THE CURRENT TEACHING OF THE MORMON CHURCH:
Specific acts that are done are not man’s basic nature.
"We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression." Articles of Faith, Article 2.
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT SIN:
1. ORIGIN OF SIN:
| As by one man sin entered into the world, | Rom 5:12 |
| Disobeying God’s commandment: | Gen 1:3 |
| Your iniquities have separated you from God. | Isa 59:2 |
| All have sinned. | Rom 3:23 |
| From conception. | Psa 51:5 |
| From the heart. | Mat 15:19 |
2. MAN IS IN SPIRITUAL REBELLION UNTIL CONVERSION:
| By nature the children of wrath. | Eph 2:3 |
| We all have gone astray | Isa 53:6 |
| For all have sinned. | Rom 3:23 |
| We are deceived when we claim to be without sin. | Rom 3:23 |
3. MANS SINFUL STATE BRINGS DEATH:
| Brings physical death. | Gen 2:16, 17; Rom 5:12-14 |
| Makes Spiritually dead. | Eph 2:1 |
| Unregenerate man, things of God foolishness to him. | 1Cr 2:14 |
4. GOD HAS MADE A PROVISION FOR MAN TO HAVE LIFE:
| Originates in God’s love | Jhn 3:16 |
| Promise of in the beginning. | Gen 3:15 |
| Bore our sins in his body on the tree | 1Pe 2:24 |
| In whom we have redemption, forgiveness of sins. | Col 1:14 |
| Provides salvation for all men. | Tts 2:11 |
| Accomplished by Christ’s Death. | 1Pe 1:18-21 |
| Entered by now birth. | Jhn 3:1-12 |
| Sins remembered no more. | Hbr 8:8-13 |
5. MAN MAY CHOOSE TO ACCEPT GOD’S PROVISION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OR HE MAN CONTINUE WITH SINFUL NATURE.
| Christ is the only Mediator | 1Ti 2:5 |
| Except a man be born-again, he cannot see. | Jhn 3:3 |
| But as many as receive him, | Jhn 1:12, 13 |
| Man must confess sin, Jesus forgives. | 1Jo 1:9 |
| Men are divided into two groups | Luk 16:19-31 |
| Continues eternally | Mat 25:46 |
| Forgiveness determined by faith or unbelief. | Jhn 3:36; 2Th 1:6-10 |
Cite This Page:
Grieshaber, Erich, and Jean Grieshaber. "Sin," Redi-Answers on Mormon Doctrine. Blue Letter Bible. 1 Jul 2002. .
<http://blueletterbible.org/study/cults/ramd/ramd26.html>.
