why am i paying for adam and eves sins?
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because you are still committing them. disobedience, discontentment, envy and greed. Give in to temptation.
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1. What happened with Adam and Eve was necessary, but it was a transgression.  If Adam and Eve never would have eaten the forbidden fruit, none of us would be here. They would still remain there in the Garden of Eden in the innocent state that they were in, not knowing good or evil, joy or sorrow, etc.\nAdam and Eve did repent of their transgression, but that really doesn't effect us. God holds each one of us responsible for our own sins, and not for what Adam or Eve did.\n\n2.  Newborns are born pure and innocent.  Until they grow and learn right from wrong they don't have the capacity to commit sin.  But once they are at the age where thy can tell right from wrong, they are accountable for their own sins.
303345
Nope, the love of money, which is greed. It can be a sin of the religious and the non-religious alike.
1007693
I don't think that we "blame" anyone. Eve ate the fruit first and Adam later. They both sinned and that sin has been passed on to all the human race.No sence blaming anyone lets just learn how to rectify the situation through Jesus Christ.
680435
The story of Adam and Eve was just that ... A story. It was told to make a point in spiritual truth, not as a real history. The point being that when we follow ego we seem separated from Deity. The writer of Genesis simply used Satan as a metaphor for that portion of the human mind that forms the illusion of separation, which thing we call ego. Its just a difference in terminology based on language and culture. The principle truth remains the same. God loving people in no way negates cause and effect. We do things. That's the cause. If we make bad choices we suffer the consequences. That's the effect. Cause and effect is a simple Universal law. Its not a punishment, its just the way things work. If we make good choices we can put that law of cause and effect to work for us rather than against us and instead of suffering the consequences of our actions we can reap the rewards. Which things are a matter of perception. But understanding this helps keep ego (Satan, our own "lower" nature) in check and make appropriate choices in life. ;-) ~ Peace & Blessings ~
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Since Adam and Eve graduated from Eden, god seems to have left the building and developed a bad habit of not returning his calls.  We're all on our own, we have to do the best we can.  Don't go looking for reasons to feel guilty, you'll only make yourself crazy.
500524
Because Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
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All Sins keep you out of Heaven.\n\nHowever if you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior then he pays for your Sins and the Sins you commited are removed from you thus allowing you to go to heaven.
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Well, that's a big question and I'm bad for long answers so as to be thorough but simply put; the first man Adam sinned which brought sin to the human race and physical death. The first sacrifice made it to where that blood, wherein is the issues of LIFE, substituted for their own immediate life because God could not fellowship with man unless their was an atonement for sin. The first sacrifice made them some decent clothes of skins which God Himself designed and tailored to cover their nakedness so they would know what pleased Him and that is He cannot fellowship with sin and uncleanness or look at nakedness because He is 100% pure and holy.  Long story short, the solution for the sacrifice of animals needed to be done by those who had sinned and wanted their sins covered, redeemed, atoned for, and basically forgiven by God. Jesus became that sacrificial Lamb because it was foreordained from the beginning of time for Him to give His perfect pure life's blood for the atonement of all man-kind.  You must ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins before you are washed and clean and then you must obey His commandments.  You needn't be babtized except after you really know without a doubt that you have peace, joy, and no longer a desire to sin but to please God and then it is only symbolic that the old man, the fleshly sinful nature, has been killed.  He died because He loves us so much, like a Shepherd loves His sheep and because He wants us to be with Him in heaven as His bride.  Do you think you would want to lay your life down for the most hideous criminal on death row today?? Jesus did.  Could you forgive the person who committed horrible crimes against you or yours? He did. He wants to live in our hearts and he took our punishment for us but if we don't accept his atonement, He cannot be our High Priest (between us and God) and be our Lawyer on judment day when everyone will give account for the deeds done in this body.  He truly wants us to live for and love Him but it's our choice and he made the way so we could approach God's presence through the blood of His son so that God only sees the pure, the clean, the holy, the righteous.  Does that help? Get a New Testament or read the Bible on-line at Studylight.org.
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The whole issue is summed up in the holiness of God. When I was a child I was taught very strongly something  that is rarely taught in church today at all. I was taught that God was holy and He could not be in the presence of evil. That is why we cannot be in fellowship with God, because we are sinners. For us to be with God that sin must be dealt with. God declared to Adam that in the day he sinned he would die. That is a principle of life when we sin we die to God (separated from Him). Paul said it this way in Romans, the wages of sin is death. To overcome sin death must take place. When Jesus came He cam as a perfect man and completely God. When He died because he was perfect He was able to pay for  all sins with His  death. Now we can be forgiven, not because we are perfect but because the penalty is paid. All God asks of us to obtain forgiveness in faith in what He has done.
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The bible says that the wages of sin is death. Did the child sin? Of course not, this isn't my point. The bible also says that the rain falls on the just and the unjust. Inversely, as long as sin is in the earth, then the consequence of sin will fall upon the just and unjust as well. That's why Jesus came and died for us; so that through Him we may have life.\n\nI'm not just saying this. I, too, have suffered and lost greatly in life. I had to come to terms myself with regards to your question. In the end I found peace in knowing and accepting that God loves me, feels my pain, and cares deeply for me.
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hmm... this was years before Christ.. how could you blame Christianity? Ever hear of Sodom and Gomorah? The flood?these are old testament judgements against the world. The wages of sin is death. But through the sacrifice of Christ all men who accept him can have eternal life.Some things in the bible have spiritual meanings and call for greater understanding than many here are ready for.and some things can be taken out of context. Read the bible pray about it have faith in Jesus and God will show you many things. The simple Gospel is clear and it really is all anyone would need to know to be saved John 3:16. its a great place to start.... take your first steps first...your wanting great bible understanding before you have the basics.
713074
The Old Testament sacrifices were a 'type' of Christ. Think of them as a credit card for sin. Jesus was the actual payment. And that payment is good for all people throughout time.
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Ah, that is very astute, and it raises another interesting question doesn't it. \n\nIf Adam and Eve sinned why are we held responsible for an act they committed?  Hardly seems fair, but interestingly this very theme is seen elsewhere in the Bible.\n\nNoah gets drunk and falls asleep.  His son Ham sees his nakedness, but Noah curses Canaan.\n\nDavid commits adultery and murder, but God causes his son to become ill and die.\n\nBTW not atheist.
56894
If you buy into Judeo-Christian mythology, God is the author of free will.  Satan is not a creator, but a perverter, and thus could not give to Adam and Eve an inherent quality that they did not already possess.
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One cannot serve God and Mammon, that is, harbor the love of making money or valuable possessions to dominate your heart.  Else you will be faithful to one and despise the other or love one and hate the other. The reason for this is that our faith and trust suppose to be on God not on the money that He provides us with. God suppose to be our security and happiness, not the pleasure of spending it on oneself. God is the one who guarantees our future, not the dollar bill. The accumulation of wealth will so dominate your mind that God's glory  will no longer be first.  Jesus said, Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added unto you. In other words, get your priorities straight and put God first.
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it all depends on what the word says.Eve didnt make Adam eat the fruit,some christians may say stuff cause there confused.Adam wanted to listen to man kind not God,so that left him with a curse,and it depends on how many sins you did and if u live your life the way god wants us to!!!!!