Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel – Sin | Rapp Report Daily 0141 | Striving for Eternity

Welcome to the Rapid Bull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications. This is a ministry of striving for eternity.

Adam, Original Sin, and Human Condemnation

Continuing to look at our statement on social justice in the gospel, something you can read in detail and sign at statementonsocialjustice .com. We're looking at article number 5 today, the issue of sin.

We affirm that all people are connected to Adam both naturally and federally. Therefore, because of original sin, everyone is born under the curse of God's law and all break his commandments through sin.

There is no difference in the condition of sinners due to age, ethnicity, or sex. All are depraved in all their facilities and all stand condemned before God's law. All human relationships, systems, and institutions have been affected by sin.

Collective Guilt, Personal Responsibility, and Repentance

We deny that other than the previously stated connection to Adam, any person is morally capable for another person's sin. Although families, groups, and nations can sin collectively and cultures can be predisposed to particular sins, subsequent generations share that collective guilt of their ancestors only if they approve and embrace or attempt to justify those sins.

Before God, each person must repent and confess his or her own sins in order to receive forgiveness. We further deny that one's ethnicity establishes any necessary connection to any particular sin.

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