By Gary Ray Branscome
The words, “By one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin,” tell us that there was no sin in the world before Adam and
Eve disobeyed God (Romans
If Adam and Eve had not sinned, the heart of man would not
be “Deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked,” (Jeremiah
17:9). And, the heart of man would not be producing, “Evil thoughts, murder,
adultery, immorality, theft, false witness, blasphemy” (Matthew
Because the words, “Christ
Jesus came into the world to save sinners,” and the words, “Put on the
new nature, which after the image of God
is created in righteousness and true holiness,” tell us that Christ came
into the word to save us from our sins and restore us to the image of God; the doctrine
of sin is an essential part of theology (1Timothy 1:15, Ephesians 4:24). And, we
will deal with it under three heads: a) Sin in General; b) Original Sin; and c)
Actual Sins.