If we all are sinners cause we are born of Adam how can it be our fault we sin?

Question

if a potter makes a bunch of pots out of bad clay is it ok for him to smash em all and curse em and not blame himself when he was the one that mixed the clay in the 1st place..whos fault is it that the clay is sinful?..as in Adam all die..but in christ all live...doesnt the bible say that?...so that means all get saved huh..wuhu..see God fixed it by saving all the lost no?

Answer 1

Free will and personal choice.

Answer 2

The Almighty does know all: Past, Present and future events - after all the Bible is complete depicting both the beginning and the end. Consider this: Your standing on the corner of a grand parade - slowly you watch the event unfold - you view each part of the parade in a step by step fashion. Therefore, you cannot see what is down the road until it is close enough for you to gain an understanding as to the next event. However, the Almighty is high above and can view the entire parade from the very beginning to the very end - all in one view. The above is how God can see our life and the decision that "we" will make, sure the Almighty is aware of our decision but it is our free will that invokes either the positive outcome or the mishap. God bless'

Answer 3

One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us? For who resists His will?" But who are you to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?'" Romans 9:19-20

God gave us free will to disobey--sin has nothing to do with the "make up of the clay". God did not create us sinful. Sin is a corruption & does not make a human, human, else Jesus would have been a sinner by virtue of the fact that He was incarnate & His sacrifice would not have been all-sufficient. We inherit sin from Adam & Eve.

For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that He may have mercy on them all. Romans 11:32

That is, because Adam & Eve sinned He had to bind all over to that same original sin, so that He could have mercy on all through the innocent, bitter suffering & death of Jesus Christ.

If He had not done this (Romans 11:32) & there were two or more ways to the Father, rather than one (John 14:6) some would have a reason to boast & it would have resulted in sin a different way. Therefore, "it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is a gift of God--not by works so that no one can boast," (Ephesians 2:8-9).

There's a difference between universal salvation (the idea that all are automatically saved--anti-biblical) & universal grace (the idea that Christ's sacrifice was all-sufficient to cover ALL sin & to save all sinners--biblical). Christ died for all people, but those for whom Christ died still have free will to reject the free salvation offered to them, and many do. That's reality. That sin is their responsibility, not God's. It is humans who pervert God's Word & hold on to their sin as if it defined them as a human, not God.

When God takes us to heaven, sin (ours & others') & those who hold on to their sin as if it somehow defined them will be cast away as far as the east is from the west. That is good news for believers, because someday they won't have to deal with sin & its consequences.

Does that make more sense?

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Answer 4

First of all, it was Eve who committed the first sin; Adam was the second. Eve was simply a helpmate for Adam. She helped him to cause the fall of humankind.

We all, every human being, share in that sin. I am a sinner; you are a sinner. When Adam and Eve were sent from the Garden there was no longer fellowship between God and His creation, man. God sent Jesus Christ as the door to God Himself. Jesus Christ was/is God in human flesh. He wants us to know that He understood how we suffered here on earth, and wanted us to know that He sent His Son to bear our sins; so that we might, once again, have direct contact with Father God, through Lord Jesus.

There are many things in this life that cannot be explained in words; for they are not of this world but from God. Through love and compassion you can open your heart to the Word of God and He will tell you all His secrets. The mystery of God lies within our hearts and once He's there, all things become clear and righteous.

Answer 5

If I steal something from someone and tell a lie to cover it up, it's not anyone's fault but my own, because it was my own idea. Just like when Adam disobeyed God, it was his own idea and his own fault,and he was punished for it.

If you have two children and you tell your son to be nice to his sister and as soon as you left the room, he leaned over, made a fist a popped his sister in the head, as their parent, would it be your fault? It's just our nature. And God who is also our Father, gave Adam a choice to obey Him, Adam chose not to. God has told us what not to do, and we have the choice whether to do it or not. The choice to believe God or not. It's our choice.

God's Laws are the Ten commandments. Who hasn't broken one of these? The only one who was Perfect and kept all the laws and never sinned, was Jesus Christ, the Son of God Himself. The law is written that the "punishment of sin is death". How can we ever be free from the law? According to the law, we are ALL guilty because we have all sinned.

According to God's Law, if you tell a lie, that makes you a liar. If you steal something, then your a thief. If you commit adultery you're an adulterer. If you kill someone, that makes you a murderer.

Since only God is Righteous and Good, only God can be Judge of what is right and what is wrong, Who on the earth, is good enough and righteous enough, to judge themselves as Perfect and without sin?

That's why we need a Saviour. Jesus Christ is the only "Mediator" there is between us & God. It's God's free Gift. But we still have a choice, to accept Christ's death as the punishment in our place and have life through Him, or to reject it and face God's Judgement by ourselves.

We have ALWAYS had a choice from the beginning. God could have made slaves if He chose to, but He chose to give us freedom to make up our own minds by ourselves instead, The freedom to obey Him, believe Him, or do it our own way without Him.

**The clay doesn't fight or resist the Potter. Those who believe have humbled themselves before God and submitted their lives and their hearts to be molded. But every clay pot is put through the fire, only good clay that is not mixed with anything else that is in the world, will become strong and used as God's vessel's.

The Bible says it like this,"Some of you will ask Me, If God controls the things we do, then why does God blame us for our sins? But who are you, a mere human being to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, "Why did you make me this way? Does the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay one jar for noble purposes and another for common use?? Romans 9:19-21†

** A cracked vase/vessel won't hold water & serve the purpose it was created for. It is broken and thrown into the fire. Without Chris† how will it be made new again?

We are all earthen vessels created for God's Purposes. We can choose to be vessels that are treasured, or, we can be vessels that are only fit for destruction. We can choose to be as one that is useful or one that's fit only for refuge.

Answer 6

No ones that blantly refuse to do right will die. And even ones that are faithful will keep on dying until "the end comes" when god's time limit of letting mankind come to FULL realization that they cannot rule themselves. After that there will be a time when only faithful ones are left. And they will be given one thousand years to repair the earth and welcome back dead loved ones, and help their resurected loved ones to accept Gods ways. And only then will people after proving themselves faithful will be prefect again, and satan will be no more.
And because God.....is loving and knows it was eve and adam that sinned and pass this on to us....he provided the way out with Jesus, so ones that "WANT" to follow him and STRIVE for eternal life could. Answer your question?

Answer 7

Let me ask you something.....If you owned land and was told that the land held a bounty of pure water that not only refreshed but had healing powers as well, and you never drilled for the water, what good does it do you to have all that rich, life giving water and not bother to gain access to it?

Jesus came to give us life and to forgive man his sins....but....if you don't go to Him for the blessing, the blessing is still there, but is useless if you don't seek and accept it.

Answer 8

Everyone is born as a sinner. We make the choice to sin. God does not force us. God loves us, He just doesn't like our actions.

Answer 9

God knew we would sin before He created us so He had already planned for Jesus to atone for the sins of everyone else.
We sin because of temptation from Satan and we just have to try our hardest to ignore his temptations. Christ takes our sins if we repent and ask forgiveness.

Answer 10

It's not our fault, but we still need a savior and one has been provided for through Jesus.