The Meaning of Original Sin

There are two meanings of Original Sin:

1) The first sin and fall of Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis
2) The consequence of this sin is humanity's fallen state and separation from God and tendency toward personal sin

We can use the term Original Sin to describe the events in Genesis 2-3 that details the Fall and how and why Adam and Even personally sinned.

Here are the consequences of Adam and Eve's Original Sin:

1) Death
2) Suffering
3) Inclination toward sin (concupiscence)

We are, therefore, born with the consequences of Original Sin.

This doesn't make us sinful or bad. Being born with Original Sin simply means we are born in need of God's sanctifying grace. It is this grace that he imparts through the death and resurrection of his son.

That sanctifying grace defeats death and reunites us with God. What remains is a tendency we have towards sin and the separation from God through personal sin. This is why we need God's habitual grace.

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[ashirmalik]

I'm a muslim thats learning about other religions. Were very similar, love my Christian brothers.

[bcg]

Where in Genesis or in the Old Testament as a whole is Adam’s disobedience in the Garden of Eden described as the cause of universal human sinfulness and guilt.
Inherited sinfulness is not one of the curses on Adam.

[aasharrehman]

But Ezekiel 18:20 literally contradicts this idea. How can the children of Adam receive the sin of their father when in that verse it says "The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them."

[theaveragemoe]

What about all the people that existed before Jesus peace be upon him took on the human form. Were their souls not saved?

[Dragon-blgi]

Wouldn't you think an all mighty creator could have made things more simple to understand. Example, thousands of religions and none can agree. Paul wrote that God is not the author of confusion. But scripture/Bible is absolutely confusing and interpreted hundreds of different ways.

[audimaster]

One can trace it back even further. Sin “miss the mark” as in archery. Sin was roughly translated originally from non alphabetic cuneiform language. It was originally the idea of living out of sync. This aligns with the origins of all religious foundations were more for survival and being able to succeed on this planet. Time and seasons are incredibly important for such ancient modern humans as the need to be prepared for winter was critical in societies that relied on living in one place. The term sin has been more correctly translated to “missing the mark” or not living in time with day/night and seasons. Cool huh?

[lionheartministrys]

Every time i watch Bible videos my internet stops, why??

[qwerty-qibc]

Where in the bible say this original sin?

[Lolyisme]

I becoming a docter when i grow up im like my mum i love god alot i also like speechs this is amazing

[theblessedkusinero]

original sin refers also, original sin that we had, that were born with. where is that in the bible?

[FaithfulReasoning]

How can we know what is good or bad without experiencing it and learning from it, why should we inherit sin

[peraltaman]

So becauae Adam n Eve ate an apple that made them mortal aka die thats a problem? Who wants to live forever....?

[AltKuyperian]

Put even more simply, we all fall short of the glory of God. A man’s original sin is their proclivity for evil and state of imperfection that can only be healed through God. Adam and Eve’s original sin was believing “we shall be as Gods, ” to rule the land without His wisdom.

[Khalrua]

Does the lost story of Lilith have anything to do with this concept?

[troyjohnson]

What does the tree represent? What does the serpent represent? The. Way he explained that is the way i hear most Christians explain the adam and eve story

[shifttransformations]

Come on man how can a baby make the decision to get baptized?? It's a decision to make an outward expression of an inward change.. a baby cannot make this choice..

[Skiddydebop]

Isn't the story of Adam and Eve a parable? You're talking about this as if it's a real event that actually happened. How can Original Sin exist if the story of Adam and Eve is just that, a story?

[bikashshah]

if god created adam and eve as perfect people, they would have not disobeyed and if they created as imperfect people they still made the decision to disobey but being imperfect people they would have done something wrong at some point because that's what imperfect people do. you cannot say here is an imperfect person who never did anything wrong in the entire life that absurd so if it wasn't the disobedience in the garden of Eden it would have been something else at some other time now why did God get so angry so god made them imperfect which means he shares in the responsibility god shares in the responsibility what Adam and eve did. he did not warn them by the way kids if you happen to meet a talking serpent don't listen to him because he is evil and will try to mislead you god never said anything like that. so adam a has no experience what so ever in good and evil in obeying disobeying and making moral choices so they made a mistake and incidentally. so why did go get into such divine fury at this one mistake which was likely to be done at some point because they did not have any prior experience to guide them?

[dukepeterson]

Nowhere is any of this stated in scripture. Original sin is the invention of Augustine.

[gregoriousgandhika]

Thanks for your simple but very useful explanation on original sin🙏😊