do you believe in inherited sin?

Question

i am not guilty of what someone else (my father or mother) did!
this is just pure injustice!

Answer 1

I don't believe in inherited sin,Nor believe in inherited salvation.

Answer 2

You might not be held to blame for something that has happened in the past but you do have to deal with the consequences of what has gone before. Take for example a father who abuses his children. Most likely the child will fit into one of two camps, abusers and those who continue to be abused. If the father is abused by his children because he will not discipline them then he is creating another set of abusive fathers and it becomes a vicious circle. The sins of the father are repeated with the generations.

In the Biblical sense of Adam's first sin, what this did is reveal that man has a choice and given a choice will pick what he wants over what God wants because he can see the immediate gratification over the longterm gratification more easily. Instead of remaining in obedience to God the sin showed that you can go your own way.

Answer 3

I case we will have to rewrite psychology then, because they agree with the Bible on that subject.

Both teach that the actions of the parents are passed on to the children. If you come from a family where you are abused, you are more likely to be an abuser. If you come from a family of alcoholics, you are more likely to be one yourself. If you come from a loving and supportive family, you are more likely to be that way when you grow up.

The Bible teaches that "the sins of the parents are visited on their children". That simply means we often inherit the same sins and faults that our parents had. It also says that the blessings of a righteous person as visited on his children form many generations.

As both the good and bad of a parent will have consequences in their children, how is that unjust? Man was made in God "image", which in the Bible simply means he has the ability to make moral choices, but then is held responisible for the consequences of those choices.

Those consequences will be reflected not only in his life, but that of his family, children, society, culture, etc. In that way the "sins" (and the blessings) of a parent are inderited by their children.

Nothing stops those children from being the ones who end the cycle of sin, who get saved, change their lives, change their families, and pass on blessing to their children instead.

Answer 4

IF A person were able to live his life without ever breaking an accepted moral standard or code of ethics, could he say that he is without sin? Can it be said that an infant is free from sin because it is incapable of comprehending what is morally right or of doing what is morally right or wrong? Some persons in this materialistic world may be inclined to say Yes. But they fail to realize that sin involves much more than breaking a moral code. It involves the laws of God. No imperfect human is able to obey those laws perfectly, and because he cannot he is guilty of sin. He is missing the mark of perfect obedience to his Creator.
Adam and Eve had their offspring after they had sinned, or missed the mark of perfect integrity to God. Since nothing clean can come from something unclean, their children were not free from sin and its penalty of death. This should not be difficult to conceive when it is remembered that many weaknesses can be passed from parents to children by heredity. Since this is so, why should it seem incredible for the effects of Adam’s sin to be passed on to all his descendants? The Scriptures plainly state that “in Adam all are dying.” (1 Cor. 15:22) Nothing is accomplished but self-deception when a person questions the authority of the Scriptures because he does not agree with this.

Since Adamic sin has been inherited by all humans, being passed on from one generation to the next, infants are not free from sin. David pointed this out when he said: “In sin my mother conceived me.” (Ps. 51;5) It is true that they are too young for personally sinning by violating divine laws, but their age has no bearing on the sin that is inherited from Adam. Only by God’s undeserved kindness in providing a ransom sacrifice can a person be released from enslavement to Adamic sin. “The blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.”—1 John 1:7.

Those who deny that they have inherited sin from Adam or that they are guilty of sin against God’s laws because of missing the mark of perfect obedience do not speak the truth when they give voice to their views on this. Whether they be professing Christians or not, the truth is not in their philosophical or religious views. Imagination does not make facts. “If we make the statement, ‘We have no sin,’ we are misleading ourselves and the truth is not in us.”—1 John 1:8.

Answer 5

No you are not responsible for their sins you are only responsible for yours . If you are a man then you are responsible for the sins of your house hold..( wife and kids) that's why God made us head of the family to hopefully make the right decisions for the family.

Answer 6

No. I believe in choice to sin.

Answer 7

Sin is inherent in all of mankind. But we are all responsible for our own sin not anyone else's. God won't judge me for what my parents did wrong but He will for what I've done wrong (except I've been forgiven!)

Answer 8

My dad left sin for me in his will

Answer 9

No such thing as inherited sin.

Answer 10

No but you are guilty of all you do and we all sin any who denie it are calling God a liar