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IS MAN A SINNER BY BIRTH?
Modern man today has plunged into the 21st century with the most advanced scientific technology and immeasurable knowledge. He is on the run without a minute to pause leading a mechanical life with a zeal to achieve his goals, sometimes winning and sometimes losing, falling into depression and frustration; and on the way he finishes the race abruptly. If possible ponders about the nature around him, people around him, things made by him, deadly missiles, and now and then about his creator. But it is so unfortunate that he never peeps into the most frightful deadly missile hidden within him self. He makes fun of his people who wish to deliver him out of this frightful situation. He is polluting his mind thinking that people do this for the sake of funds (Money from abroad). It is disgusting to see him judging the whole community based on a few people who do such crime.
It is nothing but sin in a man that is destroying him and those around him and even the nature, which is sustaining his life. Since time unknown, whether it may be a common man, rulers, servants of God, sages, saints, so called gods, atheists, opportunists, the poor, thieves, murderers, hooligans, or it may be anyone, the common word that they fear to talk about or ever imagine about is SIN.
No one among us likes being called a sinner. Even the greatest sinner will not agree that he is a sinner and rather would try to approve of himself as being a much better individual than others around him. Otherwise, would retaliate seeking proof but would never accept the fact and would list out the kind of sinner his neighbor is. He blames others for his drawbacks. Do you know what everyone keeps repeating nowadays? Oh! What a ruined world? Not a single good soul, as if he is so! If a good man / woman is criticized, he/she graciously looks at the criticizers thinking they are ignorant of his good deeds. In case, a wicked man (a robber, adulterer etc) is called upon as wicked, a small-sized world war will take place. This is what is happening in the society around us nowadays.
Most of the Christians or non-Christians, when they encounter failure or loss in their life, think that it is due to their sin in their previous birth. With this in mind and following their preachers, they believe that they are sinners by birth and keep crying to God that they are sinners by birth. No wonder, there are Reverends, Bishops, Servants of God, and many among us who do not have a clear idea about sin themselves and God. Like a sheep trusting her slaughterer, many are being slaughtered by them. It is sad to see people showing keen interest in aspects like food, clothes, wealth etc... but not on the enlightening words of God."For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus"(Phil 2:21). "For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the Cross of Christ. Whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is their shame- who set their mind on earthly things"(Phil 3:18, 19).
Though, God himself has warned us to be careful about what we hear and to test our faith, it is unjust to be careless "Therefore take heed how you hear"(Luke 8:18), "Examine yourselves as to whether you are in faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?..." (IICor 13:5). Temporarily leaving aside those who are perishing with unbelief, I wish to save at least the future Christian generations, the believers who are in a mirage. Till now, many Christians and non-Christians have spoken on the topic "sinners by birth." So, before excavating into the hidden treasures of God's knowledge, let us discuss in detail about what is SIN, its history, and the true facts about it.
WHAT IS SIN?
Commonly, everybody defines sin as wrongdoing, robbery, looting, murder, adultery, rape, drinking, indulging in orgies, obscenity, and many other sinful deeds and not doing good etc. When many non-Christians are asked if they think they have sinned, they would say they have never sinned and retaliate saying "you people sin the most in spite of preaching about sin day in and day out." In today's society, this is what is the witness Christians bear. They would defend themselves saying they never lie or do any wrong deed and instead if possible indulge in charity and think highly of themselves. When we actually think in deep, does anyone become truistic by not lying? Does anyone become righteous by not sinning? Think! By not lying, our family and we may benefit. Do people around us benefit? Does God benefit from it? In this society, usually, we know a famous quotation of righteousness like "Do not lie" and beside it, " Speak only Truth." We know that our Bible has said this long back." Therefore, putting away lying-Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor -for we are members of one another" (Eph 4:25).
Even now, there are some who speak the truth always, but we always tend to look at people who are much more evil compared to us and try to defend ourselves as good but never compare ourselves with people better than us. We very well know who gets a job when graduates/post graduates are called for interview. The one who never lies becomes a graduate and the one who doesn't lie and always tells the truth becomes a postgraduate. So, who is great? The same thing applies to sinfulness and righteousness. So, the conclusion we get is that just not sinning does not make us righteous but along with it, we need to do good (Eph 4:25). Isn't it so?
Some people, when speaking about adultery, proudly deny having done such a crime. When tempted, can they still resist the act? Aren't there people who have committed adultery in their thoughts. There are some who have gone into the wilderness realizing that it is impossible to be without sin with people around. Some others among us keep secretly murmuring and accusing others within themselves but do not shout. There are many rich and respected men who secretly rob people. Truly speaking, how many people heartily forgive those who offend them? That is why I say, a person who doesn't sin in spite of being tempted is righteous. As we probe more, we will find that everybody commits a sin at one time or the other." There is no difference, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God" (Rom 3:23). Now, going forward a bit, may be you are still defending yourselves that you haven't sinned. But what you think is right may not be seem so to your wife/children or people around you. Others may not desire what we desire.
There are many incidences where what was just in the yesteryears have become injustice today. Today's justice may become tomorrow's injustice. Worldly justice, righteousness, goodness, humanity, etc depend on time, circumstances, people, law etc, which changes with time. And so, one's good deeds may seem as evil to others. Different people define Good in different ways, as every individual, based on his experience, thoughts, etc tests them and searches them, not using a proper yardstick. That's why we haven't been able to exactly define sinfulness or righteousness.
So, we have found out that based on man's thoughts, it is difficult to define sin. That is the reason why we need to get into the thoughts of the Creator of all to arrive at a unanimous definition to allow justice to be done in defining sinfulness or righteousness. People nowadays are pulling God into their thoughts but are not trying know what are God's thoughts. God is supreme and is the God of all nations. He is not selfish. We need to think universally, meaning we must enter from national yardstick into international yardstick i.e., we need to arrive at a yardstick, which is agreeable throughout the world to define "Sin" correctly.
We need a law agreeable to all and applicable to all generations, present, past, and future. As we meditate on these aspects, we find only one book i.e., The Holy Bible, the word of God. In today's world, majority (i.e. 225 crores of people as per statistics of 1990) follow this Law. The Bible is piercing into the hearts of people and has been translated into many languages, being published, and is the only all-time largest selling book. Nobody can find fault with this book as this has been written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. He introduced the Old Testament for the few Israelites and olden times and the New Testament for the entire world, all mankind. Though many are trying to hinder this law, it is spreading at even greater pace among the people. It has got such a tremendous power that no one till now has been able to neither stops it nor can stop in the future. Now, let us find out based on God's Law, the origin of the sin and what is sin?.
THE BIRTH OF SIN
It would be surprising to know that sin was not born in the earth or in man, though today the whole world believes so. This sin, which was born in the heart of an angel in Heaven, entered Adam, the first man, and through him into world. "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned..." (Rom. 5:12-19). It says that sin entered into the world, which means it was not born in the world, so the cause of sin is the Sinful Person, the Satan. Now, let us see how was this Sinful Person born? Where sin was born?
We know that in the world, leaders, ministers, kings, commanders etc., commune with the delegates in the cadre below them in a systematic way. We are aware of the general body meeting they conduct. Similarly, we see in the Bible that God, the Lord of Hosts, conducts meeting with His soldiers, the angels. We can see government or administration here is somewhat similar to God's governance. God, who reins supreme, passes orders to his servants, the angels as it has been happening since before the creation. "Now there was a day when the sons of God (Angels, the servants of God are called sons because we call our servants as sons some times or if we don't have children, we see them as children) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them..." (Job 1:6, 2:1)
On a routine basis, God passes rules, orders, commands, and ordinances to his subordinates as how our rulers pass rules and laws to us (or to their subordinates) to follow in order to maintain law and order. "But when He again brigs the firstborn into the world, He says: Let all the angles of God worship Him (Jesus Christ, the Son of God)" (Heb. 1:6). So, God must have revealed His plan (Eph. 1: 4-6) for creation, even before He laid foundation to earth to His warriors, to serve His sons By that time, already (we see in Is. 6:2-4), the angels serving God, knew that God desired to have innumerable children for himself and that they had to serve God and His children i.e. they have to obey for Us (We the people of entire nations are the sons of God) also and they felt dejected. The archangel, Lucifer, started devising plans for rebellion. God revealed the birth of Satan and the birth of the sin taking the example of the king of Babylonia.
" How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High'...." (Is 14:12-17). The chief angel, Lucifer, who knew the secret behind creation and whose position was just below God's, was planning to oppose the will of God from being done. God, knowing his plans, asked him to fight the archangel, Michael, and in the battle that ensued, Satan was defeated and bound in chains. We learn that he was given some time by God and pushed to the deepest parts of the pit.
"And war was broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon: and dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast out to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him..." (Rev 12:7-12). This way, he fell on the earth along with the angels who supported him, trying to stop God's children from reaching God beginning from the first man, Adam, by tempting him to sin.
Even our Lord Jesus confirmed the fact that sin was born in heaven. "You are of your father, the Devil, and the desires of your father you want to do, He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in truth..." (John 8:44). He is toiling day and night to hurt God by snatching His children away from Him. We all know, "Be sober, be vigilant: because your adversary the devil walks about a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour." (I Pet. 5:8) By tempting us to sin and go astray from God, he is inviting the wrath of God upon himself and has become our enemy. Let us find out what is sin and how many types of sins can be seen in the passages below:
I. Transgression of Law is Sin (I John 3:4)
A command to do or not to do something can be called as law. So, doing things, which should not be done and also not doing things, which we ought to do, would be transgression of law, which we otherwise call as wrongdoing or sin. When we ponder over how sin came into this world, we learn through God's knowledge that it was by the first man, Adam "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world and death through sin, and death spread to all men, because all sinned" (Rom 5:12) as the Bible says that the first man to be born was Adam and the woman being Eve. When both of them were happily enjoying the heavenly bliss in the Eden garden, as per God's plan, he kept a tree of knowledge of good and evil in the midst of all trees and forbade them to eat it's fruit. But Satan, who's against God and his children deceived Adam through Eve and made him transgress the command (law).
"...So when the woman saw the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate .She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened..." (Gen. 3:1-7). That means that the first couple sinned and became sinners. Before eating the fruit, man was in the image of God fulfilling the will of God. As God thought, he named all the creatures of the creation. Even though Eve was made from Adam when he was sound asleep, he realized that she was a part of him and called her Eve. It shows that Adam had the body of earth but had the nature of God and was in the image of God, but sinned and became a sinner. This was how man in the past sinned. Now, let us see how the present man is sinning, especially, the Christian.
This is something which today's man has not been able to understand. Even now, the gist of the whole Law is in the commandment, "Love your neighbor as yourself"( Gal 5:14, Matt 22:39, Rom 13:9). Many preachers have preached this aspect in many different ways. They perceive only the superficial aspects of facts and fear to come to the Lord because nobody would be glad to share his earnings equally with his neighbor. Don't God and His Son know this before? They do know. So, it should not be worldly help, but why Bible says "He answered and said to them," He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise..." (Luke 3:11-14) says so about teachings of John the Baptist, the gentiles and the Christians question. So, we must think of it as a sample question preceding a tough exam.
So, does loving only mean providing Food, Clothes, Wealth, Needs, etc. Can we bring them to God this way? Can we really satisfy everyone's worldly needs all the time? There is a chance for the other person to turn into a lazy glutton waiting for others to help him all the time. He will never say NO to the help he is receiving. For example, a person going by walk would desire a bicycle, when given a Cycle, he wants a Bike, when even that is granted, he would ask for a Car, with that in hand he would ask for an Aeroplane etc. Similarly, the Homeless would want a Cottage at first, a Concrete house next, a Building next, and then a multistoried one next, and so on. This way, no matter how much he has, he would desire for more. There is no limit for worldly lust.
What exactly God says through Paul is that even though we give away all our wealth to the poor or give our body to be burnt, if we do not have LOVE then it is of no use. "Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels, but have not love. I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but I have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but I have not love, it profits me nothing." (I Cor 13:1-3). So, Love is not just giving away worldly goods, food, or financial aid. God who says that body is just a refuse will not ask us to pay much attention to it (John 6:63).
As per the word of God ... "For I know that in me (that is in my flesh) nothing good dwells, for to will is present with me... O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?" (Rom 7:15-24). We are only spirits but not flesh. Is there any purpose in the birth of man? When I am a Spirit, even my neighbor is also a Spirit. We have been born receiving a portion of God's Spirit , which we ought to remember and love each other. Do we know how much we love our Soul? If we do, we must love our neighbor so much as to assist them in reaching our Father in Heaven. That would mean that we need to spend whatever we have in spreading this spiritual knowledge. That is God's plan. The main command of God is to love.
To fulfill the will of God is to love, "For this is the love God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome." (I John 5:3) "This is Love , that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it." (II John 6) Now the question is how many are trying to do so all the time, by all the means, to help people reach heaven. True love is to do this. If not, we are sinning (Rom 3:23).
II. Whatsoever is Not of Faith is Sin (Rom 14:23).
Faith means belief. God is one and everyone believes that he is the Creator. When God is One, then the way to reach him also should be one. The gentiles who believe that God is One, when are approached by Christians to have faith reject doing so. There are some who believe that Christ is the reincarnation of God. This way, everybody is staying in his own belief. Even in Christianity, there are many who are going astray and falling into a dreadful sin. Though God warned us to examine our faith (II Cor 13:5), still the institutions/churches go about in their own way as per their interests. Faith is important and equally important is the base for the faith. Let us find out about the base for true faith. When today's most Christians are asked why they got converted? And why they trust in Jesus, this is what they would say, that their disease had been healed, their pets have been healed of ailments, many desires have been fulfilled, got married, got a job, won a case in court, or some miracle in their life.
We come across these testimonies wherever there is a Gospel meeting or crusade. They happily listen, appreciate the miracle, and gradually forget as they go about their daily chores. There are how many people among us who believe in God in spite of not being healed or not receiving any miracle and believe Jesus Christ to be their Savior and arguing with those who disagree. Everyone is believing only after seeing some miracle and no wonder some are even preaching so. How many know that this kind of belief is wrong? Let's see what exactly God says about it. "So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God."(Rom 10:17)
Bible has the teachings of Christ and it has been proved that they are right. In this age, if we listen to only testimony of what happened to you and me, where is the necessity of the Bible? Or should we listen to how Lazarus was raised back to life 4 days after being buried or many other miracles done by Christ. If we read "And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, that believing you may have life in His name." (John 20:28-31). Nowadays, people believe when they hear that a certain man of God raised dead to life.
This booklet won't be enough if we wish to write about healing. Bible has given importance to listening and not seeing. Let's see some verses. Firstly, as said by Jesus and then by the Holy Spirit, "Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed." (John 20:29) " For we walk by faith and not by sight" (II Cor 5:6)." Whom, having not seen, you love, in whom though now you see him not, yet believing you rejoice..." (I Pet 1: 8,9). " Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things "(Phil 3:18-21). Though there was no reason to hope, he believed the word of God that he would be father of many (Rom 4:16-25, Heb 11:8-19). Do we have the hope and faith that our father Abraham had? Even he believed that there is heaven and hoped to see it. Till now, even no one of us has seen Heaven or God or Christ Jesus sitting beside him, but we believe based on the Word. That is what we ought to do. Today, many Christians are not in this kind of faith but are following a faith, which suits their interests. This also is transgression of Law of God, a sin (Rom 3:23).
III "To him who knows to do good but does it not, to him it is sin." (James 4:17).
We need to understand its spiritual essence because the whole New Testament is about salvation of the spirit. Good means not worldly good but heavenly goodness. Nobody should come to a conclusion that he has not sinned at all. As we have discussed earlier, avoiding doing good in spite of avoiding evil is sin. If you refrain from sinning, it is helpful for you. What good it will do to God? Nowadays, everyone wishes to do good but is unable to do so and is doing evil instead (Rom 7:18-19) because our body doesn't allow us to. As we all know, we wish to attend prayer meeting but don't go. We wish to give money generously for the sake of spreading the gospel but we tend to spend it all for many other things. Everyday we get up aiming to do good to everyone but inevitably we get into quarrels. We postpone spreading good about others but are eager to spread evil about others. Leaving aside these aspects, as per the word, "good" means the best thing that you and I got (as Christians) and no one else in this world got i.e., Salvation, Heavenly Kingdom, healing for spiritual ailments etc. This is something that nobody in this world can give. It means that we must immediately share this good news of Gospel with our neighbors i.e. helping them to reach heaven.
Many people think that works of charity, going to church regularly, giving tithes etc can lead us to heaven. But along with these, our prime duty is to share this good news of Gospel with our neighbors. It is our Lord Jesus commandment, "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them." (Eph 2:10). We must not leave it for the pastors or evangelists to do as this work is to be done by all the disciples of Christ, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age, Amen." (Matt 28:19-20).
And He said to them "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned."(Mark 16:15-16). Gospel spreading means not only through open meetings but it should be preached daily on an individual basis also. Anybody who is not obeying this command is also sinning, says the Word of God (Eph 4:25). Let us question ourselves, how many of us are really saved? Those who are under the false impression that they are 100% Christians are also sinners, but they must realize that they are still sinning (Rom 3:23, 5:12).
IV All Unrighteousness is Sin. ( I John 5:17)
As noted above, there are many types of so called righteous people. If you say some person "X" is a good man, somebody may say there is no one as bad as him. As per God's thoughts, believing and following God is righteousness. People get offended when they are asked to keep faith in God as if they are being asked to commit robbery. Some Indians, who oppose Christ, want science from abroad, technology from abroad, foreign goods, trips abroad, studies abroad, jobs abroad, treatment abroad, and lastly they need funds from abroad to run their country but not Christianity from abroad. The staunch patriots, swadeshi followers, have all foreign imported goods in their home. Anyhow, Christ was born in Asian continent. As people are growing in number, countries are growing in number. For example, before 1947, Pakistan and Bangladesh were part of India. Today's great scientists are either Christians or Jews. The Bible taught them science. There are some who think that Christ is a God of Christians as all other religions have their Own Gods. Some believe that Christ is one of the reincarnations of God.
That is why people are still in sin and darkness. As per the gentiles, they are better in many ways than the Christians as they think of worldly good deeds that is of no avail. Today's Christians are in the same spiritual state as were the Israelites. In spite of being Christians for many years, they are following rules made by man. They truly believe they must be as Christ, but they appear completely opposite. Saying that they do not love this world, they are busy acquiring worldly wealth. In the name of God, they are robbing people, like they pray to Christ instead of praying to God through Christ. Some Christians believe in Christ, some in Holy Spirit. Some believe in both but not in God the Father. This way, they are choosing their own way as per their interests. Everyone should believe in God, Christ and Holy Spirit are unique, three (3) different individuals separately. Anything other than that is unrighteousness and a sin.
To say more, only Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came in flesh to this world and sacrificed his flesh and blood for us. But not that God came to earth. The Father doesn't have reincarnation. He doesn't have the need to do so "By this you know the Spirit of God; every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh of God." (I John 4:2) If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater, for this is the witness of God who He has testified His Son. He who believes in the Son of God as the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son." (I John 5:9-10) While participating in the Holy Communion, they would pray saying God, it is your blood and your flesh. This is another dreadful sin. God is far above flesh and blood. He is a Spirit. We must pray thanking God for the flesh and the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son.
In most of the churches, this sloka is recited and preached: "Sarvapaapa parihaaraardham......tad raktam Paramaatmaanam punyadaana baliyaagam," saying God, the Creator sacrificed his life to confirm it as true quoting from the Bible. The one who died for us is the son of the living God, Christ!" And Simon Peter answered and said -You are the Christ, the Son of the living God".(Matt 16:16) The spirit that doesn't believe that Jesus Christ came in flesh is not of God. Those who listen to wrong preaching and encourage it are partaking in this sin. Greeting anyone who doesn't get the message of Christ is also wrong." Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him" (II John 9,10).
We must believe that Christ Jesus is the way and only through him we can reach our God the Father. Similarly, we must believe that Father is a different individual, Son is a different individual, and so is the Holy Spirit. We can see the 3 of them differently at the same time and in the same place " Then Jesus, when He had been baptized, came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying- This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matt 3:16-17, Mark 1:9-11, Luke 3:21,22). God, the Father of all is One. He is in all, means also in Christ and in the Holy Spirit, in You and in Me, and in Everybody. But as per the word of God, believing in Trinity (i.e. God exists only in Christ, Holy Spirit) is a great mistake."
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SIN Leading to Death. (I John 5:18)
This statement sounds unique and astounding. This statement gives us an understanding that there is sin which does not lead to death and there is sin which leads to death. It seems as if there is sin, which God forgives and forgets about, that does not lead to death and vice versa. The Bible quotes that blaspheming or opposing the Holy Spirit is an unforgivable sin. "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but ever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or inn the age to come." (Matt 12:31, 32). Even Stephen says so. "You stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you....." (Acts 7:51-53)
But here, Israelites relentlessly time and again opposed and disobeyed the law of God. Their hearts were always after worldly pleasures. The prophets spoke with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and opposing them was opposing the Holy Spirit. Jesus himself, when in body, warned them many a times. Before him, John the Baptist called them "vipers." Prophet Isaiah spoke thus: "...And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men..." (Mark 7:6-8). Those who give importance to manmade principles rather than to God's law are committing a sin leading to death.
Here is a fine example: Nowadays, many Christians and preachers think that it is very difficult and impossible to obey and follow all that is written in the Bible. Is it really so difficult to follow the Bible? Think about it! It seems difficult if man thinks in a worldly way, but if he thinks spiritually, it would seem easy to follow the Bible. "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light"(Matt 11:28-30). Jesus says that the burden of the work that he has given us is lighter. After that, the apostles wrote thus: "For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome."(I John 5:3). God also spoke thus about the laws he gave to the Israelites:
" For this commandment which I command you today, it is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off..."(Deut. 30:11-14)
Before Christ came, when Christ came, and after he was lifted up; in many places it has been written that it is easy to do the will of God. And, it would be wrong to say it tough to read the Bible (that is sinning against the Holy Spirit). So, better be careful how you comprehend the word of God! The most important being to believe Jesus is Son of God and we should believe in God by hearing and not by seeing. Don't ever say, "My faith is mine and your faith is yours." "Our preacher preaches as per the revelation he gets and your preacher as per the revelation he gets." Everything is same etc.,
When taking the Holy Communion, to pray saying "O God it is your blood, you have died for our sins would be incorrect. There are many other aspects, speaking things against God, doing so, or preaching so is a sin leading to death. " (Heb. 6:4-6). To use Biblical prophecies at one's own discretion is a dangerous sin. There are some prophecies written about Jesus Christ in the book of Isaiah, which some preachers say they have been written for them and even publish in their magazines, literature saying so...Is 41:1-3, 42:1-7, 61:1-3 etc. These prophecies have been fulfilled in Christ as were written for Christ only! If we read Luke 4:16-21, and Matt 11:4-6 we will found how these (our) preachers are deliberately doing the "Sin leading to death". There are innumerable wrong principles and doctrines in the churches, for which to write this book won't be enough. You please think and becareful about Antichrists and false prophets.
SIN Which Doesn't Lead to Death (I John 5:17)
The wages of sin is death (Rom 3:23). God told this only. But God is saying again, there is sin that doesn't lead to death. It shows how much really He loves us. But what is sin that actually doesn't lead to death? We already know about the sin leading to death. We have to think carefully, let's search the scriptures. "Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like...(Gal 5:19-21) These are the sins born from the body. God calls them bodily lusts.
How great a person may be tends to get angry within no time. It is impossible to stop their anger. It calms down after some time though. Some become slaves of it even. God says that when it is brought under control, it doesn't lead us into sinning. " I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law." (Gal 5: 16-18). God himself is giving the assurance that he would forgive this transgression. Similarly....
"Therefore, putting away lying, each one speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. 'Be angry, and do not sin,' do not let the sun go down on your wrath"(Eph. 4: 25-26). Here is one more common error that God is talking about, "lying". Some people sin by lying under some inevitable circumstances. Similarly, he says let your anger not lead you into sin. Even a small kid harbors anger in him For e.g., If suddenly something he is holding is snatched, he will retaliate or would cry. Animals also react in some way or the other when annoyed. We have this anger in us as our Father, our God, (Exo.20: 5, Psalms 2:12 etc...) also has it. Sometimes, we regret for any wrong that we do. In the same way, we must forgive those who commit a wrong against us. God does say that He will forgive us when we turn back from world and its lusts. There are some more examples to the sin does not leading to the death, at present this is more than enough. In summary, it appears that we can avoid sins committed through our bodies by exercising control over it and be forgiven but the spiritual sins cannot be forgiven. Doubting the word of God would be an unforgivable sin.
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all" (Eph 4: 4-6). If our faith is such, we are partakers in sin. This way, a Christian is also sinning. Now, we have come to know about sin and its origin, and today, where a Christian stands. Let us now do a search about how is man a sinner by birth, our main topic. We understood that all have sinned (Rom 3:23), so why the aspect "sinner by birth" came into existence? Let us do some more research to arrive at the right conclusion.
Though it may be ordinary men or Christians who are na�ve are going astray. It is actually the fault of the preachers. Thus, we see them humbly praying so: "Oh! Father, we are sinners by birth, the unfortunate ones, dirty worms" etc. Oh! When God hears such prayers, how frustrated he must be getting because he has made them holy? Are there any rebirths or many births of a soul? We can find them in the books written by many and many poets and stories written about rebirth. People blindly believe this fiction. Bible never encourages blind belief. It has always taught us to carefully examine what we believe, no wonder why it is called the best book. God says in the Bible that men should die only once (Heb 9:27). It is ridiculous to see people believing that a sinner is born as a pig, a snake, a dog etc in his next birth. If there is really rebirth, God should give a chance to be forgiven in that birth itself or must give a chance of rebirth after the punishment is over. Otherwise, it would appear as God's fault. We should not believe in such a God as we don't remember our life in previous birth and we do not know what will happen to us in the next birth. Thus, rebirth has no essence and the God who put them also seems unjust.
Man actually has the spirit of God in him, which has the knowledge to discern and is free to act and the animals have the spirit of servants' i.e., they do as they are told but cannot act in freedom. Their spirit gets destroyed with them but our spirit becomes powerful after leaving our bodies. Any other animal cannot bear it in. The Word of God says that God made man in his own image." Then God said - Let Us make man in Our own image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them"(Gen1: 26,27). If man is a sinner by birth, with the spirit of God in him, then the spirit in him also must be a sinner. There is no scope for the spirit of God to be a sinner. Those who deceive others with incorrect doctrines are sinners. If we think about Darwin, though he was born of a human, has been successful in misleading many into believing that man evolved from monkey.
Did Bible ever say that man is a sinner by birth? Let us find out. God wanted to have many children. He wanted all of them to come to him through Christ who had already been born to him, even before the foundation of the earth and the creation (Eph 1:4-6). He made Human Body with the 5 essential elements of the universe and breathed into him life-giving Spirit that God has, that God is. From Him came man and woman. He joined them and blessed them to be fruitful (Gen. 1:28). So, husband and wife joining together to give birth to a child is not a sinful deed. This blessing was given by God even before they sinned. Even later on, he commanded them and blessed them. But, today, many couples look at it as a sinful act and thereby are insulting God. " Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband Let the husband render to his wife the effection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband". (I Cor 7:2,3) says that every husband and wife must do their duties to each other without fail.
Is joining a couple with so much of pomp in the presence of all relatives and servants of God only to lead them into sinning? God says that marriage is the most honorable in all, and the bed undefiled (Heb 13:4). The words "Honorable in all" mean that among all incidents happening in life like birth, growth, job, baptism, salvation, death, etc; Honorable in all as his plan for us is great. It's the foundation for the birth of his children. And so, intercourse between those who are not wife and husband is a sin, adultery, but the child being born of them is not a sinner as children are a gift from God "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord. The fruit of the womb is His reward" (Psalms 127:3).
Solomon, who was born to the adulterers, David and Bathsheba, was one of the wisest men. A gift from God would always be good and holy. The fact is that it is getting defiled by sinfulness of man. God is the one giving birth to all of us (Eph 4:6). If He doesn't build our bodies (House of God), all our labor in building is in vain "Unless the Lord builds the House, the Labor in vein who build it" (Psalms 127:1). Man's body is the Temple/house/dwelling of God, and He built it with his own hands. The body is only embodying the Spirit of God in us. Man's birth is holy, so he is godly by birth " I said you are Gods, and all of you are the children of the Most High" (Psalms 82:6), "Jesus answered them is it not written in your law, I said you are Gods? If He called them Gods, to whom the word of God came (and the scripture can not be broken)" (John 10:34,35)
God questioned Job in first verse and then answered him "Do you know it, because you were born then, or because the number of your days great? " (Job 38:21). God in one instance says that there are people who have not sinned. Let us find out who they are. "Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that have not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression...( Rom 5:14). Those who have not sinned also will die because that is a curse on the body. Because God said Adam's body will return to mud, the bodies of all people will return to earth. But in another instance, God said that all have sinned. This also is true. Let's find out from Jesus' teachings:
Jesus said, "Do not stop little children from coming to me, the Kingdom of God is theirs." (Matt 19:13-14, Mark 10:13-16, Luke 18:15-17). It means that na�ve children who die inherit the Kingdom of God because they are holy by birth. They haven't sinned till they die, that's why they will go to heaven and do not need baptism even. After death, they immediately go to paradise and then to heaven, but as they grow up they fall into many sins of this world and become sinners (Rom 3:23). When the disciples asked Jesus, "Who sinned? The child or his parents?" Jesus said, "Neither he nor his parents have sinned but for God's glory to be revealed in him he was born blind" (John 9:3). God made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.
Even though Jesus, was born as a human and had a sinful body but he did not sin. Adam and Eve were not sinners by birth. People being born from them till now are the same. Our body inherits the sinful nature and many diseases from our parents, but we are all spirits, portions of God's Spirit. " You, O LORD, are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot" (Psalm 16:5),"You are my portion O LORD"; (119:57), " The LORD is my portion, sys my soul..."(Lam 3:24), " as long as my breath is in me, and the breath of God in my nostrils" " The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life" (Job 27:3, 33:4). Our body being born holy in this world is getting defiled in this world and so God is asking us to become holy again by being cleansed by the blood of Christ.
If God has made us to be born as sinners, why should we pray? Did we ask him to make us like that? We are not a donation to our parents but a Gift. Why this punishment on us then? The one who made us so should take care of our sins then. That is why God has asked us to change our heart to repent but didn't say "let there be repentance!" Though we were born holy and good, we got defiled and so he is calling us back to him to become holy again " Truly, this only I have found; that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes" (Ecc 7:29). For example, Pure gold though defiled by impurities is washed in acid and cleansed of all impurities. Can silver at any cost become gold? Anything born sinful cannot ever become holy. " ...But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct. Because it is written 'Be holy, for I am holy'...knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot". (I Pet.1: 14-19) It is still a mystery why people are accepting that we are sinners by birth.
"Behold! I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me." (Psalms 51:5). King David wrote this psalm after being rebuked by Prophet Nathan. Man always tries to defend himself when he is wronged and so he cries, "Father, I am born in sin, in sinful world, and have sinned." God instructed us on how we must read the scriptures. Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that need not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (II Tim 2:15). Now, we must correctly divide the word. Did David say, "I was born with sin?" or "I was born in sin?" We must know how Satan is trying to blindfold us saying man is born with sin.
Let us look and think at a good example. In our common talk, people say, "I was born in America." Does that mean that America gave birth to him? Or does it mean that I was born of my parents who were in America? Let us try to understand what David said in this way: "For until the Law, sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no Law." (Rom 5:13). Though there was sin in the days from Adam to Moses, God ignored till the Law came into existence " But now we have delivered from the Law; having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter..." (Rom 7:6-11). Though David was an Israelite, at the time of his birth, sin was in the world, and sin around him overpowered him. He only prayed but did not defend himself saying he sinned because his mother sinned and that he was born a sinner.
Even now, there is sin in this world, and we are all being born into sinful world, but Jesus broke away the yoke of sin on the Cross. Many unstable, illiterate preachers are preaching doctrines forgetting that God commanded man and woman and blessed them to be fruitful. Today's Christians have gone to a situation wherein they happily accept if they are taught that they are sinners by birth but won't accept the truth that they have to regain their lost glory in God. If still somebody wants to argue that the first man, Adam, was a sinner and Eve born of him is a sinner, then John the Baptist born of them also should be a sinner by birth. "...For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither win nor strong drink, He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb..." (Luke 1:13-17).
If virgin Mary born as an Israelite, when the Law was ruling, is a sinner then, Jesus born to her also must be a sinner by birth as was born as a man " For there is ONE GOD and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus"(I Tim 2:5). If Mary fulfilled the Law, where was the need for Jesus to come? The Bible says that none can become righteous by fulfilling the Law "knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but by faith in Jesus Christ...I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain" (Gal 2:16-21). "But was not a sinner by birth but holy." Jesus, who was born when there was sin in the world had the likeness of sinful flesh and condemned sin in the flesh (Rom 8:1-3).
So, now, Adam's sin is dead. Is it just to say, I'm born a sinner because my parents have sinned?" If my parents are holy, don't I need to repent for my sins? Don't I need to be baptized even if my parents are baptized? Only those who sin are sinners. Even if my mother and father gave birth to me in adultery, I am sinless as I am a gift from God, in the image of God, and because the fault of my parents is not my fault. "The fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin" (Deut 24:16), "Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine; the soul who sins shall die" "The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself"(Ezek 18:4, 20), (Jer 31:29,30) God never sins and doesn't say anything wrong. Did apostles who were preaching truth at any time talk about being born a sinner? They agreed that they have sinned and become sinners " If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a lie , and His word is not in us" ( I John 1:10). Paul, who described himself as the chief sinner said that he became a sinner by sinning.
People who say they are sinners by birth even believe that they are Christians by birth. Satan has 2 tongues. Think deeply! Nobody is a Christian, a Muslim, or a Hindu by birth, but only a man, in the image of God. For e.g., an infant separated from his mother and brought up in a forest cannot recognize even his parents when he grows up. We recognize our mother and father only because we were told so. We start following our elders and become a Christian, a Muslim, or a Hindu as we grow up." And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch .So it was that for a whole year they assembled. And the decibels were first called CHRISTIANS in Antioch. (Acts 11:26,27). As per the law of a country, we inherit the cast, creed, and citizenship by birth from our parents. Even the Bible says that (Gal 2:15, II Cor 11:22), and the Apostle Paul says, "We are Jews by birth."
Faith (Christianity) cannot be inherited because if I name my son as Yesudass, he may grow up and become a devotee of Ayyappa or he may become an atheist as Abraham T. Kovur, a smuggler, or a naxalite even as per the circumstances. A man follows a faith or a religion of his choice as he grows up. Christianity is not a religion, a way , Jesus said to him "I am the way, the truth, and the life..." (John 14:6). Some politicians misunderstood this and are declaring man as belonging to a certain religion by his birth. They are tying even kids with this bond of religion. Though there is no freedom to change religion, people are changing their caste within no time. If a person's name or his father's name is in the Bible, they call him Christian. The names written in Bible like Abraham, Isaac etc were Chaldeans / Hebrews. Jacob, Joseph, Moses, and David etc. were not Christians but were Israelites. How many Christians know this? Even Jesus Christ was an Israelite, not a Christian.
When God himself doesn't forcibly make us believe in him, who gave these rulers the right? In today's society, we see boards like cemetery of Christians, Muslims, Hindus etc. and people fighting for them. Is there a caste, creed, and religion to a dead body (man) also? Can anyone be sure that he will be lifted up to heaven because he has been cremated as per the Christian rituals? When body itself is a refuse, what is the value of a dead body? (John 6:63). Whether it be burnt, cremated, kept in a box or not, cross is inscribed on it or not, or driven away by waves in rivers, doesn't matter. Because Jesus said that body is refuse. He said, "The dead will bury the dead." (Luke 9:60). Nobody wants your dead body, neither your relatives, Satan, nor your God who created you .Then He said to them ,"Take head what you hear...."(Mark 4:24).
Can a HOLY one be born of a SINNER?
In the yesteryears, the only people with whom Apostle Paul had to argue and due to whom he had hardships were Jews. In those days, those who troubled Christ and his way were Jews. Even now, those who are insulting Christ and Christianity are Christians. It has become easier to help a gentile convert, but a tougher task is to try to change the Christians who are following the wrong doctrines. I have recently come across a brother who was confident that only his Church will reach heaven and there is peace only in his Church. He questioned me thus: Who can bring a holy one out of an unclean? (Job 14:4) and as Adam is a sinner, we all are sinners by birth," he said. That is what they are being preached it seems. His Church reminds me of a frog in a well. They won't go to other Christians and neither would allow their members to go out. Whatever they believe they claim is correct, like the worldly Israelites.
Let us open our Bibles: Job is lamenting in grief crying, "Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?"(Job 14:4.) He spoke correctly. In the Bible, one word cannot contradict another word, each statement written should tally with other statement in it. So, again, I read the Bible to find out more. In the same book of Job 33:9, Elihu, his friend, writes what Job said, "I am clean without transgression. I am innocent, neither is there any iniquity in me." Other than Job or Elihu's verdict, God himself is declaring Job as righteous. "And the Lord said unto Satan, have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the Earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God and hates evil.?"( Job 1:8, 2:3,10.) This is the testimony of God. Nobody can deny it except the preachers of Satan. Even though his wife chided him to insult God and die, he didn't.
When man is a sinner by birth, how can a righteous man be born to him? We should at first understand that man's birth has a purpose and has been pre-planned by God. He is not an embodiment of sin, but he is born in the image of God (The Spirit of God in him) "It is Spirit who gives life: the flesh profits nothing."(John 6:63, Rom 7:18-24), "I am ...Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you"(Phil 1:21-24). Our body is mortal but the spirit within it is immortal and we must realize that we are this spirit which is a part and partial of God who is also a Spirit. The preaching of the Christ crucified says, "Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day..." (II Cor 4:16-18). The outer man, the body, is sinful but the inner man, the spirit, is a good man (Gal 5:16-21, Rom 7:8-24).
Though Adam's body was without sin, became sinful later on. We all, born of Adam's body have sinful bodies. And all the coming crores of bodies would be sinful too. No body can come without that sinfulness. That is why Jesus also had sinful body "For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh. God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin .He condemned the sin in flesh" (Rom 8:3,4, Heb2: 14-18, 4:7-8). Job also had a sinful body but didn't commit sin. Job's spirit i.e., Job was without sin. So, beginning with Adam, we all are getting a division of the Spirit of God from our parents (Acts 17:26), "But if you are without chastening of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons"(Heb 12:7-8).
"Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak. For he was still in the loins of his father (Abraham) when Melchizedak met him" (Heb 7:4-10, I Pet 1:22, 23). Our spirit has come from God, as Adam got the spirit from God, so we are without sin. We are becoming sinners by obeying our sinful body. Being defiled by sin, we are falling into punishment, but we are not sinners by birth. Job has opened the eyes of these wrong preachers. Now we know that from a sinful body, a holy body cannot come but from a clean spirit a clean spirit can be born. Read and think about Gods plan....
All the men are judged as sinners after death only. "And as it is appointed for men to die once; but after this the judgement" (Heb 9:27) because we may repent even just before our death. This is the wonderful chance given to men by God the Father. We are giving birth to our children before our death, i.e. before we were not judged as sinners. That is why our children who are the Spirit of God are Holy (clean). This is the wonderful plan of God. As we try to trace the root of our birth, we will know that we all came from Adam "And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth and has determined their pre appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings". (Acts 17:26) And Adam came from God. Let us try to understand the master plan of the God. "Just as He choose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love..." (Eph 1:4-6) We can understand this plan of God only with the help of the Spirit. Oh! Worldly Israelites, at least realize now! Don't sin anymore by making our Father in heaven a sinner by saying that your are sinners by birth.
WAS CHRIST'S BODY SPECIAL?
Jesus had a body like ours, a sinful body. He came to this earth with this body only (Rom 8:3,4) as per Bible. Many worldly Israelites do not agree with this. They don't accept the Holy Spirit's teaching. Though Jesus himself said that he is man, an Israelite by flesh (Rom 9:4,5, John 19:5, I Tim 2:5), people don't believe. If the body that he has is not sinful, what is his specialty then? We would say that if we are given that body, even we won't sin. God would seem to be unjust if he would demand holiness from our sinful body, and there would be no meaning to Christ's coming. What do the scriptures say about it? He cried in tears to the one (God) who could save him from death. (Heb. 5:5,6) Also in Hebrews 2:14-18, "Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, i.e., the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For indeed, he does not give aid to angels, but he does give aid to the seed of Abraham. Therefore, in all things, he had to be made like his brethren that he might be a merciful and faithful High priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people."
We know what about the descendants of Abraham. They were just like us with sinful bodies, who could not overcome the temptation but fell into temptation most of the times. Please read I Tim 1:8-11. Do you know, how much Christ's body troubled him? Just before being crucified "...He went a little further and fell on His face and prayed, saying O My Father if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will but as You will..." (Matt 26:37-39, Mark 14:33-36, Luke 22:42), he cried to God to protect him from being crucified if it was God's will. Jesus never gave in to temptations. He remained victorious "concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. Through whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name...." (Rom 1:3-7), and now as God, he is on the right side of God, the Father.
Jesus came in the sinful body to prove that in spite of it man can still be holy and win over temptations through God's help. Because Christ didn't sin, it is written so: "For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." (Col 2:9). We, men are becoming sinners by sinning. (Rom 3:23). Christ in his Second Coming is going to come with a glorious body as per the Bible. "So, Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for him, he will appear a second time, apart from Sin, for salvation." (Heb: 9:28) I hope you agree with me now that Christ had a sinful body on his first coming and will be in a glorious body on his Second Coming.
Dear brethren!
Till now, by the wisdom of God, what we have understood is that man is becoming a sinner by sinning but not a sinner by birth. Similarly, based on name, language, culture, or by being born in a Christian family, a man cannot become a Christian. My body may be sinful but I am not as per Holy Spirit teachings (Rom 7:18-24). I and my body are different. Our body can be a sinful one by birth but not WE. Sin entered the world by sin of Adam, but not into our spirits. Whatever is in this world i.e., even our body made of earth " .... For all that is in the world - the lust of flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life - is not of the Father but is of the world..." (I John 2:15-17) is sinful.
God has called us to be victorious over the sin in our body and in this world "I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh" (Gal 5:16), (Rom. 8:12, 13). We are forgetting that and are making friendship with this world. God himself told that children should not be punished for the sin of their parents (Duet 24:16). He said, that one's sin is going before and after him (Tim 5:24). God doesn't change his word. So, even if Adam has sinned, now we don't become sinners.
This is the preaching of the Christ crucified (I Cor 1:23, II Cor 2:1-16) not the teaching of the Prophets or the Old Law. Remember what Jesus told while he was in flesh about the Holy Spirit " And when He has come He will convict the world of sin and righteousness and of judgement". (John 16:8) And one more important thing this world should remember and accept that the teaching of Brother Paul who preached the Christ crucified is " In the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my Gospel". (Rom 2:16,16:25-27, Eph 3:3-11). Based on Apostle Paul's Gospel, I wrote this subject. So, only when we sin we will be judged as sinners. (Rom 3:23).
We shouldn't forget that through Adam sin entered the world but through Christ sin has been removed from the world "...Therefore, as through one man s offence judgement came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man s righteous act the free gift came to all mean, resulting in justification of life..." (Rom 5:12-21, 8:1-4). So, now in New Testament sin is not ruling over us. Then and now, man is a sinner by deeds but not by birth. God has revealed this wise way through our brother, Lord Jesus Christ, His Son in these end days. As how Jesus didn't sin in spite of being in a human form, he has asked us to do so. Is it possible for us?
Yes of course. Very simple, look at a living proof in the nature that God has made. Out of the marshy stinking waters grows a lotus flower giving its sweet fragrance till it dies. Also, we know how salty the ocean is, but the fishes therein are not salty to taste. So, at least from now on, let us, we who were born with a purpose, in the image of God, wash away our sinful nature in the blood of Christ, being transformed into the image of his holiness till the end or would you still elect to continue in the wrong doctrine that you are a sinner by birth and cry out in prayers saying I am a worm of the dung, I am dirty mud, etc. I can't change, change me if you are still willing. It is up to you whether you want to change your thinking and praying or want to make God a sinner. This is the SIN leading to death if you still call, think and preach that we are sinners by birth.
That would mean that we should grow up from our righteousness to the righteousness of God, which the Israelites could not do. "Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God". (Rom 10:1-3)