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Hypocrites and Backsliders: Lesson 018

Hypocrites and Backsliders: Lesson 018. Blame it on the Woman: How The First Sin in Genesis Produced Hypocrites and Backsliders. Genesis 3 Exegesis. This passage provides the foundation for the doctrine of original sin, for from this point on all human beings were born sinners.

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Hypocrites and Backsliders: Lesson 018

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  1. Hypocrites and Backsliders:Lesson 018 Blame it on the Woman: How The FirstSin in Genesis Produced Hypocrites and Backsliders

  2. Genesis 3 Exegesis • This passage provides the foundation for the doctrine of original sin, for from this point on all human beings were born sinners. • Our individual, personal sins are the result of that sin nature. • A clear way to understand this is to recognize that as an apple tree can only bear apples, and nothing else; likewise, a sinner can only procreate sinners. • If I inherited life from Adam, I also inherited a sin nature from him--since Adam's sin, life and a sin nature have been inseparable. LWBC 01-27-08

  3. Genesis 3 Exegesis • Being born a sinner brings with it the penalty of eternal banishment, and the only way into eternal life is through the spiritual birth that Jesus explained to Nicodemus. • Do you see how foundational this is to the Gospel? • If humanity were not automatically all lost, then Christ would not have needed to die on the cross; in fact could not have saved us by doing so. LWBC 01-27-08

  4. Genesis 3 Exegesis • The root of sin is selfishness. • This can be expressed many ways, but when distilled it comes back to Satan's five "I wills" (Isa 14:13-14) • Eve said: "I will be wise, I will satisfy my appetite (flesh), I will make something of myself." • She put herself before God. • That is selfishness; it is also disobedience; the former is the root of sin, the latter the sin. LWBC 01-27-08

  5. Genesis 3 Exegesis • So, what does God say? You’re dead! I told you so! • No, they know they are dead, that’s why they covered themselves and hid. • He goes straight to the consequences of their death - Condemnation through Procreation. • Not their condemnation, but that of every human to come from the mating of male and female. LWBC 01-27-08

  6. Genesis 3 Exegesis • Genesis 3.16. God addresses the woman. • I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing: • Greatly multiply translates a Hebrew intensive construction: “I will very much increase, make worse your pain.” • Pain translates a word meaning “trouble, difficulty, labor.” • Childbearing is literally “conception.” LWBC 01-27-08

  7. Genesis 3 Exegesis • The focus is not upon conception but rather upon the state of pregnancy, and so, “I will make your pregnancies painful,” or “… increase your pain in pregnancy.” • In pain you shall bring forth children: the word pain is the same as above but the reference is to labor pains that accompany childbirth. • The pain of pregnancy and childbirth is representative and remindful of the transmission of The Sin and The Death. LWBC 01-27-08

  8. Genesis 3 Exegesis • Skip ahead to Genesis 3.20. • The man called his wife’s name Eve: • Eve is the English representation of Hebrew chawah and, as the tev note says, “sounds similar to the Hebrew word for ‘living,’ which is rendered in this context as ‘human beings.’ ” LWBC 01-27-08

  9. Genesis 3 Exegesis • Because she was the mother of all living is a popular explanation of Eve’s Hebrew name. • All living refers here to all the descendants of Adam and Eve, or “all human beings” (tev). • Mother of all living is used figuratively, since Eve obviously did not give birth to “all human beings.” • However, the emphasis is that all human beings trace their ancestry back to her and Adam. • “she was the ancestral mother of all people,” LWBC 01-27-08

  10. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Eve as the Mother of all human beings is reported here to emphasize that what they have done will have genetic repercussions. • Now let’s look at the explanation of those genetic repercussions: • Romans 5:12Because of this, even as through oneman the sin did enter into the world, andthrough the sin the death; and thus to allmen the death did pass through, for thatall did sin; LWBC 01-27-08

  11. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Romans 5:12“Through one man” • Sin is personified as invading the world ofhumanity from the outside. • And as the federal head of the humanrace, the first man Adam brought sin uponmankind genetically through the sinnature. LWBC 01-27-08

  12. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Adam’s sin is genetically transferred(Ingressive Aorist tense) to the rest of thehuman race by physical birth, therebyimplicating us all in his original sin. • As his descendants, we inherit histransgression by procreation. LWBC 01-27-08

  13. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • By genetic propagation, all men havesinned (ConstativeAorist tense) againstthe Lord. • And as a result of this geneticallytransmitted sin nature, all men havesinned against Him behaviorally, as exactimitators of their forefather, Adam the first. LWBC 01-27-08

  14. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • By the Fall a fundamental change tookplace in the structure of Adam wherebyhe became a sinner, one constitutionallyunable to please God; and the familylikeness which we all share is no merelysuperficial one but extends to our inwardcharacter also. • We have been " constituted sinners ". • How did this come about? • "By the disobedience of one", says Paul. LWBC 01-27-08

  15. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • It is birth that counts. • So I am a sinner because I am born inAdam. • It is a matter not of my behavior but of myheredity, my parentage. • I am not a sinner because I sin, but I sinbecause I come from the wrong“Family”. • I sin because I am a sinner. LWBC 01-27-08

  16. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • So we are all involved in Adam's sin, andby being born "in Adam " we receive fromhim all that he became as a result of hissin-that is to say, the Adam-nature whichis the nature of a sinner. • We derive our existence from him, andbecause his life became a sinful life, asinful nature, therefore the nature whichwe derive from him is also sinful. LWBC 01-27-08

  17. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • If we view the sentence beginning with verse 12,recaptured (as to essence) in verse 18a, andcompleted in verse 18b, the apostle states,�笛ust as through one man sin entered the world,and death through sin, and so death spread toall mankind, since all sinned; that is, as onetrespass resulted in condemnation for all men,so also one act of righteousness resulted for allmen in justification issuing in life.� LWBC 01-27-08

  18. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • You cannot helpbeing“In Adam,”for thiscame by your first birth over which youhad no control.“ • But you can helpstaying“In Adam,”foryou can experience a second birth - newbirth from above - that will put you“InChrist.” • This is why Jesus said,“You must be bornagain”(John 3:7). • Many make the mistake of missing the importance of “birth”. LWBC 01-27-08

  19. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • It is true that most witnessing tracts andtraining try to convince a man he is asinner, with the favorite verse Romans3:23, where it says that "all have sinned";but this use of the verse is not justified by the Scriptures. LWBC 01-27-08

  20. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Those who so use it are in danger of arguing thewrong way, for the teaching of Romans is notthat we are sinners because we commit sins, butthat we sin because we are sinners. • We are sinners by constitution rather than byaction. • As Romans 5:19 expresses it: " Through the oneman's disobedience the many were made (or'constituted') sinners. LWBC 01-27-08

  21. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • They then make the logical mistake of making “your personal sins” the issue in salvation. • The only 2 relevant aspects of “personal sins” in salvation are: • 1. The unbeliever can recognize he is a sinner by birth because he is a sinner in actions. • 2. Christ paid the penalty for all personal sins on the cross, so they are not an issue in salvation. • Hence, they are not the subject of “Repentance”, for example, nor in our Salvation Security. LWBC 01-27-08

  22. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Paul has now brought this aroundfull circle in explaining the“How”ofRomans 3:23. • 23 for all did sin, and are come short of theglory of God(YLT) • “Come short of the Glory of God” is the emphasis of the verse - • “short of the glory of God” = you can’t have ‘face to face’ with God because you are not like Him LWBC 01-27-08

  23. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • And Paul has explained the“Why”of Romans 3:11 • “There is no Jew or Gentile whounderstands, there is no Jew or Gentilewho seeks for God.” • Because it is not about Abraham, or Law,or conscience or creation wonder (The first 3 chapters of Romans), butabout ourGenetics! LWBC 01-27-08

  24. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • When Adam sinned, we all sinned. • Adam was the seminal head of the whole humanrace. • One decision affected a whole lot of peopleeveryone ever born. • If we had been there, we would have done thesame thing. (R.B.Thieme, Jr.) • Sin and death come from the first Adam, andrighteousness and life from the Last Adam. (K.Lamb) LWBC 01-27-08

  25. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Sin originated in the angelic world, withSatan (the Adversary, represented in theGarden of Eden by the serpent); and inman it was introduced through Adam. LWBC 01-27-08

  26. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • “Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord, myGod, mine Holy One? Thou art of purereyes than to behold evil, and canst notlook upon iniquity”(Habakkuk 1:12, 13). • This is the very definition of“Spiritual Death”! • God cannot look at you - you are not like HIM. LWBC 01-27-08

  27. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Paul compared the manner in which TheDeath entered the world, through the sin,and the manner in which it spread toeveryone, also through The Death. • The Death is universal; it is part of everyindividual born alive into this world. • The Death is the absence of Spiritual Life. • Its natural consequence is Physical Death - physical death to show us where the problem lies: in our Flesh, in the Dust. LWBC 01-27-08

  28. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Romans 5:12“And through the sin the death” • Solidarity in guilt implies solidarity in death, here,as in ICor. 15:22, with emphasis onphysicaldeath as the evidence of spiritual death. • Sin and death cannot be separated, as is clearfrom Gen. 2:17; 3:17-19; Rom. 1:32; ICor.15:22. • In Adam all sinned; in Adam all died. • The process of dying, and this not only for Adambut for the race, began the moment Adamsinned. LWBC 01-27-08

  29. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Romans 5:12“And through the sin the death” • Because God decreed certain death asthe punishment for sin Genesis 2:16-17(YLT)16 And Jehovah Godlayetha charge onthe man, saying,“Of every tree of thegarden eating thou dost eat;17 and of the tree of knowledge of goodand evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in theday ofthineeating of it dying thou dostdie.” LWBC 01-27-08

  30. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • “That is, when death entered the species,it went throughout the species, affectingevery cell of everyone. • The reason why death affects all, Paulsays, is that all sinned genetically inAdam. • Here Adam is looked upon as the federalhead of the race, and that when he sinned,all of humanity sinned in him.” (Wuest) LWBC 01-27-08

  31. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • It is not oursinswhich stop us frominheriting the Kingdom of God, butourflesh and blood(1Cor. 15:50). • 1 Corinthians 15:50 (YLT)50 And this I say, brethren, that flesh andblood the reign of God is not able toinherit, nor doth the corruption inherit theincorruption. LWBC 01-27-08

  32. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Since infants die, and therefore the effectof sin is present in their case, it is butnatural to assume that the cause is alsopresent. • (Obviously, it cannot be “personal sins” for babies who die at birth.) • Scripture also teaches that all men areunder condemnation and therefore needthe redemption which is in Christ Jesus. LWBC 01-27-08

  33. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Acts 17:26 (YLT) 26 He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth—having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings— LWBC 01-27-08

  34. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • 1 Corinthians 15:38-39 (YLT)38 and God doth give to it a bodyaccording as He willed, and to each of theseeds its proper body.39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but thereis one flesh of men, and another flesh ofbeasts, and another of fishes, and anotherof birds; LWBC 01-27-08

  35. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • 1 Corinthians 15:47-49 (YLT)47 The first man is out of the earth, earthy;the second man is the Lord out of heaven;48 as is the earthy, such are also theearthy; and as is the heavenly, such arealso the heavenly;49 and, according as we did bear theimage of the earthy, we shall bear also theimage of the heavenly. LWBC 01-27-08

  36. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • 12“Because of this, even as through one man the sin didenter into the world, and through the sin the death; andthus to all men the death did pass through, for that all didsin; • (17 for if by the offence of the one the death did reignthrough the one) • (18 So, then, as through one offence to all men it is tocondemnation) • (19 for as through the disobedience of the one man, themany were constituted sinners) • 1 Corinthians 15:22 (YLT)22 for even as in Adam all die LWBC 01-27-08

  37. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Just as through one man [Adam] the sinnature entered into the world and the spiritual death [resulting in separationfrom God] through the sin nature, and so thespiritual death [separation from Godbecause of a sinful nature] spreadthroughout all men [by means of humanprocreation at conception], because allmankind [genetically] sinned when Adamsinned. (Corrected and Amplified translation) LWBC 01-27-08

  38. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Why was Adam responsible for thesinfulness of the race when it was reallyEve who sinned first? • Because Adam was the person inauthority over her and thereforeresponsible for Eve (Gen. 2:18-23). • 1 Timothy 2:13-14 (YLT)13 for Adam was first formed, then Eve,14 and Adam was not deceived, but thewoman, having been deceived, intotransgression came, LWBC 01-27-08

  39. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • In order for Adam to develop into aresponsible and loving companion to God,not a mere automaton or slave, it wasnecessary that God give him a choice: toaccept God’s will--the way of eternal life;or to reject God’s will--the way of eternaldeath. LWBC 01-27-08

  40. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Paul compared the manner in which TheDeath entered the world, through the sin,and the manner in which it spread toeveryone, also through The Death. • The Death is universal; it is part of everyindividual born alive into this world. • The Death is the absence of Spiritual Life. • Its natural consequence is Physical Death.” LWBC 01-27-08

  41. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • “That is, when death entered the species,it went throughout the species, affectingevery cell of everyone.The reason why death affects all, Paulsays, is that all sinned genetically inAdam.Here Adam is looked upon as the federalhead of the race, and that when he sinned,all of humanity sinned in him.” (Wuest) LWBC 01-27-08

  42. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • 1 Corinthians 15:22 (YLT)22 for even as in Adam all die, so also inthe Christ all shall be made alive, • 1 Corinthians 15:45 (YLT)45 so also it hath been written,“The firstman Adam became a living creature,thelast Adam is for a life-giving spirit, LWBC 01-27-08

  43. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • It is Adam’s initial sin that constituted hima sinner in which all human beingsparticipated, and which brings death uponall. • In other words, we are sinners, notbecause we have committed acts of sin,but because Adam sinned. (Wuest) LWBC 01-27-08

  44. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • 19 for as through the disobedience of the oneman, the many were constituted sinners: so alsothrough the obedience of the one, shall themany be constituted righteous. 20 And law camein, that the offence might abound, and where thesin did abound, the grace didoverabound, 21that even as the sin did reign in the death, soalso the grace may reign, throughrighteousness, to life age-during, through JesusChrist our Lord. LWBC 01-27-08

  45. Romans 5:21 • 21that even as the sin did reign in the death, LWBC 01-27-08

  46. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • Romans 7:18 (ESV)18 For I know that nothing good dwells inme, that is, in my flesh. For I have thedesire to do what is right, but not the abilityto carry it out. • In my FLESH! LWBC 01-27-08

  47. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • "The fleshlustethagainst the Spirit, and the Spirit againstthe flesh: and these are contrary the oneto the other" (Gal 5:17) LWBC 01-27-08

  48. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • 1 Corinthians 15:45 (YLT)45 so also it hath been written,“The firstman Adam became a living creature,thelast Adam is for a life-giving spirit, LWBC 01-27-08

  49. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • 1 Timothy 2:13-14 (YLT)13 for Adam was first formed, then Eve,14 and Adam was not deceived, but thewoman, having been deceived, intotransgression came, • “In Adam sinning, all sinned”.-Nygren: • Paul’s main idea is entirely clearand beyond doubt: it was through oneman, Adam, that all men are sinners andare subject to death. LWBC 01-27-08

  50. Genetic Sin and Genetic Death • This does not mean that our sinful natureor our many actual sins are unimportant toPaul. • Nor does it mean that he is indifferent tothe importance of individual responsibility. • It simply means that these things are notwhy we are dead and“Sinners”. LWBC 01-27-08

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