ETCF VI.51 ORIGINAL SIN

From Essential Truths of the Christian Faith by R.C. Sproul
(c) 1992 R. C. Sproul Published by Tyndale ISBN 0-8423-2006-1

Part VI. Human Beings and the Fall
51. ORIGINAL SIN

Summary:
1. The universality of sin cannot be accounted for by pointing to societal
or environmental factors.
2. The universality of sin is explained by the Fall of mankind.
3. Original sin does not refer to the first sin, but to the result of that sin.
4. All people are born with a sinful nature or “original sin.”
5. We all sin because we are sinners by nature.

Biblical passages for reflection:
Genesis 3:1-24;
Jeremiah 17:9;
Romans 3:10-26;
Romans 5:12-19;
Titus 1:15;

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