Comments on: Why I Am Not A Calvinist – Romans 5:12

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:40:38 +0000

In a similar way, clear passages should always help us understand more difficult passages.

I’m also reminded of Ezekiel who said, “The person who sins is the one who will die” and again Paul’s words in Romans 3:23 which says “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

Even Ephesians 2:1-2 shows that they were dead in their sins because they were living a life of sin.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:59:00 +0000

I tend to agree with Joe on this one, just because the text here states that “all sinned”, does not mean that we are not totaly deprived, according to Ephesians 2:1-2 “And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.”Â Clearly you are dead in sin and it is only through the regeneration of the Holy Spirit that you can be brought from death to life (see verse 5 in Ehpesians 2).Â This is why Jesus said you must be born again, see John 3 when Jesus explains being born again to Nicodemus. Proper exegesis of Holy Scripture is essential, the Bible does not contradict itself and is the Revelation of God to man.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:12:21 +0000

I’ll let Brent address the other issues(if he wishes), but I think it is important to keep things in context and if one passage contradicts another, we have a problem somewhere.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:53:32 +0000

If sin is not “inherited”…I wonder what did fetus David do in Psalms 51:5 that caused him to sin…

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:49:08 +0000

And again in v18

18Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. (NIV). (Sorry, my previous quote was from the NIV, not the ESV.)

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:05:35 +0000

How does this account for those that die before they have a chance to sin (those that die in the womb or during birth)? Or those that die before they truly know right from wrong?

2nd question… v15 states ” 15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man…” (ESV). If I understand this correctly (and perhaps I don’t) then it was indeed Adam’s initial sin that brings death to all of us.