Page 013 - Born in Sin
*Verses from AMP
"Behold, I was brought forth in [a state of] iniquity; my mother was sinful who conceived me [and I too am sinful]. Behold, You desire truth in the inner being; make me therefore to know wisdom in my inmost heart" Psalms 51:5-6).
The thought of original sin is based upon the fact that what Adam and Eve ate in the garden became absorbed into their being which was then transmitted to all mankind (Romans 5:12). King David was fully aware of this from his own experience. He knew that he was plagued with something that caused him to sin against the commandments of God. The Apostle Paul confirmed this fact hundreds of years later by his own experience (Romans 7:14-20).
Since today we live in a scientific age, could this not be the Bible’s way of saying that genetically SIN is passed down from one generation to the next. And as it spreads among mankind, it has afflicted every person in a unique way. We have all heard of or been apart of the following: lusts, lying, stealing, greed, hate, vanity,covetousness, rebellion, addictions, evil, unthankfulness, pride,idolatry, promiscuity, apathy, miserliness, etc.
Because we are not capable of escaping the negative affects of this genetic infection, God supplied those who believe in Jesus Christ with an eternal antidote. Jesus bore mankind’s genetic abnormalities on the cross so we would not have to be cursed by them any longer. In Christ we get re-gene-rated (1 Peter 1:3). God’s gene has the ability to nullify the gene injected into our flesh by the Devil. However, God starts in our spirit, in our inner man, and then works outwardly into our soul,that is, our mind, emotion, and will, until ultimately He subdues our fleshly body. (Romans 6:6) Hallelujah