Seen Sin?

I realised that many of us have a misconception of "sin", even Christians. Sometin clean, clear and interesting i discovered in Wellmington and i shall just seek to summarise it:

Hope it's helpful to anyone interested:

ORiGIN OF SIN
-Introduced by Satan in the universe
-Introduced by Adam in the world

MEANING OF SIN
-" To miss the mark" ( Greek is hamartia)
-Pictured as any attitude or act of man which does not hit the bull's eye of God's glory target.
- It covers both man's inability to do right and his inclination to do wrong

THEORIES ABOUT ADAM'S SIN

1) THE PELAGIAN VIEW
-Adam's sin affected only himself and merely resulted in a bad moral example

2) SEMI-PELAGIAN VIEW
-Adam's sin merely weakened my will to sin

3) FEDERAL ( OR AUGUSTINIAN) VIEW
-Becoz of the unity of human race, Adam's sin was imputed to posterity.
-Corrupt nature begets corrupt nature
-This position taken by Paul in Romans 5 and 3:23
" For all have sinned { aorist tense, a once-for-all act in history} and come short {imperfect tense, repeatedly coming short} of the glory of God."

SUMMARY
-The Bible thus distinguishes between SIN (the root of my problem, caused by Adam) and SINS(the fruit of my problem, caused by myself)
- I am therefore not a sinner becoz i sin, but i sin becoz i AM a sinner.


It;s my last of leave and hubby is away at work. Bored.....
snoze snoze..........now back to FBI reading to Wellminton and bible.......... :)