Do we inherit the Original Sin from Adam and Eve or just the consequences?

Hi everyone. I am intending for this to be a debate thread between the two views. First of all, please state your view, then state why you believe this. You only have to do this to start with that way it gives a better basis on which to debate. I'll start.

I believe that we actually inherit the actual sin (original sin) from Adam and Eve and that we do not inherit only the consequences. I believe this because I believe it is Biblical.

[bible]Romans 3:23[/bible]

I believe that this teaches that all have sinned, including infants. How can an infant sin? I don't know exactly but this is clearly what this verse teaches in my opinion.

Yes we do inherit the complete sin nature and we are slaves to sin until we are born again.

I would argue that Romans 5 states it plainly; we inherit the sin and the consequences and the curse.

Afterall, if we reject Adam as our "representative" how can we expect Christ to represent us in our stead.

Mike

Please define "sin nature".

We are born sinners.. We sin because we are sinners Total deprivaty. In need of salvation from Birth for in Sin did our parents conceive us..

We do not become sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners..

No, we do not inherit sin. Sin is not a physical problem. It is a moral problem.

Romans 5 does NOT say that we inherit sin. It says that "sin entered the world through one man, and death spread to all men because all have sinned."

It does NOt say "Sin entered mankind through one man, and sin spread to all men because Adam sinned."

James 1:14-15 says "But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death."

Sin is not already present. Sin is born inside the individual heart.

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“Atonement is, properly, an arrangement by which the literal infliction of the penalty due to sin may be avoided; it is something which may be substituted in the place of punishment. It is that which will answer the same end secured by the literal infliction of the penalty of the law… The atonement is the governmental provision for the forgiveness of sins, providing man meets the conditions of repentance and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Harry Conn (1914-2001)

We inherit consequences of Adam's fall and not Adam's guilt -

Adam has assumed new nature when he fell - he became sinful - we inherit the consequences of the fall and not the guilt -

Adam is guilty of his own sins and we are guilty of our own - no one is guilty of anyone else's sins -

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What exactly is the sin nature?

Is it the 'flesh'? The part we need to die to?

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The "sin nature" is what we become when we yield ourselves to sin.

James 1:14-15 "But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death." (ESV)

Romans 6:16 "Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?" (ESV)

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“Atonement is, properly, an arrangement by which the literal infliction of the penalty due to sin may be avoided; it is something which may be substituted in the place of punishment. It is that which will answer the same end secured by the literal infliction of the penalty of the law… The atonement is the governmental provision for the forgiveness of sins, providing man meets the conditions of repentance and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Harry Conn (1914-2001)