I am sure most of us have gone through the years and years of thinking that we were sinners because of what we did or didn’t do. Is it a scripturally based truth to that makes us believe that? I know we have all been told this in times past, but is that what the truth of the matter really is. Is it a Biblical based doctrine to think we are sinners because of our actions and deeds? According to the Bible it is through the disobedience of one man that we all became sinners.

This is found in Romans 5:19 which says that for as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners. How many is many in this verse? As we know it is all and not just a few. So are we made sinners because we drink, curse, do many wrong things? No we are not. I think we can all agree that all mankind were made sinners due to Adam’s fall.

I don’t know if anyone in the Christian/religious community would dispute that. If that is the case, then why are we constantly told we are sinners because of what we do? Why were we told that our actions made us sinners? People are told that are going to hell because of what they do. If you really believe that you are going to hell because you drink, smoke, commit adultery and whatever else you do, then you are being mislead. I am sure many are convinced they are going to hell because of what they are doing.

When you start out with an extremely false perception of what salvation is then you are wide open to believe what such false doctrines tell you. It was by one man’s disobedience that all were made sinners. I know we can all likely scream right here how unfair that is!!! I have heard that said by many people including those in my family. When you think about it, does it sound fair that you became a sinner because of what someone else did?

I don’t think there is anything fair about that at all. To have to pay for something because of what someone else has done can never be classed as fair. But wait a minute. Could it be that it was the only way that God through His justice could declare all righteous because all were declared sinners? The last part of the verse quoted says that by one man’s obedience all were made righteous. The only way that every one could be declared righteous was that each and every one was first declared a sinner.

The sinner part was through one man’s disobedience and the second part of being righteous was through one Man’s obedience. Now let’s look at it this way. If you were not going to hell because of what you did, what makes you think you are going to Heaven because of what you did or do? The truth is that neither one of these things are because of what you did. The first part was because of Adam’s disobedience and the second part is because of one Man’s obedience, Jesus Christ. Sorry folks but you are totally left out of this equation. You are left out of the whole thing. I am sure most of us have felt like saying at one point or another that we could have made it to hell all by ourselves without Adam’s help.

And at the same time we are saying, if we trust in our works, that we can make to Heaven without anyone’s help either. Both of these things are totally wrong. You will get to Heaven, not because of what you do or even believe, but because of what Jesus did. He reconciled the entire world back to Himself by getting rid of the first Adam and what he passed on to every human being. As much as you can be upset and scream unfair because of what Adam did if you wish, but make sure you rejoice in what the second Adam did which was redeem the entire world. Both these things had absolutely nothing to do with us. It was all part of God’s plan for the human race.