What did we Inherit from Adam?

People often say we have original sin - that sin has been passed on to us from Adam and therefore everyone is born a sinner and in need of salvation.
Others, counter that it is death that has been passed on to us, not sin, by quoting this Bible verse:

Therefore, just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through him, so death pervaded all humanity, consequently all sinned. [Romans 5 : 12 BV]

Sinning is missing the mark, the goal, the target. The goal for humanity is to have eternal life, to be in the image of the perfect human, Jesus Christ, as we were originally created (Genesis 1 : 26).

Because death has been passed on to us, we are missing the goal of eternal life. So we are sinning because of the death (the mortality) we have inherited.
Consequently, it can be said that both opinions are correct since both death and consequently sin have been passed on to us.

But thankfully this is not the end of the story. God's promise for the future is so much better than that.

All of us who are mortal as Adam became, will become immortal like Christ.
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. [1 Corinthians 15 : 22 NIV]

And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly man. [1 Corinthians 15 : 49  DBH]

All this is possible because of what Jesus has done for us - he's paid the price for our sin.

And we can begin experiencing the excitement of this life (although only in a limited way while we remain in these earthly bodies) when God awakens us to His plan and gives us the faith to believe it and trust Him in it.

And that will be for everyone eventually, some in the past, some n the present and the remainder in the future so all will bear the image of Christ when God's plan is completed.

Blessings, Barry
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The Failed Referendum

I was asked if I voted yes in the referendum yesterday and I answered, "I voted yes for continued equality and genuine democracy in Australia, but I had to do it by writing NO on the referendum ballot paper".
Thankfully, Australia did the same with a 60% NO result.

Some feel Australia's indigenous community has 'lost out' by this result, but I beg to differ.
Governments will now be motivated to review how the billions of dollars per year that is already being spent on indigenous affairs and why so little of it has improved the lives of those most marginalised, and then find better ways to address the disadvantages of indigenous people living in remote areas which have become increasingly exposed and highlighted this year - and that will surely help those citizens, not further disadvantage them.

To be fair, the only indigenous people suffering loss today are those elites who have lost the positions of power they were seeking by promoting the referendum and strongly supporting a successful outcome.
In the non-indigenous community, those suffering loss are the city elites, large corporations, national sporting codes and big business - those who have no appreciation of remote indigenous life or those looking to be 'on the right side of history' for social acumen applause and/or financial reward.

As I have written previously, the result yesterday has prevented us from becoming less democratic and from passing one more piece of ungodly legislation in the near future.

Blessings, Barry