Nature of christ part 2 -the issue is still sin .A

Beware of lest ye be Deceived!

It is Satan's constant effort to misrepresent the character of God, the nature of sin, and the real issues at stake in the great controversy. His sophistry lessens the obligation of the divine law, and gives men license to sinThe Great Controversy page 569

Oxford Dictionary

Definition (noun)

a) An exact statement or description of the nature, scope,

or meaning of something:

You need not talk about getting along without any law, and yet know what sin is. The only definition of sin given in the Bible is: "Sin is the transgression of the law" (1 John 3:4). {Manuscript Releases Volume Nine 249.1}

Before the foundation of the world it was according to the determinate counsel of God that man should

be created, endowed with power to do the divine will.

God's Amazing Grace - Page 129

“At its very source human nature was corrupted”.

Review and Herald, April 16, 1901 par. 5

Genesis 8:21 for the imagination of man's heart is evil from

his youth;

SIN IN CATEGORIES

SINS OF COMMISSION

SINS OF OMISSION

SINS OF IGNORANCE

True confession is always of a specific character, and acknowledges particular sins. They may be of such a nature as only to be brought before God, they may be wrongs that should be confessed before individuals who have suffered injury through them, or they may be of a general kind that should be made known in the congregation of the people. But all confession should be definite and to the point, acknowledging the very sins of which you are guilty.(Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, 639.) {Pr 240.3}

‘If light come, and that light is set aside or rejected, then comes condemnation and the frown of God; but before the light comes, there is no sin, for there is no light for them to reject.' Testimonies, vol. 1, p. 116.

The commission of a known sin silences the witnessing voice of the Spirit and separates the soul from God . Sin is the transgression of the law."The Great Controversy Chapter 27 Modern Revivals pg 472

QUICK RECAP

Sin is the transgression of the law. Temptation is not a sin

Our only definition of sin is that given in the word of God; it is "the transgression of the law;"

Sin is the sinner's individual act. Before sin exists in the heart, the consent of the will must be given,

The commission of a known sin silences the witnessing voice of the Spirit and separates the soul from God

Before the light comes, there is no sin, for there is no light for them to reject.‘

We shall not be held accountable for the light that has not reached our perception, but for that which we have resisted and refused. A man could not apprehend the truth which had never been presented to him, and therefore could not be condemned for light he had never had

Does the Bible and

Spirit of Prophecy teach

that we are condemned

sinners from conception

because of Adam’s sin?

Does ones physical

nature determine ones

moral standing with

God? Is sin a state of

being?

Parallelism :The biblical poetry of Psalms uses parallelism as

their primary poetic device. Parallelism is a kind of rhyme, in

which an idea is developed by the use of repetition, synonyms, or

opposites.

Synonymous parallelism involves two lines expressing essentially

the same idea.

An example of synonymous parallelism:

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be

afraid? (Psalm 27:1)

Two lines expressing oppositesis known as antithetic parallelism.

An example of antithetic parallelism:

The LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way

of the wicked will perish. (Psalm 1:6)

Background and Context Psalm 51

1. Have mercy upon me, O God,

according to thy lovingkindness:

2. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity

3. For I acknowledge my transgressions:

4. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,

that thou mightest be justified when thou

speakest,

according unto the multitude of thy tender

mercies blot out my transgressions.

,and cleanse me from my sin.

and my sin is ever before me.

and done this evil in thy sight:

and be clear when thou judgest

(Psalms 51:5) (KJV)

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did

my conceive me.mother

Notice that David does not say that he was a sinner or that he is

guilty from birth. Some Bible versions say this, but that is a

theological interpretation rather than a correct translation.

(Psalms 51:5)

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and

in sin did my mother conceive me.

1) Holman Christian Standard Bible (© 2009)

Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

2) New English Translation Bible (© 2006)

Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.

3) New Living Translation (©2007)

For I was born a sinner--yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.

(Psalms 51:5) (KJV)

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did

my mother conceive me.Shapen: the Hebrew word used is chu ̂l chı ̂yl (pronounced: khool, kheel): which means to twist or whirl

Iniquity: the Hebrew word used is ‛a ̂vo ̂n ‛a ̂vo ̂n (pronounced: aw-vone', aw-vone' ): which means perversity[1], that is, (moral) evil

Sin: the Hebrew word used is che ̂tò' (pronounced: khate ): which means a crime or its penalty

Conceive: the Hebrew word used is ya ̂cham (pronounced: yaw-kham'): which means the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon

In light of these key words used in Psalm 51:5, it can be stated as;

(Psalms 51:5) (KJV)

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did

my mother conceive me.

“Behold I was twisted or twirled in perversity

and evil as a penalty through my mother when

she became pregnant with me”

“At its very source human nature was corrupted”. Review and Herald, April 16, 1901 par. 5

Both parents transmit their own characteristics, mental and physical, their dispositions and appetites, to their child.

{Christian Education 233.1}

Parents may have transmitted to their children tendencies to appetite and passion, which will make more difficult the work of educating and training these children to be strictly temperate and to have pure and virtuous habits. (Temperance pg 174 par 4)

Isaiah 49

5. And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his

servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered,

yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be

my strength.

Luke 1:13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy

wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. 14. And

thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. 15. For he

shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong

drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Psalm 22

9. But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me

hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. 10. I was cast upon thee

from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

Even the babe in its mother's

arms may dwell as under the

shadow of the Almighty through

the faith of the praying mother.

John the Baptist was filled with

the Holy Spirit from his birth. If

we will live in communion with

God, we too may expect the

divine Spirit to mold our little

ones, even from their earliest

moments.

The Desire of Ages, on page 512

Psalm 58

1. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye

sons of men? 2. Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your

hands in the earth. 3. The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as

soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Genesis 6

1. And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and

daughters were born unto them,

2. That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they

took them wives of all which they chose.

4. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons

of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the

same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Isaiah 59 2. But your iniquities have between you and your God, and your

have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

Abel had led a pastoral life, dwelling in tents or booths, and the descendants of Seth

followed the same course, counting themselves "strangers and pilgrims on the earth,"

seeking "a better country, that is, an heavenly." Hebrews 11:13, 16.For some time the two

classes remained separate. The race of Cain, spreading from the place of their first

settlement, dispersed over the plains and valleys where the children of Seth had dwelt; and

the latter, in order to escape from their contaminating influence, withdrew to the

mountains, and there made their home. So long as this separation continued, they

maintained the worship of God in its purity. But in the lapse of time they ventured, little by

little, to mingle with the inhabitants of the valleys. This association was productive of the

worst results. "The sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair." The

children of Seth, attracted by the beauty of the daughters of Cain's descendants, displeased

the Lord by intermarrying with them. Many of the worshipers of God were beguiled into

sin by the allurements that were now constantly before them, and they lost their peculiar,

holy character. …..The children of Seth went [p. 82] "in the way of Cain" (Jude 11); they

fixed their minds upon worldly prosperity and enjoyment and neglected the commandments

of the Lord. Men "did not like to retain God in their knowledge;" they "became vain in

their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened." Romans 1:21. Therefore "God

gave them over to a mind void of judgment." Verse 28, margin. Sin spread abroad in the

earth like a deadly leprosy.

The Story of Patriarchs and Prophets Chapter 6: Seth and Enoch pg. 81, 82

Sinful Nature

The Inheritance of all human beings

Sin

Are not all men

condemned as

sinners a result of

Adam’s sin? Romans

3:23 “For all have

sinned, and come

short of the glory of

God”

What did the first Adam bring

to humanity?

Romans 5:12

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:

The scriptures say that death has

passed upon all men for all have

sinned. How so? Adam was the

representative of mankind, the

head of the human race. At the

moment Adam sinned all

humanity was represented within

him. Therefore Adam condemned

not only himself at the moment he

sinned, but he condemned all

humanity to certain death. At the

moment of Adam’s sin all his

posterity became sinners through

him. Our temporal death is a

consequence of Adam’s sin.

However death is only one

indicator of Adam’s sin.

The following texts explain

the condition of man as a

result of Adam’s sin.

Genesis 8:21 “for the imagination

of man's heart is evil from his

youth”

Ephesians 2:3, we, "were by nature

the children of wrath."

These text clearly say that our

fallen natures are evil and

deserved nothing but wrath. Our

fallen natures are not righteous,

and the only just response to our

natures is destruction. Our

inheritance from Adam is definitely

not good.

Romans 5: 18.

Therefore as by the offence

of one judgment came

upon all men to

condemnation.

This text states rather

unequivocally that all men

are condemned because

of Adam's sin.

"Adam sinned, and the children of Adam share his guilt and its consequences." (Faith and Work, p. 88)

"The inheritance of children is that of sin. Sin has separated them from God... As related to the first Adam, men receive from him nothing but guilt and the sentence of death." (Manuscript Releases, vol. 9, p. 236)

"Fallen human beings... were heirs of guilt, under sentence of eternal death." (Ibid., vol. 12, p. 61)

"These dear children received from Adam an inheritance of disobedience, of guilt and death." (Ibid., vol. 13, p. 14)

Has the whole story

been told? Or is

this only half of the

total picture? Do

we need to look a

little further before

coming to final

conclusions on this

subject?

There are some rather

unique texts in the

New Testament which

speak of Christ's work

for the whole race of

mankind. Normally

we read of how the

atonement applies to

the individual sinner,

but sometimes the

focus is broadened to

include all mankind.

What did the second Adam bring to

humanity and when did he do it?

THE SUBSTITUTE

2 Corinthians 5:14.

"If one died for all, then were all dead."

In some very important sense Christ's death

affected all human beings. That includes Adam

and Eve, and it even includes Cain and Hitler.

In some way all who were to be dead received

life because of the atonement of Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:19.

God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto

himself, not imputing their trespasses unto

them.

1 Timothy 4:10

God "is the Saviour of all men, specially of

those that believe."

God's work for mankind reaches deeper than

saving those who believe in Christ.

1 John 2:2

"And He is the propitiation for our sins:

and not for ours only, but also for the sins

of the whole world."

John 3:16-17

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. For God sent not his Son

into the world to condemn the world; but

that the world through him might be saved.

Christ’s redeeming work includes not only

the sins of those who have repented and

believed in Christ, but He has done

something for all the sins that have ever

been committed.

(Romans 5:15-17)

15. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if

through the offence of one many be dead, much more

the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one

man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

16. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift:

for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the

free gift is of many offences unto justification.

17. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one;

much more they which receive abundance of grace and

of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one,

Jesus Christ.)

Romans 5:18,19

"Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to

condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came

upon all men unto justification of life.

CONDEMNATION

FROM ADAM

CONDEMNATION

FROM ADAM

CANCELLED

LEGALLY

RECONCILED

TO GOD

"He restored the whole race of men to favor with God." (1 Selected Messages 343)

"The fallen race uplifted from the pit of ruin into which sin had plunged them, and brought again into connection with the infinite God." (Signs of the Time 745)

"Though earth was struck off from the continent of heaven and alienated from its communion, Jesus has connected it again with the sphere of glory." (ST Nov. 24, 1887)

"Christ has thrown His divine arm around the human race." (Review

and Herald June 11, 1889)

These statements all address the

situation of the human race as a

whole, just as the Biblical texts

did.

The whole race had been cut off

from heaven and separated from

God by the sin of Adam, but

Jesus restored the same human

race to favor with God.

All men are brought again into

connection with God. Clearly we

are not born separated from God,

as is claimed by those who

believe we are born lost and

condemned. Jesus by his death

has made a claim on all

humanity.

Because of Adam's sin, we suffer'

under many of the curses of sin, one

of which is inheriting a fallen nature,

but this fallen nature in and of it’s

self does not constitute separation,

condemnation, or guilt.

While these inspired statements do

not say that we are born in a

righteous or in a holy state, they do

say that we begin life connected in

some important way to God. At the

very least they mean that we do not

stand condemned from birth for the

sin of Adam or for our sinful

inheritance.

The corporate condemnation which

came through Adam’s sin, is

cancelled by corporate acquittal

through Christ’s righteous life.

Ephesians 1

3.Blessed be the God and Father

of our Lord Jesus Christ, who

hath blessed us with all spiritual

blessings in heavenly places in

Christ:

4. According as he hath chosen

us in him before the foundation

of the world, that we should be

holy and without blame before

him in love:

5. Having predestinated us unto

the adoption of children by

Jesus Christ to himself,

according to the good pleasure

of his will,

How and when did this

acquittal entered the

picture for humanity?

In Genesis 2:17, God told

Adam and Eve that if they

ate of the forbidden tree

they would die in that day.

What prevented their

immediate death and the

annihilation of the human

race?

WHY DID ADAM NOT DIE THE VERY DAY HE SINNED?

"Why was not the death penalty at once enforced in his case? Because a ransom was found. God's only begotten Son volunteered to take the sin of man upon himself, and to make an atonement for the fallen race." (RH, April 23, 1901 par. 9 ) {1BC 1082.6}

"The instant man accepted the temptations of Satan, and did the very things God had said he should not do, Christ, the Son of God, stood between the living and the dead, saying, 'Let the punishment fall on Me. I will stand in man's place. He shall have another chance.'" (The Faith I Live By Chap 3 First Promise of Redemption pg 75.3). {1BC 1085.2}

"As soon as there was sin, there was a Saviour.....As soon as Adam sinned, the Son of God presented Himself as surety for the human race, with just as much power to avert the doom pronounced upon the guilty as when He died upon the cross of Calvary." (The Faith I Live By Chap 3 First Promise of Redemption pg 75.3) (1BC 1064).

Revelation 13:8

The Lamb slain from the foundation

of the world

What happened to

Adam’s Original

sin and it’s guilt?

The Sacrificial Offering

When Adam, according to God's special directions, made an offering for sin, it was to him a most painful ceremony. His hand must be raised to take life, which God alone could give, and make an offering for sin….. This ceremonial offering, ordained of God, was to be a perpetual reminder to Adam of his guilt, and also a penitential acknowledgment of his sin. { The Story of Redemption

chap 5 pg 13 50.1}

This act of taking life gave Adam a deeper and more perfect sense of his transgression, which nothing less than the death of God's dear Son could expiate. He marveled at the infinite goodness and matchless love which would give such a ransom to save the guilty. As Adam was slaying the innocent victim, it seemed to him that he was shedding the blood of the Son of God by his own hand. ….in the sacrificial offerings, pointing to the great and perfect offering of God's dear Son, there appeared a star of hope to illuminate the dark and terrible future, and relieve it of its utter hopelessness and ruin. { The Story of Redemption chap 5

p.g 13 50.2}

POINT 1

Did all men receive guilt and condemnation and the

sentence of death from Adam? Is that the legal

inheritance of all children? Absolutely. All the

statements (Texts & SOP quotation) quoted under "The

First Adam" are literally true. Adam can give us only

condemnation and death. He has no life or hope to offer

us. The question of the ages is, Were all men really freed

from that condemnation 'in Jesus Christ?

POINT 2

If it is true that we are all condemned through Adam, it

is far more importantly true that we are all freed from

that condemnation through Christ. If the first part is

true, then the glorious truth is the second part is just as

true.

POINT 3

Just as Adam condemned all men, Jesus freed all men

from condemnation. Both were without personal

involvement or choice, and both came at the same

instant of time. Adam and all human beings were given

a second chance to make up their own minds about the

gift of personal salvation.

Adam sinned, and the children of Adam share his guilt and its consequences; but Jesus bore the guilt of Adam, and all the children of Adam that will flee to Christ, the second Adam, may escape the penalty

of transgression.{Sign of the Time, May 19, 1890 par. 8}

Jesus removed the guilt and

condemnation of Adam’s sin

from all mankind (The penalty

for sin), but not the

consequences which naturally

follow, such as a fallen nature,

suffering, pain and temporal

death.(The result of sin. Evil)

What does Psalms 51:5 & Romans 5:12-14 prove?

These scriptures does not teach that fallen nature, in and of it’s self

makes one a sinner; nor does it teach that guilt is ascribed in

ignorance. It does teach two things about fallen nature.

1) Fallen nature is inherited by all children and its results are evident,

at the early stages of life; it makes us easily susceptible to

committing acts of sin,

2) Temporal death and physical maladies are a consequence of

Adam’s sin, but not evidence that guilt exist in the one who suffers

and dies.

How could one

come to the

belief that we

are sinners from

our conception

or birth?