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Study Section 17: Doctrine of Sin

17.1 Connect.

You and I know that we don’t have to teach a child to say, “NO!” We don’t have to show him
how to be bad or disobey what you ask him to do. That’s because every person, even that
sweet little baby, has a rebellious nature built into them. Every man is a rebel against God.
What is sin? Where did it come from? Do we inherit a sinful nature from Adam? Do we inherit
guilt from Adam? Today we are going to study the extent of the effects of Adam’s fall on all of
us.

17.2 Objectives:

1. Today we will learn about the nature of man’s fall from God and the results of his rebellion.

2. We will identify the nature of sin and its full ramifications.

3. We will look at the terrible price we pay as Christians for harboring sin in our lives.

17.3 Understanding the Doctrine of Sin.

The history of the human race as presented in Scripture is primarily a history of man in a state of
sin and rebellion against God and of God’s plan of redemption to bring man back to himself.
Therefore, it is appropriate now to consider the nature of the sin that separates man from
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God. We do know that this was a historical event with real people who disobeyed a real God
(Matt. 19:3-5). We also know that as a result of Adam’s choice to disobey God, all mankind (all of
his progeny) inherited a nature to sin (Rom. 5:12-21) and the entire creation began to die.

Adam and Eve were clearly told the privileges of their home in the Garden of Eden
and the prohibition: they were not to eat of one certain tree. There was no other
temptation in the garden. There was simply a single choice to obey or disobey God
(Gen. 2:15-17). Satan chose to appear in an animal form – a serpent. His approach
was to first question God’s goodness (“Has God said, you shall not eat…” – 3:1).
Then he blatantly denied God’s justice – that there were consequences for sin
(“You surely shall not die” – 3:4). Satan told Eve that God had not been truthful
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When Eve had listened to the serpent and doubted God’s words, she saw and BY
desired the fruit and ate it. She then gave Adam the fruit. He also listened, doubted, saw, desired and
then ate. This sin was unique in that they sinned without having a sin nature. They sinned only by
choice. The rest of mankind is now sinful by nature and by choice (Gen. 3:6).

From Judges to Kings, we see that Israel forsook the Lord who had brought them out of Egypt and
established a covenant with them. They followed and worshiped the gods of the nations around them
(Jdgs. 2:10–13). Sometimes they served the Baals with singleness of purpose, filling Jerusalem with idols,
and lawlessness reigned (Ahab, Ahaz, and Manasseh). The sin of human sacrifice followed in the reigns

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