Are we still experienceing the consequences of Adam's disobedience?

Question

Is there a spiritual message from the Bible, God speaks through the pages of life events and experiences..... God is saying,"Always do what I say," Can you?

From the begining of creation, God has required us to obey him. All through history, we have had a difficult time in doing it. Even when God warns us specifically of the consequences of disobedience, we do not always obey him.

Answer 1

God gave us the law knowing full well we are sinful creatures. The law reveals to us our need for God.God had a plan of salvation for his creation before the foundation of the world. God is righteous and man is not. The wages of is death. God came to the world in the form of man Jesus Christ to overcome temptation and to remain perfect and to pay the penalty of death for all who accept the atonement. Through one man Adam came sin and death and through one man Christ came salvation and eternal life.

Answer 2

Of course we are, the Bible says if sin enter into the world by one man Adam then redemption has come through one man. the man Jesus Christ. That is why we must be born again, for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

Answer 3

But of course the consequences are still affecting the way we act. We obey Him by not choosing to sin. If we slip, we ask for forgiveness. He says the earth is so affected by sin that even the rocks and plants cry out for change.

Answer 4

Yes

According to the Bible

"Women shall bear the pain of childbirth"
"Men shall toil mightily in the field"

All things considered..... squeezing a basketball out from between ANYONES thighs has GOTTA sting a little.... and when was the last time you saw a man following an ox across his field of corn?

Answer 5

If it was Adam’s decision to disobey God that brought sin into the world, why do we ALL have to suffer punishment?
If we are honest with ourselves, we will realize that Adam is a fair representative for all of us. If a perfect person in a perfect place decided to disobey God’s rules, none of us would have done better. Romans 5:12 says, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” We all inherit Adam’s sin nature. We all sin, so we all deserve to die and suffer eternal punishment in hell. We must understand that not one of us is innocent before God. Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” Not one of us is worthy to stand before the Creator of the universe because we would each bring a sinful, rebellious nature into His presence.
In the beginning God completely sustained His creation without blemish. That’s why it was perfect. He held every atom together in a perfect state. He kept the planets in their orbits. He kept animals from tripping and breaking their necks. He did not allow people to suffer and die.
Deuteronomy 8:4 gives us a little glimpse of how things might have been in the original creation. “Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.” God is omnipotent and perfectly capable of sustaining and protecting his creation.
When Adam sinned, however, the Lord cursed the universe. In essence there was a change and along with that change God seemingly took away a little bit of his sustaining power and allowed things like suffering and death into His creation. Now He permits bad things to happen—and this is a reminder that sin has consequences and that the world needs a Savior. Romans 8:22 says, “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.”

God took pleasure in all of His creation ("http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=revelation+4:11&version=NKJV"), but He loved people most of all. He allowed the created universe to deteriorate so we would see the consequences of our sin. If we did not see the consequences of our sin, we would never see that we need salvation from our sin, and we would never accept His offer of mercy for our sin. Most people easily recognize that there is a problem in the world. This can be used to show them that there is one who has overcome this problem of death and suffering—Jesus Christ.

Answer 6

The consequences of Adams sin is something Adam has answered for and I believe has been forgiven. We are responsible for our own actions or transactions if you will. And we will one day have to answer for them. Repentance is a wonderful thing though. We can be forgiven for our sins through repentance and the Atoning sacrifice of Christ.

Answer 7

Unfortunately, it appears to some of us that this is not a message from god but a message written by people, of various intentions, in order to get other people to behave a certain way.

If the author wishes his message to be taken seriously he has to convince about 2/3rds of the world that it is what it claims to be.

Answer 8

Yes. Every time we sin we (at some point) expereince the consequences of Adam's disobedience as it pertains to our own sin.

Answer 9

Here is what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says

407 The doctrine of original sin, closely connected with that of redemption by Christ, provides lucid discernment of man's situation and activity in the world. By our first parents' sin, the devil has acquired a certain domination over man, even though man remains free. Original sin entails "captivity under the power of him who thenceforth had the power of death, that is, the devil".Ignorance of the fact that man has a wounded nature inclined to evil gives rise to serious errors in the areas of education, politics, social and morals.

Answer 10

Yes. Man is still a false god (Gen.3:5-6) in God's sight; like it or not.