Not at all, I do not hold to Original Sin. I believe God has made man upright.
Ecc 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
I believe all men are made upright, but they are flesh with lusts and desires that tempt them to sin. Adam and Eve had this nature and were able to be tempted.
Jesus also came in the flesh and could be tempted, yet he never obeyed his flesh when it tempted him to sin and was without sin.
It is not our nature that makes us sinners, it is actually committing sin that makes one a sinner. All men have sinned, Jesus NEVER sinned.
Your acceptance of Augustine's false doctrine forces you to deny that Jesus came in true human nature, the nature of the seed of Abraham as scripture says. I have no such difficulty, because I believe (and have shown) that all men are made upright.
Does God learn? Reframed Question.
Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by MorseOp, Jul 10, 2012.
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All men are born upright just as Adam was created, but all men sin just as Adam sinned. Jesus came in this same nature that could be tempted (God cannot be tempted- Jam 1:13), yet he never sinned.
Men are not born sinners, men are not born separated from God, but all men sin and become separated from God.
1 Pet 2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
If man was born separated from God, then it could never be said he is RETURNED to God, but that is exactly what Peter said.
Because people believe Augustine's false doctrine, they must deny that Jesus came in the flesh and had the same nature as man. They must invent fantastic superstitions like the Immaculate Conception. False doctrine such as Total Inability originated in this false doctrine. The belief that babies had to be baptized to wash away Original Sin came from this doctrine.
Jesus was born upright, just as all men are born upright. The difference is that we have all sinned and become sinners, Jesus never sinned. -
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God said, "for NOW I know that thou fearest God" to Abraham, I believe what God said, I don't care what these fellows believe. (Gen 22:12). -
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The truth is that just because some things do not make sense to you , you think that everyone should share that opinion. No one understands the depth of God's omniscience, but there is enough compiled writings and commentaries from theologians of all stripes to place Winman, Van, and you in the minority opinion. And while being in the minority is not always a bad thing (trust me, I know), when both Calvinists and Arminians band together on this one it should give you pause to consider your view may be erroneous.
And it is not just scripture's like Isaiah 46:9-11 and Job 38 et. al that establish the truth that God does not learn. Logic dictates it as well. And not just logic - common sense. If the Creator of all that is does not know all that is (past, present, and future), then He is not omniscient. To appeal to logic and common sense is an appeal to the cognitive abilities God has given us. By the ministry of the Holy Spirit we are able to cognitively and spiritually understand God's truth contained in scripture.
You can go on about this all you want. You, like me, are good with the one-liners and quips; the "gotcha" retorts. They do not prove much other than we passed English in school. But there is more at stake here than creative writing. -
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That all have sinned is important. Just exactly when all men have sinned is relatively minor unless one is attempting to live sinless - perfect, or desire to contend that a person could live from birth, sinless.
Peter is quoting from Isaiah. "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all."
In the 1 Peter passage, Peter is not addressing the unregenerate, he is spending the words to encourage the assembly folks to servitude and to "follow in His steps."
What you seem to desire is to apply "returned" to the unregenerate. If that is the case, then it would further validate the view that God determines the salvation of every one that is to "return" and to be saved. That seems to be the opposite of what your view has been on the BB.
Notice the use of the words "bishop of your souls." The application (using your view) would be that the unregenerate "return(ed)" to God (some of the regenerate) because He was the "bishop of their souls," and it follows then that those not "returned" then God was not the "bishop of their souls."
Again, no matter which way you read the verse, it validates a view that you stated you don't hold.
I don't agree with all that Augustine taught, nor some of his life choices. The same as I don't agree with all anyone has taught or some of their life choices.
Total inability is problematic to you, but that isn't important at this point.
The baptism of infants was a human invention (same as the SBC view of age of accountability making children "safe" until some maturation understanding) and served the people even to this day. Again, it is of little matter in the long run.
I don't think you would teach that an infant busts hell wide open if they die. Fear drives people to look for validation of that principle, and because the Scriptures do not directly address the issue, it remains a matter of opinion and preference as to what makes the child "safe."
Lastly, I would suggest that your use of "born upright" is a bit of a problem in balance with the rest of the use of the word "upright" in the Scriptures.
Micah 7 speaks that the "upright" do not exist on the earth.
Isaiah 26 speaks of the "most upright" (God) bring ruin and weighing the path of the just.
Your reference to Ecclesiastes 7 is the desire by the writer to find a man or woman of uprightness; he found none and acknowledge that God makes one upright; and that uprightness is not found outside the purposed work of God.
Given just those few selections of the word "upright," it shows that you have perhaps mistaken the use and the appropriate application.
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