DO CHILDREN INHERIT RIGHTEOUSNESS? by steve finnell
Do children of Christian parents inherit their parents righteousness? Are they deemed righteous when they reach the age of accountability? Are they born again Christians at birth? Do they inherit the righteousness of their parents and are they automatically added to the body of Christ? Do they inherit the forgiveness of all the sins the may commit? The answers are: no, no, no, no, and no. Those are absurd questions.
Babies are born righteous, however, they do not inherit righteousness.
Babies are born righteous, however, they do not inherit righteousness.
Do children of Christian parents inherit Adam's sin? Do they inherit a sinful nature? Of course not, that would be absurd, illogical, and Scripturally incorrect. How can babies inherit sin from parents who have had their sins washed away by the shed blood of Jesus Christ? How can babies inherit a sinful nature from Christian parents who have been forgiven by God and have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit?
Not only do babies from Christians not inherit Adam's sin, neither do babies from unbelievers inherit Adam's sin.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 And I found that though God has made men upright, each has turned away to follow his own downward road. (The Living Bible-Paraphrased)
Ezekiel 18:20 "The soul that sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteous of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.(NKJV)
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned---(NKJV)
Death spread to all men because all have sinned.
Genesis 3:1-24.......22 The the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever" 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east gate of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.(NKJV)
All men inherit the consequences of Adam's sin, that is all men are denied access to the tree of life. All men will die physically as the result of Adam's sin.
All men suffer the consequences of Adam's sin, but not his guilt.
No person has nor will they inherits the guilt of Adam's sin.
Men do not inherit sin from Adam. No man has inherited guilt from parents, nor from anyone else.
Men fall short of God's glory because all men have sinned, not because Adam sinned. (Romans 3:23)
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JESUS
Was Jesus born with a sinful nature? Was Jesus born as a sinner because He inherited Adam's sin? Of course not, because men are not born with sin inherited from Adam nor are they born with a sinful nature.
2 Corinthians 5:19-21....21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteous of God in Him.(NKJV)
Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weakness, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.(NKJV)
If those who preach that all men are born with a sinful nature and that all men inherit the guilt of Adam's making them sinners at birth, are correct, then Jesus would have been a sinner at birth and born with a sinful nature. Nothing could more void of the truth than John Calvin's doctrine.
JOHN THE BAPTIST
Was John the baptist a sinner at birth because he inherited the sin of Adam? Was John born with a sinful nature?
Luke 1:13-15 ......15 "For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.(NKJV)
God filled John the baptist with the Holy Spirit in his mother's womb. If John was a sinner at birth because he inherited Adam's sin how could John be filled with the Holy Spirit? If John the baptist was born with a sinful nature at birth how did he become great in the eyes of the Lord?
DAVID
God did not create David with a sinful nature. David did not inherited Adam's sin nor the sins of his parents.
Psalm 139:13-14 For You formed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am wonderfully made, Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. (NKJV)
WHAT HAPPENED TO JOB'S INHERITED SIN AND SINFUL NATURE?
Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.(NKJV)
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INHERITED SIN AND SINFUL NATURE OF CORNELIUS?
Acts 10:1-2 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God.(NKJV)
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SINFUL NATURE AND INHERITED SIN OF NOAH?
Genesis 6:9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. (NKJV)
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SINFUL NATURE AND INHERITED SIN OF ENOCH?
Genesis 6:22-24 22...Enoch walked with God three hundred years.......24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.(NKJV)
Ecclesiastes 7:29 And I found that though God has made men upright, each has turned away to follow his own downward road. (The Living Bible-Paraphrased)
Ezekiel 18:20 "The soul that sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteous of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.(NKJV)
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned---(NKJV)
Death spread to all men because all have sinned.
Genesis 3:1-24.......22 The the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever" 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east gate of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.(NKJV)
All men inherit the consequences of Adam's sin, that is all men are denied access to the tree of life. All men will die physically as the result of Adam's sin.
All men suffer the consequences of Adam's sin, but not his guilt.
No person has nor will they inherits the guilt of Adam's sin.
Men do not inherit sin from Adam. No man has inherited guilt from parents, nor from anyone else.
Men fall short of God's glory because all men have sinned, not because Adam sinned. (Romans 3:23)
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JESUS
Was Jesus born with a sinful nature? Was Jesus born as a sinner because He inherited Adam's sin? Of course not, because men are not born with sin inherited from Adam nor are they born with a sinful nature.
2 Corinthians 5:19-21....21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteous of God in Him.(NKJV)
Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weakness, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.(NKJV)
If those who preach that all men are born with a sinful nature and that all men inherit the guilt of Adam's making them sinners at birth, are correct, then Jesus would have been a sinner at birth and born with a sinful nature. Nothing could more void of the truth than John Calvin's doctrine.
JOHN THE BAPTIST
Was John the baptist a sinner at birth because he inherited the sin of Adam? Was John born with a sinful nature?
Luke 1:13-15 ......15 "For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.(NKJV)
God filled John the baptist with the Holy Spirit in his mother's womb. If John was a sinner at birth because he inherited Adam's sin how could John be filled with the Holy Spirit? If John the baptist was born with a sinful nature at birth how did he become great in the eyes of the Lord?
DAVID
God did not create David with a sinful nature. David did not inherited Adam's sin nor the sins of his parents.
Psalm 139:13-14 For You formed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am wonderfully made, Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. (NKJV)
WHAT HAPPENED TO JOB'S INHERITED SIN AND SINFUL NATURE?
Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.(NKJV)
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INHERITED SIN AND SINFUL NATURE OF CORNELIUS?
Acts 10:1-2 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God.(NKJV)
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SINFUL NATURE AND INHERITED SIN OF NOAH?
Genesis 6:9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. (NKJV)
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SINFUL NATURE AND INHERITED SIN OF ENOCH?
Genesis 6:22-24 22...Enoch walked with God three hundred years.......24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.(NKJV)
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