day you eat of that tree, you shall die. Adam and Eve ate of the tree, and they spiritually died. Some Protestant communities ignore or deny the reality of original sin. But if there is no original sin, then we do not need a Savior either. The horrors of our world testify to the reality of original sin.

Gen. 3:14-19 - God's punishment for eating of the tree was cursing satan, increasing women's pain in childbirth, and condemning man to toil and labor for his whole life.

Job 14:1,4 - man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? All humans are afflicted with original sin, and this includes babies as well. This is why the Catholic Church has baptized babies for 2,000 years.

Psalm 51:5 - I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. We have inherited Adam's sin from the moment of our conception. This is why babies need baptism – to wash away the original sin inherited from Adam and Eve.

Rom. 5:12 - sin came into the world through one man, Adam, and death came through this sin. This sin affects all people, men and women, babies and adults. Through the merits of Jesus Christ, we have the sacrament of baptism to wash away the sin that came through Adam.

Rom. 5:14 - death reigned from Adam to Moses, born from Adam's original sin. This is a mystery we do not fully understand, but we must all acknowledge our propensity toward evil and our need of God.

Rom. 5:16 - the judgment following one single trespass brought condemnation for all. This means all have inherited the sin of Adam, and all must be washed clean of this sin in the waters of baptism.

Rom. 5:19 - by one man's disobedience many were made sinners. Original sin is passed on as part of the human condition, and only God in the flesh could atone for our sins by the eternal sacrifice of Himself. Through this sacrifice, God has re-opened the doors to heaven, and through baptism, we are once again made children of God.

1 Cor. 15:21 - for by one man came death. In Adam, all die. In Christ, the new Adam, all now may live.

Eph. 2:1-3 - we were all dead through sin and all lived in the passions of our flesh until Christ came to save us.

 

Heavenly Pilgrim, This is how it is explained in "The New American Bible"
1 Cor. 15:21 For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead came also through a human being, v 22- For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life, v23 but each one in proper order:Christ the firstfruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ...
15:21-22: Our human existence, both natural and supernatural, is corporate, involves solidarity. In Adam.... in Christ: the Hebrew word 'adam in Genesis is both a common noun for mankind and a proper noun for the first man. Paul here presents Adam as at least a literary type of Christ; the parallelism and contrast between them will be developed further in vv 45-49 and in Rom. 5: 12-21.