If Jesus died to save us from sin, does that mean that original sin no longer exists?

Question

Just pondering the thought!

Answer 1

since the time that adam & eve fell in the garden, we are ALL born in sin, shapen in iniquity.

the ONLY way we can be cleansed from that "original sin", is to be born again as Jesus said in john 3 & as peter preached in acts 238.

w/o Jesus blood to justify us, we are still living in sin, period.
w/o the infilling of the Holy Spirit (w/ the evidence of speaking in other tongues as God gives you the ability - acts 2:4), your body will NOT change from mortal to immortal at the time of Jesus' 2nd coming.

Jesus Himself said in jn 3:5, "unless you are born of the water AND the Spirit, you CANNOT enter heaven."

Answer 2

If Jesus said the things that he did and was not who He said he was, he was no "great teacher." He was either a liar of the most contemptable order or a lunatic. Quite a few of Christ's disciples were executed for their belief. A person will die for what he knows is true. He will die for what he thinks is true. It's highly unlikely that one would die willingly for what he KNOWS is false. Tacitus (A.D. c.55-A.D. c.117, Roman historian) mentions "Christus" who is Jesus - Annals 15.44 "Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular." Thallus (Circa AD 52, eclipse of the sun) Thallus wrote a history of the Eastern Mediterranean world from the Trojan War to his own time. His writings are only found as citations by others. Julius Africanus, who wrote about AD 221, mentioned Thallus' account of an eclipse of the sun. "On the whole world there pressed a most fearful darkness; and the rocks were rent by an earthquake, and many places in Judea and other districts were thrown down. This darkness Thallus, in the third book of his History, calls, as appears to me without reason, an eclipse of the sun." Is this a reference to the eclipse at the crucifixion? Luke 23:44-45, "And it was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 the sun being obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two." The oddity is that Jesus' crucifixion occurred at the Passover which was a full moon. It is not possible for a solar eclipse to occur at a full moon. Note that Julius Africanus draws the conclusion that Thallus' mentioning of the eclipse was describing the one at Jesus' crucifixion. It may not have been. Julius Africanus, Extant Writings, XVIII in the Ante Nicene Fathers, ed. by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1973), vol. VI, p. 130. as cited in Habermas, Gary R., The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ, (Joplin, MO: College Press Publishing Company) 1996.

Answer 3

It is generally acknowledged (though not in the official creed) that the original separation of man from God is man's fault, but Churches are divided as to the question of whether this means that all humans inherit culpability for the sin of the fall by the mere virtue of being born human.

Although to assume that being human is sufficient to brand one sinful does imply that Christ suffered from the same drawback...

Answer 4

The original sin refers to the "first" sin committed by Adam & Eve, which Christians claim led to the downfall of man.

It can never be duplicated.

Answer 5

No original sin does exist.

Jesus died to save, those who believe, from sin. Not everybody in the whole history of mankind.

Some will be saved and some will not.

Rejecters and blasphemers will burn in hell. Repenters will go to heaven.

Answer 6

Perhaps He didn't die for YOU. Perhaps you should examine yourself to see if you are in the faith.

His sacrifice is sufficient for all, but only effectual for the elect.

Original sin is a Catholic concept, but if you mean all (as in entire world) are born into a corrupt mindset, then yes. Only some will be saved from the punishment this corrupt mindset invokes, and those are the ones He sacrificed His life for.

Answer 7

What does "save us from sin" mean? Does it mean there is no sin? Does it mean everybody gets to go to "heaven"? Or is this another religious slogan that is fun to say, but doesn't really mean anything?

Answer 8

People sin enough on their own and we are only responsible for the sins we personally commit. I am no more accountable for Adam's sin than you are mine. Adam's sin separated us from God, but we will not be judged on Adam's sin.

Answer 9

From what I know, yes. Our original sin is traced to Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden.

Answer 10

If your statement is actually correct, it gives christians the right to do anything they like, without haveing to pay later. It never ceases to amaze me what christians can do with extracted quotes from their book.