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Originally Posted by acerrak
i dont believe people are born with sin. what sin has a child done? who sin do they inherit?
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True a baby is not born sinning. But we are born in bondage to sin within. Paul referred to this bondage to sin in Rm. 6:6 as the old man. Which is why it is important it is put to death or remitted as well as being buried in Jesus Christ.
Meaning we are in bondage to this old man, which I believe is a spirit being that was put into the first two, this being passed down to us from then on.
And that is because of the Words God said in the very beginning about everything reproducing after its own kind. True at that time he was speaking of in the natural realm. But it is also true concerning the spiritual realm too.
And that is why we need a Savior. And is also why it says in Rm. 3: 23 all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
Also, I think if you check it out. The image of God that man was made in to begin with, was also lost when they committed the sin, partaking of that tree also according to what it says in Rm. 8:29. Otherwise, why would we have to be conformed to the image of His Son if that image had remained.
So people that think they are born in the image of God, have to be mistaken because of what that scripture says in Romans.