Original sin

A series about critical doctrines you must not deny or change

“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Rom. 3:23)

Yesterday I started a series about critical doctrines you must not deny or change since many churches and parachurch groups have allowed dangerous progressive Christianity doctrines to creep in unnoticed. But knowing and understanding solid biblical truth will enable you to remain free and not fall into the many unbiblical doctrinal traps the devil and his demons espouse.

Progressive Christianity groups reject Original Sin 

Progressives replace the theology of Original Sin with the concept of Original Blessing. Typically, they do not dispute the existence of sin or the fact that it is a negative thing. But they frequently reject the notion that Adam and Eve left us with some sort of wicked nature and they frequently assert that it is our own self imposed shame, not our sin, that keeps us from God. They often teach that all we need to do is accept the fact that we were never truly apart from God in the first place and that He loves and accepts us just as we are. This is a very demonic and dangerous doctrine because it denies the need for Jesus Christ as savior going to the cross to shed His blood to cover original sin.

What the Bible teaches about original sin

·      Sin came from one man and spread to all men

“Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.” (Rom. 5:12 ESV)

·      If we say we have no sin, we’re deceived

“If we say 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 we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (1 John 1:8-10 ESV)

·      All of mankind was dead in their sins

“The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.” (Psalm 58:3 ESV)

“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.” (Eph. 2:1-3 ESV)

“As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” (Rom. 3:10-12 ESV)

Therefore

“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,” (1 Peter 3:18 ESV)

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Rom. 6:23 ESV)