How could Jesus have died for man's sin and we still have original sin?

Question

Why should the descendent pay for the sins of his forefathers, this is not just?

Answer 1

The fall of man caused a huge chasm between God and humanity. Jesus is like the bridge that gave us a way back to God. He died for our sins...he bacame the sacrifice for us...but we are still predisposed to sin and to following Satan. We still have free will. We need to choose to cross that bridge. Sin is kind of like spiritual genetics...your parents disabilities are passed on to you.

God's justice is perfect. You cannot say "this is not just" and judge God...that's dangerous. Our ideas of mercy and justice are flawed by sin. We are not perfect and therefore our justice cannot be perfect either. But God is, and his justice and mercy are absolutely perfect.

Answer 2

You've asked two questions!
The answer to your first question is that his death pays for the sins of those who would believe. Since a vast number do not believe, everybody is still born with original sin and must decide to follow Christ. Christ came to redeem those who would believe from a sinful earth...would it be fair to cleanse all of those who would be offended if they were cleansed. Many don't want it, and so God does not give it (but he offers it nonetheless). Salvation in live is not an instant processs, but a journey. We are guarenteed heaven when we believe, but must learn to overcome sin though our living. This is called sanctification. It has also been called the "already-not yet". Christians are saved, and are being saved at the same time.
Your second question is different altogether. Here is my answer: if you don't want to sin, then dont! Original sin means that we want to sin all of the time, and so we do. You sin because you want to sin...it is that simple. Stating that it is not fair is a misnomer since you enjoy some sins that you do (as do I). Another point is this: Since both Adam and Eve sinned, would it be FAIR for them to produce a sinless child? Of course not! If the Mom has AIDS and so does the dad, then we call it a tragedy when the newborn child has it...we even say that it is not fair...but it is a reality that we have to deal with.

Answer 3

This sounds like a rhetorical question but I will try and give you the answer. If you have something wrong with you that is going to cause you to die and some one gives you madicine to save your life you are still going to die and the medicine won't help . Why because just having the medicine won't help you have to take the medicine then it will work for you.
The same thing with the death of Christ. You are still a sinner by nature although God has provided forgivness through Christ's sacrifice but you must take or accept the forgivness. If I decide to give you twenty dollars and you don't take the money your wealth will never increase by twenty dollars it is all dependent upon your accepting the gift. If you accept Christ as a savior then you are given the forgivness if you don't then you don't get the forgivness

Answer 4

The stain of Original Sin is NOT anything we've done, said or thought.

It is the loss of certain gifts given by God to the first humans. Including, but not limited to: the gift of immortality, the gift of prescience, the gift of healing, the gift of perfect love.

When Jesus died for us He died for all the sins ever committed by anyone in the whole history of humankind, past, present and future.

BUT, the stain of Original Sin, the loss of those gifts, remains.
Think of it as having an ancestor who had a fortune and who spent it all on himself long before you were born. Had that ancestor not been so profligate you would have had a tidy inheritance. Instead, you got zilch! Adam and Eve, whoever they were, spent our inheritance (those special gifts) by sinning through disobedience to God and we got zilch. Jesus gives us back our chance to be with God for eternity, but those other gifts will not be available until we go home to God.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

If your father inherited a great fortune from his father but squandered it all it would be no personal fault of yours that you inherited nothing but you would still have to live with the consequences of your father's actions.

Original sin is not a personal sin and there is no fault attached to it. However we can inherit from our forebears, through no fault or merit of our own, only that which they possess to pass on to us. If that is a weakened human nature then that is what we get.

Answer 6

We are all sinners, it is just that we are forgiven.

Off the subject - one of the reasons which the Jewish do not accept Christ as the Messiah is that an old testament prophecy states that the Messiah will abolish sin (sorry I am not enough of an expert to cite chapter and verse). Our Jewish friends feel that forgiving our sins does not fit the prophecy of abolishing sin.

Answer 7

Of course the whole thing is a mess. If god exists he or she must feel very insulted by such stupid beliefs as original sin and redemption through human sacrifice.

Answer 8

Wow! another sinless man! How do you figure that you are wihtout sin? Who do you know that is without sin? All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God it is the reason Christ came to pay the penalty of death for you. Through one man Adam sin did enter the world and so did death it does not in any way imply that any of the rest of us are perfect..Though sin and death came to the world by oen man Adam so does Eternal life and Savation come from one man Jesus...We were not unrighteous in the act of Adam neither are we righteous in the act of Christ but we are made righteous through accepting the atonement he provided.

Answer 9

When Jesus was sentenced, the crowd shouted "Let his blood be on us and our progeny!'

So God, for spite, took all the sins that Jesus died for and put them on people who do not love Jesus.

All who love Jesus, their sins were removed by Jesus' sacrifice, and they automatically go to Heaven.

Whereas you heathens and other such ilk will burn and rot in Hell forever, and your screams will fill the putrid Hell sky, and all the alleys and alcoves of Hell will be littered with tortured souls writhing and gargling in agony.

Yeah baby.

Answer 10

Jesus died so that we all could have forgiveness of our sins through repentence of them. By repenting of them in Jesus' name you are documenting your faith in Jesus to forgive them.And we do not pay for the sins of our fore fathers unless we continue in their ways.
Every one of our sins that is not repented of is recorded in the book of life, and on judgement day every sin you have not repented of you will have to answer for.So, it is true once saved always saved, but that doesn't prevent sins unrepented of from stacking up in the book of life.You have to repent of them, and then they are erased (blotted out, as though they never existed).That is the beauty of christianity, your faith in Jesus upon repentence is what brings to past God's forgiveness of your sins.Christ's was the ultimate "one time" sacrifice ,whereby He paid the price so that we, the sinners that we are,upon repentence receive full forgiveness. That is God's proof of His love for us.See Romans 3:25/1st. John 1:8-9/Eccl. 7:20