“You were perfect in your
ways from the day you were
created, Till iniquity was
found in you” (Ezekiel 28:15).
“By this sin (eating the forbidden fruit, JRM)
they (Adam & Eve, JRM) fell from their
original righteousness and communion, with
God, and so became dead in sin, and wholly
defiled in all the parts and faculties of the soul
and body.”
“They being the root of all mankind, the
guilt of this sin was imputed; and the same
death in sin, and corrupted nature, conveyed
to all their posterity descending from them by
ordinary generation.”
“From this original corruption, whereby we
are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made
opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all
evil, do proceed all actual transgressions”
(Westminster Confession of Faith, Free
Presbyterian Church of Scotland, pp. 39,40).
Doctrine’s Beginning
Logical Consequences
Doctrinal Concerns
Practical Effect
Violates the Nature of Man
Violates Nature of Gospel
Violates the Nature of God
Violates Nature of Satan
Must Man Sin?
Must Man Sin?
1) James describes how sin occurs.
“Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am
tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted
by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But
each one is tempted when he is drawn away by
his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire
has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin,
when it is full-grown, brings forth death”
(James 1:13-15).
Must Man Sin?
2) We can avoid sin.
“No temptation has overtaken you except such
as is common to man; but God is faithful, who
will not allow you to be tempted beyond what
you are able, but with the temptation will also
make the way of escape, that you may be able to
bear it” (1 Corinthians 10:13).
Must Man Sin?
3) The example of Jesus.
“For we do not have a High Priest who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all
points tempted as we are, yet without sin”
(Hebrews 4:15).
“Now when the tempter came to Him, he said,
“If You are the Son of God, command that these
stones become bread.” But He answered and
said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word that proceeds from the
mouth of God” (Matthew 4:3,4).
Must Man Sin?
4) We will commit an act of sin.
“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive
ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we
confess our sins, He is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. If we say that we have not
sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not
in us” (1 John 1:8-10).
No one should use this “man must sin” as an
excuse to sin!!!
Must Man Sin?
Is Sin Inherited?
Is Sin Inherited?
1) Son does not bear guilt of father.
“The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not
bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear
the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the
righteous shall be upon himself, and the
wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
“But if a wicked man turns from all his sins
which he has committed, keeps all My statutes,
and does what is lawful and right, he shall
surely live; he shall not die” (Ezekiel 18:20,21).
Is Sin Inherited?
2) Must become as a little child.
“At that time the disciples came to Jesus,
saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of
heaven?” Then Jesus called a little child to Him,
set him in the midst of them, and said,
“Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are
converted and become as little children, you will
by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little
child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Whoever receives one little child like this in My
name receives Me” (Matthew 18:1-5).
Is Sin Inherited?
3) Death of David’s child.
“Then his servants said to him, “What is this
that you have done? You fasted and wept for
the child while he was alive, but when the child
died, you arose and ate food.” And he said,
“While the child was alive, I fasted and wept;
for I said, ‘Who can tell whether the Lord will
be gracious to me, that the child may live?’ But
now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring
him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall
not return to me” (2 Samuel 12:21-23).
Must Man Sin?
Is Sin Inherited?
Adam’s Sin
Consequences of
Adam’s Sin
1) Penalty of physical death.
“but of the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat
of it you shall surely die” (Genesis 2:17).
“Thou shalt become mortal and capable of
dying” (Matthew Henry).
“For since by man came death, by Man also
came the resurrection of the dead. For as in
Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made
alive” (1 Corinthians 15:21,22).
Consequences of
Adam’s Sin
2) Constant battle of good vs. evil.
“And I will put enmity Between you and the
woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He
shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His
heel” (Genesis 3:15).
“Yet in all these things we are more than
conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am
persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels
nor principalities nor powers, nor things present
nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any
other created thing, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord” (Romans 8:37-39).
Consequences of
Adam’s Sin
3) Sentence given to woman.
“To the woman He said: “I will greatly
multiply your sorrow and your conception; In
pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire
shall be for your husband, And he shall rule
over you” (Genesis 3:16).
Consequences of
Adam’s Sin
4) Physical hardship of man.
“Then to Adam He said, “Because you have
heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from
the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You
shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your
sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your
life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for
you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. In the
sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you
return to the ground, For out of it you were taken;
For dust you are, And to dust you shall return”
(Genesis 3:17-19).
Consequences of
Adam’s Sin
5) Conditions are favorable for
temptation.
“For as by one man’s disobedience many were
made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience
many will be made righteous” (Romans 5:19).
Consequences of
Adam’s Sin
“Paul does not say how these were made sinners
by the disobedience of Adam, nor how they are to
be made righteous by the obedience of Christ…By
his sin Adam brought about conditions that make
every person subject to temptation. In this way he
made sinner…Christ became obedient unto death
(Phil. 2:8), and that act of obedience makes people
righteous. As Adam’s disobedience did not make
the many sinners without their choice, so neither
does the obedience of Christ make the many
righteous without their choice” (R.L. Whiteside,
Commentary on Romans, pp. 125 & 125).
Must Man Sin?
Is Sin Inherited?
Adam’s Sin
Ezekiel 33:7-9
“So you, son of man: I have made you a
watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you
shall hear a word from My mouth and warn
them for Me. When I say to the wicked, ‘O
wicked man, you shall surely die!’ and you do
not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that
wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his
blood I will require at your hand. Nevertheless
if you warn the wicked to turn from his way,
and he does not turn from his way, he shall die
in his iniquity; but you have delivered your
soul.”