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1st December 2005, 07:44 PM
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If as many people say that God only gave His law at Mount Sinai, what about the people that lived before then?
Did they commit no sin as without the law there is no sin (Rom. 5:13) |
1st December 2005, 07:49 PM
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Reps: 36,840,561 (power: 36,850) | | They did sin. Originally Posted by Romans 5 (NLT) 12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the entire human race. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. 13 Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. And though there was no law to break, since it had not yet been given, 14 they all died anyway – even though they did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did.
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1st December 2005, 10:35 PM
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You say that they did sin, so does that mean according to that, then there was a law before God gave it to Moses. |
1st December 2005, 10:45 PM
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1st December 2005, 11:06 PM
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Reps: 36,840,561 (power: 36,850) | | Originally Posted by Cliff2 You say that they did sin, so does that mean according to that, then there was a law before God gave it to Moses.
It was not I who said it. It was Paul. Originally Posted by Romans 5 (NLT) 13 Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. And though there was no law to break, since it had not yet been given, 14 they all died anyway – even though they did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did.
He also said there was no law.
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