You were not born with ‘original sin’ as the Roman Catholics teach, you were born with the image of Adam, something far more deadly than mere sins you can commit

If you look at the photo at the top of this article, you see Adam and Eve, and the snake, with an apple. The Bible says nothing about an apple in the Garden that day, if you want to make a case for a fruit being the ‘forbidden fruit’, you’d want to take a look at grapes starting in Numbers 6:3. But just as the Bible doesn’t teach that Adam and Eve ate an apple, it also doesn’t teach that every human born after they fell has ‘original sin’, because they don’t. It is something far deeper, it is the deadly ‘image of Adam’ that will send your soul to Hell. It’s not so much that we commit sin, but rather that we are born sinners with Adam’s image fused into our DNA.

“And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:” Genesis 5:3 (KJB)

In the gospel of John, Jesus says something quite curious to Nicodemus, and he has no idea what Jesus is talking about. Jesus tells Nicodemus “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.” Jesus is telling him that his physical birth generated him with the image of Adam, and that he needed a spiritual birth to receive the image of God. Take a look at some of these verses speaking to that:

• “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJB)
• “And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.” 1 Corinthians 15:45-47 (KJB)
• “For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:” Ephesians 2:14-16 (KJB)
• “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” 1 Corinthians 15:22 (KJB)

Do you see what those verses are telling you? When you were born, you were born into Adam and received his fallen image. When you become born again, the ‘old man’ is taken away and the ‘new man’ is born. Where does the concept of ‘original sin’ come from? Why it comes from the Roman Catholic Church! They teach that your ‘original sin’ can only be ‘washed away’ in a Roman Catholic baby baptism ritual. Ha! Also not in the Bible in either Testament. Please see Acts 8:35-38 (KJB) for ‘more on that story’.

Years ago, someone asked me what ‘religion’ I was, and I replied that I am born again. And they said, “oh, you’re one of the born again’ers, not me. I don’t need that. I’m just a regular Christian.” No, you’re not. Either you are born again and in the Body of Christ, or you are lost, stuck in the image of Adam and heading for Hell. But what about the babies? Glad you asked.

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.” Romans 5:12,13 (KJB)

God is not a Calvinist, He doesn’t bring souls into the world in order to save some and damn the rest. Maybe R.C. Sproul and John MacArthur taught that, but the Bible sure doesn’t. In His mercy and grace, God does not impute sin to the soul that is not aware they have sinned against Him. This includes all babies, people with Down Syndrome, severe mental impairment and retardation, souls who got killed in abortion, you get the idea. But once you are awake and aware that there is a God and He has a Law, at that point, you become accountable at whatever age that is. This is why being a witness for Jesus Christ, handing out gospel tracts and telling people how to get saved is so very vital and important.

If you are ‘in Adam’ with his image, you’re a dead man walking. Being born again in Jesus Christ erases that image, generates you reborn in the image of God, and then seals you unto the day of Redemption. We live in an highly image conscious world, whose image do you have?

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (KJB)

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