The first thing we need to look at is 'what is original sin'? People have wrongly assumed it is a Calvinist teaching, well that just springs from ignorance or maybe even arrogance.
I love how John Wesley upholds original sin.
Adam and Eve committed the first sin (huamnly speaking) so it is original to humans. that is why it is called 'original sin' ok, I can't see how anyone can argue against this!
Here is what John Wesley upheld: " Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainly talk), but it is the corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam, whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and of his own nature inclined to evil, and that continually" (Articles of religion, used by Wesley and adopted by the Methodist Church).
Through this original sin, all things where broke, our relationship with each other and are relationship with God. Yet through this all humanity strives for Eden to be in perfect relationship, there is a spark of the divine image puling them but the sin nature enslaves them.
That is just a snippet on original sin, all evangelicals believe in original sin. yet some don't and they become prevalent because of scriptural ignorance.
All the great teachers from our age back to the Apostle Paul further attest to original sin, from John Wesley,John Stott,Charles Spurgeon,I Howard Marshall,John Calvin, Martin Luther and so on. Both Calvinists and non Calvinists.
We have to remember the greatest attack on the Bible has been on Genesis, this is the building block which all scripture sits upon, especially chapters 1,2 and 3.
And the worst kind of attacks and Scriptural twisting come from within the church hence we have the the 'lone cowboys' preaching a false Gospel.
anyhow I hope that has clarified that original sin is upheld by both Arninians and Calvinists..
On a last note go and find out about the heretic 'Pelagious' all these heresies come back to church in one form or another and John Wesley Himself agreed so!
In Love
Phil
I love how John Wesley upholds original sin.
Adam and Eve committed the first sin (huamnly speaking) so it is original to humans. that is why it is called 'original sin' ok, I can't see how anyone can argue against this!
Here is what John Wesley upheld: " Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainly talk), but it is the corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam, whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and of his own nature inclined to evil, and that continually" (Articles of religion, used by Wesley and adopted by the Methodist Church).
Through this original sin, all things where broke, our relationship with each other and are relationship with God. Yet through this all humanity strives for Eden to be in perfect relationship, there is a spark of the divine image puling them but the sin nature enslaves them.
That is just a snippet on original sin, all evangelicals believe in original sin. yet some don't and they become prevalent because of scriptural ignorance.
All the great teachers from our age back to the Apostle Paul further attest to original sin, from John Wesley,John Stott,Charles Spurgeon,I Howard Marshall,John Calvin, Martin Luther and so on. Both Calvinists and non Calvinists.
We have to remember the greatest attack on the Bible has been on Genesis, this is the building block which all scripture sits upon, especially chapters 1,2 and 3.
And the worst kind of attacks and Scriptural twisting come from within the church hence we have the the 'lone cowboys' preaching a false Gospel.
anyhow I hope that has clarified that original sin is upheld by both Arninians and Calvinists..
On a last note go and find out about the heretic 'Pelagious' all these heresies come back to church in one form or another and John Wesley Himself agreed so!
In Love
Phil
