Appendix 2.3: Clarification on Sin Nature and Personal Accountability
This article reflects a distinction from the notion that individuals are held personally guilty for Adam's specific transgression. Instead, it affirms that while all inherit a fallen nature from Adam (Romans 5:12–19), each person is personally accountable to God for his or her own sins. As Romans 14:12 declares, “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.”
This understanding contrasts with theological frameworks that suggest guilt is imputed from Adam's act in a strictly judicial sense. Rather, this statement focuses on the transmission of a sinful nature and the universal need for redemption.
The inclusion of “salvation is available... to all who repent and believe” underscores the availability of grace without distinction or restriction, as reinforced in passages such as 1 Timothy 2:4 and Revelation 22:17 — “And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”
This section affirms a biblically grounded, whosoever-will approach to the gospel, rooted in both the universal condition of sin and the universal offer of salvation through Christ.
This understanding contrasts with theological frameworks that suggest guilt is imputed from Adam's act in a strictly judicial sense. Rather, this statement focuses on the transmission of a sinful nature and the universal need for redemption.
The inclusion of “salvation is available... to all who repent and believe” underscores the availability of grace without distinction or restriction, as reinforced in passages such as 1 Timothy 2:4 and Revelation 22:17 — “And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”
This section affirms a biblically grounded, whosoever-will approach to the gospel, rooted in both the universal condition of sin and the universal offer of salvation through Christ.