How am I condemned?

How could we be with Him before we even were though?

 

The sin of Adam is imputed sin to each of us of which we all receive condemnation.

Deuteronomy 24 is personal sin of which we are also condemned.

The law came to prove to us on a personal basis that we are sinners by the nature we received from Adam.

You are wrong, there is no doubt in my mind that I am a sinner.
I am guilty, I blame myself. Not only that my sins prove that I have put my stamp of approval on what I am - a sinner.

HankD

 

Do not the Scriptures state that a child left to his own devices will bring shame to the parents?

There is no reason to blame Adam, the devil, or “I’m just human,” or ....

You inherited a rebellious spirit because that is the results of the first Adam.

However, it is choice of the unbeliever to remain in rebellion.

 

Who was the cause of these sinful tendacies?

 

Allowing the Holy Spirit to guide one into truth rather then trying to rationalize is Always best, wouldn’t you agree?

The Scriptures address this in Romans. And also in the statement of John “3All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.”

 

No, sir. These are not the conclusions at which I arrive.

I do not believe God sends anyone to hell. All who spend eternity separated from God have made a conscious choice to reject His free pardon of sin. God did everything necessary for us to go to heaven. We have to step over the blood of Christ to enter into hell.

 

I've never heard these words uttered from anyone with any level of seriousness.

 

Because all are FROM the first Adam, we carry the nature of the first Adam.

A rebellious nature is not self generated. It is part of every person born of human parentage.

 

Where do you get your teachings from?

 

I think you cannot just invent things as you please to determine truth.
God has revealed truth by His Spirit. If you have not repented and believed the word of God ...yet...you cannot come to a correct understanding...it is not possible...
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

None of you responses suggest you are welcoming truth as of yet.

That is not taught in the bible

 

Because that is the source of our nature to commit sin according to Romans 5:12.
No one has to teach a child to sin. Sooner or later a child will commit personal sin.
An apple tree is still an apple tree before it bears fruit.

I understand what you are saying. If we pre-existed our birth here on earth as spirit beings (and perhaps sinned) then why are we imputed with the sin of Adam.

In my view (The view of most of orthodox Christianity) our sin nature has its inception in Adam and that was imputed to each of us at the time of Adam's sin.
Supposing that we did have a pre-existence - that is an interesting question related to our relationship with Adam.
Personally I believe Romans 5:12 definitely teaches we sinned in Adam. Admittedly There is debate about that but the grammar is the proof thereof.

Yes. So I am two-fold a sinner.

HankD