Sin Nature

Could you contrast Augustine's idea of "original sin" inherited from Adam, corrupting all people, even babies (total depravity), to the idea that not everyone, even nonbelievers, are entirely evil? [Romans 2:13-15, Psalm 51:5, Romans 5:12, Ezekiel 18:20].

Do you believe that Jesus did not have the same sin nature a humans? [Hebrews 4:15, 1 James 1:14-16].

If Adam and Eve had not sinned, wouldn't sin have entered the world anyway?

Could you explain the "doctrine of original sin" in light of Romans 5? Rec: Topical Lectures, "Original Sin & Depravity." [Romans 5:12-19, Romans 3:23, Psalm 51:5, Psalm 27:10].

Can you clear up the question if we can become sinless? [John 8:11, Romans 8:3-4, 1 John 2:1, 1 Corinthians 10:12-13].

Are we still sinners, even if we don't sin to the magnitude of David and Bathsheba?

Is McGee saying that we are not responsible for being born in sin, but only for rejecting Christ when we know of Him? [Isaiah 53:4].

Does this verse in Job about man being "born to trouble" indicate that man has a naturally sinful condition? [Job 5:6-7].

Because of our sin nature, do we all have to sin?

Are "sins" separate from "the sinner" as in the phrase "Love the sinner, hate the sin." [Romans 5:8].

Do you think that Jesus had a "sinful nature?" [Romans 3:23, Romans 7:23, Romans 6:20].

Why should we be held accountable for the sins of those from the past, such as Adam & Eve, or of previous generations of sinners?

If Adam & Eve were created without a "sin nature", but yet they still sinned, then what is the difference to be with or without it? [Romans 7:23, John 8:34].

Do men have a greater propensity for sin, or carry a greater burden of sin, than do women?

Michael the Buddhist wants to talk a little more about sinful nature like he did last time he called.

Buddhist caller doesn't think he is inherently sinful. What does Steve think? [Deuteronomy 6:5]

Does you disagree with R. C. Sproul about "original sin"? [Romans 5:12-21]

Was David conceived out of wedlock? Or was he just talking about the sin nature? [Psalms 51:5]

What can you tell me about original sin? Isn't that why infants need baptisms? [Romans 5:12-21]

How do you handle the scripture; "there is none that does good"? [Romans 3:9, Psalm 14:5, Romans 2:17, Romans 2:1, Romans 1-4].

Could you talk a bit about whether a baby in the womb is already guilty of sin?

Is there any connection between when David said, "I was conceived in sin" and the fact that we all die in sin? [Psalm 51:5, Romans 5:12, Psalm 58:3, Psalm 27:10].

Does the doctrine that sin enters through men, rather than women, and that is why Jesus needed to be born of a virgin, make sense? [Luke 1].

Paul's comment about his sin, sin in his members, is this talking about his pre-Christian life or his current Christian struggle? [Romams 7:23, Galatians 5:16-17]

Are the traditional teaching regarding the inheritance of sin through men actually scriptural? [Romans 3:23, Romans 7:23, Psalm 51:5, Romans 5:12, Hebrews 7:1-10].

Do you think that our sin nature is different than the sin that Jesus was tempted by? [I John 2:15-17, Genesis 3:6].

What did David mean when he said, "in sin my mother conceived me?" [Psalm 51:5, Psalm 27:10, Romans 5:12f, I Corinthians 7:1-9, Hebrews 13:4].

Is Man inherently good or evil? [Romans 3:10-18, Psalm 14]

How were the angels able to Fall when they were in heaven, & how do we know we aren't going to sin when we get to heaven & why didn't God make us like we are going to be in heaven, never sinning again? [Jude 1:6, 2 Peter 2:4]

Why is it hard to break some sins more than others, or why some people can't seem to overcome certain besetting sins? [Galatians 5:19-26, Romans 7:14]

Caller wants to know about Calvinism, Marcionite, semi-Pelagian, Augustinian & how it call relates to original sin & the sin nature.

Caller has been listaening to a person who doesn't believe in original sin & that universalism is false, but that some people who follow Christ don't have a sinful nature. What does Steve think? [Romans 5:12-21]

If the Holy Spirit of God is in us, how is it that He can live in sinful man?

On a recent program a little while back you said, "the result of sin is death, not hell", can you explain what "death" is?

Michael the buddhist wants to talk about the sin nature, that it's all from perspective/perception.

Could you talk about what it means to be "dying in one's sins"?

What is going to keep people from sinning on the new earth, and why would He not do that from the beginning?

Are babies born guilty of sin? [Ezekiel 18:10].

If the doctrine of "original sin" is true, how could Jesus have been born sinless because Mary would've also tainted with sin? [Psalm 51:5, Psalm 27:10, Romans 5:12].

Could you talk about the doctrine of "original sin"? [Romans 5:12, Romans 2:6, I Corinthians 15, Psalms 51:5].

So can you explain how God had to buy salvation for us from the devil?

Would you comment on the sin nature that we inherited from Adam and Eve? [Romans 5:12, Psalm 51:5, Romans 7:23, I John 3:4].

Why do so many brethren still identify as sinners? [Galatians 5:17, Romans 7:20-23, Ephesians 2:8-9, James 4:7, I Thessalonians 5:16-18].

There seems to be somewhat a contradiction between what God says in Ezekiel that the father nor the son are responsible for each other's sin, but yet then it says the iniquity of the fathers will be visited to the 3rd & 4th generation. How do you harmonize these? [Ezekiel 18:20, Deuteronomy 5:9, Exodus 20:5]

I don't understand these verses in Romans 5. Can you please help? [Romans 5:13-14]

What does it mean that He "will visit the iniquities to the 3rd & 4th generations?" [Exodus 34:6, Deuteronomy 7]

What it is that frees people, especially the Christian, from the bondage of sin?

Once we are believers, are we still considered sinners? [Romans 3:23, I Timothy 1:15].

What about a person who said the sinner's prayer in their youth, yet have lived a sinful life & think they are still saved?

Do you think that Jesus would have confronted and corrected sinners when they were being inappropriate, or would He have removed Himself from them? [John 3:16-17, I Corinthians 5:12].