Do We Inherit Sin?

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From: TFTW Bible College

Once King David had Solomon anointed and set up as the new king, Adonijah was in trouble and feared for his life. He did not want to be killed for trying to take over the throne. But the new king, Solomon, gave him a choice. “And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.” (1 Kings 1:52) Did Solomon have all authority as king? Yes. Did that stop him from giving Adonijah a choice? No. Adonijah was fearful for his life, but Solomon basically said, “Be good, and you will live. Be bad, and you will die.” Sound familiar? It’s the same dilemma man finds himself in. We have rebelled against the King of Heaven and found ourselves worthy of death. But, the merciful King says, “If you will repent and be good and obey me, you may live. If you choose to be bad and go against my laws, you will die and be separated from me.” 

Our choice in no way negates the supreme authority that a king or God has. A king is supreme in authority, but that does not stop him from giving a choice to his subject. 

Another problem with this idea is that it makes God responsible for sin. If God is supreme in authority, which He is, but that means we do not have freewill, then that means God makes all our decisions for us. If God makes all our decisions for us, then it is His fault that we rebel against His commandments and sin, it is His fault we are spiritually dead and separated from Him, and it is His fault that He will condemn us to an eternal Hell. That is not the just God of the Bible. A just God would not condemn us to Hell for disobeying His laws when He forced us to disobey. 

We have freewill and we have a choice. As we saw earlier in the Bible, Joshua said people had a choice. “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” (Joshua 24:15) Stating that my punishment for sin is someone else’s fault is a very immature attitude because I am not taking responsibility for my own actions.



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