Does the Doctrine of Original Sin Really Mean That I'm Guilty for Something Adam Did?

There are a couple of ways I would answer that. One way would be that we all understand the idea of having a representative stand in our place. It's the whole reason why we have U.S. embassies. Nobody would say, "Wait a minute. I'm not over in that foreign country. It's not fair for this guy to represent me." Or take it to the realm of sports. If you're on a football team and one guy commits a penalty, the whole team is going back 10 yards. The guy who didn't commit the foul doesn't say, "Wait a second, that's unfair." No, you're on the same team.

So it's the same thing with Adam. God determined that we would all be on Adam's team, and once Adam committed the foul, then we get penalized for it. But then you have the good news, which is the flip side of that, which is that we're on Christ's team.

When we start talking about fairness, we're talking about what's just and what's right. And God is just, and he'll absolutely do what's right in every case.

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