UNIVERSAL SIN

The first man and woman were created upright and altogether very good. Adam and Eve were put on probation but fell from the state of innocence when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Sin came into this perfect world and everything was cursed (the Fall of mankind). This original sin affected all humanity – we have all gone astray like lost sheep and are by nature sinners alienated from God. Every baby born into this world (Jesus Christ alone excepted) comes with a sinful bias against God.

Because God is altogether righteous and just, it would be a denial of his very being for him simply to ignore man's rebellion. He is rightly aggrieved by the ingratitude and opposition of his creatures. Here is mankind's plight. People go against God and are justly deserving of condemnation and Hell. Because this rebellion or sin is in the very nature of man, we are unable to help ourselves (Ephesians 2).