Am I born a sinner???

Question

Then why is that my fault? Especially if its in my nature to sin. Its like setting humans up to lose- fixing the odds against them. No matter what we are doomed to failure and made to need a God. Thats not free will as free will is defined by Christians.But its not even about free will. I am, by nature, a sinner, right? So why would I deserve hell for something I cannot change or deny, that is ultimately a part of my very being?

I would appreciate real answers please. Toshballs get caught in my throat and do nothing for me

By the way, Adam and Eve made the choice for me??? That sucks too, explain how that should get me a ticket to hell also.

Answer 1

Aathma(Soul) NEVER commits a Sin.Only the Psychic and Somatic body commits Sin when it grows up and starts intellectually interacting with the environment,because of the nature of the Prmordial matter of the body ("Prakrthay Svabhaavaath")-According to Vedic Religion-so called Hinduism-I do not know about other Religions.The sins super-impose(Adhyaasa) on the Soul,like smoke or ash hides the Light or Fire.Benevolent actions and Prayers mitigate, or completely remove the smoke and the ash and enables the Soul to "glow".

Answer 2

It is appreciable that you realize that you are a born sinner. We all are born sinners plus adding on more. And being the souls that we actually are, we have taken infinite births since we are eternal.

It seems therefore that even if we try for ages for atonement, we can never ever get rid of our sins. Infinite minus infinite is infinite.

The spiritual doctrine tells us that we when born in a human body, can work towards our salvation and all the past sins are washed away at one go on attaining the real goal. And with that we also get rid of our instinctive habits of doing sins any more.

So you are a sinner and I am a sinner, but both of us have a chance.

Answer 3

A friend once told me that, Man's chief gripe with the Christian God is, at its core, that He allows everyone to make their own choices while generally not curtailing the consequences of those choices.

In other words, He lets things happen naturally too much. The Christian stance on free will is that it's absolutely independent. God beckons us to follow Him, but each step is something we have to approve.

And, I don't mean that people would prefer determinism, but rather, that people would prefer God took a more active role in cleaning up mankind's messes. Curtailing the natural consequences of the harmful free will choices we all make.

If God enacted determinism on mankind, we'd all be Christians, and we'd all go to Heaven, since Matt 18:10-14 says that God wants no one to die spiritually. The moment Adam and Eve sinned, they became "dead in trespasses and sins" (Ephesians 2:1). Ezekiel 18:4 says, "The soul that sins, it shall die." It is because we are born spiritually dead that Jesus came to give us spiritual life (John 5:40; 10:10; 14:6; etc.). This is why Jesus told us that we must be born again (John 3:3). When we repent of our sins and believe in Jesus Christ, the Bible tells us that we "pass from death to life" (John 5:24; Romans 6:13; 1 John 3:14). "We are born dead in trespasses and sins, alienated, cut off, detached from the life of God. The day that man believed the devil’s lie (which is sin), he forfeited the life that distinguished him from the animal kingdom—the life of God. When sin came in, the life went out." Ian Thomas.

Answer 4

According to the Holy Bible, and Christianity? We are all born in sin. Until the cleansing of receiving Christ as your saviour along with the completion of baptism. Baptism is done by a pastor, or priest, by being submerged into pool, lake, river of water. Any way yes we do live in sin, but that is why we must pray and ask for forgiveness on a daily basis. Reason being, is that we become closer to god to worshiping him sincerly.

Answer 5

Yes, we were born a sinner.
Yes, we can't change our nature so by default we would all go to hell.
Yes, you have free will.
Free will is not being created and doomed for faliure free will is the choice of how you will live youir life.

'The wadges of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ.' Jesus died on the cross as the sacrifice for our sins. He took my place and your place and everyone else. That's where your free will comes in. We'll all end up somewhere after we die but we have a choice and it's all up to us. some dont believe it. some think it's crazy lies and some live by it. it's a choice.

Answer 6

No, you're not born a sinner. The concept of "original sin" tainting our nature was not actually part of the teachings reveled by Jesus or the Apostles (or the previous prophets). "Original sin" or the idea that all humans are by nature sinful, is a Greek concept, adopted into Christianity, because the Greeks did not let go of their old beliefs, when they converted. It is only partially true, as I will explain later.

I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and we believe that all children are saved in the kingdom of God, regardless of their belief or the belief of their parents. We also believe that those who do not know Jesus' and God's law are not condemned either. When people live up to the best knowledge of right and wrong that they have, this is acceptable to God. It is only people who know right from wrong, and who actively choose to do wrong, who can be punished for their choices. (See Moroni 8:12-22 - http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moro/8/12,22#12 ).

Free will is only operable when there is informed choice. (As a student nurse this concept is drummed into us... and as a LDS, this is also part of my belief.) The Atonement of Jesus Christ makes possible the forgiveness of every sin that people commit in ignorance. (See 2 Nephi 9:25-27 - http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/9/25-27#25 )

But when people willfully sin (ie make an informed choice to sin), repentance and faith on the Atonement of Jesus Christ is then required for their souls to be cleansed from this sin.

We have two natures within us: The carnal (physical) and the spiritual. Our spiritual natures are divine... we are literally children of God... and our spirits yearn for all that is good and lovely. Our physical natures are that opposition which makes it possible for us to exercise free will. Our physical natures are naturally selfish and unable to obtain lasting satisfaction through fulfillment of any of its desires.

Having this free will - these two opposing natures - it behooves us to try and choose the enticings of the divine nature. When the eternal part of our natures longs to fill our souls with light, it would be "hell" to give in to the cravings of our natural (mortal) bodies. The divine nature brings joy, peace, love, hope, etc... but yielding to the enticings of the flesh brings only confusion and despair. Hell is not a state imposed by God upon sinners, but it is a state of inner torment that comes about when people live contrary to the inner wisdom and beauty that all human beings are born with. "Hell" in the eternities, is nothing more than the continuation of a miserable state that a person has attained in this life. (See Alma 41:10 - http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/41/10#10 ).

Joy is the object of our existence. (See http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/2/25#25 ). I hope that all people will embrace the light within themselves and receive the joy, peace and understanding that comes through knowing and living according to the divine natures we inherited from our Heavenly Father. (See 2 Peter 1:4 - http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_pet/1/4#4 )

EDIT: As for the choice that Adam and Eve made, this has no effect upon your salvation nor upon your standing with God. (See http://scriptures.lds.org/en/a_of_f/1/2#2 )

Answer 7

God didn't make us sinners. Adam and Eve chose the fruit which affected the entire human race that's what made us sinners; that's what gave us all a sinful nature. But God sent Jesus to reverse that for ALL who would put their faith in Him and His work on the cross. Adam and Eve were free to choose or not to choose the fruit. We are ALL free to choose Christ or not to choose Christ.

Answer 8

"Am I born a sinner???" According to the Bible, we are all born sinners as a result of Adam's sin. Rom. 5:12

"Then why is that my fault? Especially if its in my nature to sin." Since we were not involved in his decision to sin, we are not at fault. However, as head of the human race he could only pass on to his descendants what he was. And so once he sinned, what came from him was a whole race of sinners.

"Its like setting humans up to lose- fixing the odds against them." It is easy to see how one could feel that way. It is as though we were taken by Adam on a boat into the middle of a very large ocean, and then pushed in with no means flotation and no land within swimming distance. Even if we were to try our best to get to dry land to save ourselves, we wouldn't stand a chance.

"No matter what we are doomed to failure and made to need a God." I agree with you. We are doomed to failure, and our situation is hopeless without God. The way you put this part of your question, to be in a position to need God, sounds like a position you resent. Is that correct?

Please remember, God did not place us in this predicament, Adam did--it is he who pushed us into the ocean of sin and death. However, God did not leave us that way. He provided a solution that is as fair as what happened to us in Adam is unfair. In fact, what He did for us goes beyond simply countering what happened to us in Adam, for it also counters our own sin.

What God did was gave us a gift, another Adam, that is, another person to stand as head of the human race. That person is His Son, Jesus. And just as we were made sinners because of what Adam did, in Jesus we were made righteous. Rom. 5:15-19 He is called a "gift" because there is nothing we can do to deserve Him. Indeed, just as we had no part in choosing what Adam did, we also had no part in living the perfect life of Christ or in submitting to His death. Yet as it was with our relationship to the first Adam, in Christ the results of his living and dying also impact us without us having any part in it.

"Thats not free will as free will is defined by Christians." I don't know what definition you mean. Free will in the Christian sense is also sometimes described as "free moral agency." That simply means that God does not force us to choose Him; we have the freedom to reject Him, as a person could reject any gift. You may not feel that that is truly freedom, for to reject Him is to face eternal punishment.

"But its not even about free will. I am, by nature, a sinner, right? So why would I deserve hell for something I cannot change or deny, that is ultimately a part of my very being?"
God told Adam and Eve in the beginning that disobedience would result in death. When they sinned, God could have simply ended it there, and then there truly would have been no choice for us to make. But what is the choice? Is it to either accept or reject sin? As you put it, by nature we can do nothing else. We are sinners, and sin is what sinners do.

What then is the choice we have? Our choice is to either accept or reject God's gift to us, His Son. Adam shoved us into the ocean of sin and death, but God sent His Son on a speed boat out to where we were left by Adam and He extends His arm to us, to pick us out of the water and to safety. But He has left us with the ability to push His arm away and refuse the gift of life that He has already won for us.

Don't push Him away!

Fred

Answer 9

yes we are all here on this material earth , due to past sins. We have chosen to be sinful. You have the free will to change at any given time. If you desire to stay out of hell, then you must surrender yourself to God,if you chose to remain separated from Him, then you are chosing a hellish condition.

Answer 10

certainly not,since sinns r the creations of one's mind and during adolsense one does live in the company of one's heart,which is very pure,something divine,full of love and wisdom,free/away from all sins....thus one commits sins only when one is carried away by the mind