Original Sin There have been those who teach that we are born in sin and thus cannot help the propensity toward evil-doing. We shall carefully examine this erroneous matter in just a moment but first let us document such false doctrine as to its source. John Wesley, founder of Methodism went on record in Original Sin, page 340, as teaching: We are condemned before we have done good or evil; under the curse ere we know what it is. In Wesleys Sermons, Volume 11, Page 266, we quote: In Adam all died. The natural consequence of this is that every one descended from him comes into this world spiritually dead, dead to God, wholly dead in sin, entirely void of the image of God, and of all rightness and holiness wherein Adam was created. Every man now bears the image of the devil in sensual appetites and desires. In the book, What Lutherans Believe by W. E. Schramm, on page 65, we read: Ever since the fall of Adam all men who are naturally begotten are conceived and born in sin. This naturally comports with the Augsburg Confession of Faith, Article Two: All men are born with sin. This vice of origin brings eternal death upon those not born again through baptism and the Holy Ghost. Dr. W. A. Jarrell, noted Baptist, in Gospel In Water, stated: That man is totally depraved is evident from his being a child of the Devil, fathered by the Devil and of the same mortal nature. The Catholic position is made quite clear by B. L Conway in Question Box, page 253: Baptism is a sacrament which cleanses from original sin. All of these quotations crumble in the light of Ecclesiastes 7:29 and 12:7. God made man upright and God gave the spirit of man. How could a perfect Creator be the author of sin? The word sin comes from the Greek word hamartia, which means to miss the mark. The Bible variously defines sin as: A failure to do the things that are right (James 4:17). A transgression of Gods law (I John 3:4). All unrighteousness (I John 5:17). A violation of ones personal relationship with God (Romans 14:23). From this scriptural definition of sin we realize that the doctrine that teaches infants are born in sin is totally false.
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