SOGFPP said:
We are made in God's image.... why would we be greedy and selfish?
Show me chapter and verse.
If we are made in God's image, how could we be born with sin?
It is just natural to want to please yourself. Had God created us to be perfect, all-wise, beings incapable of sin, there woud be no need for salvation which He has freely given us. What glory is there in worship from people as perfect as God? He created us with the ability to choose between doing good and evil, the sad part is that we selfishly so often seek to do evil. Ecclesiastes 7:29 says, "This only have I found:
God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes." How can man be born with sin when created in the image of God?
SOGFPP said:
You need to understand that original sin is the deprivation of sanctifying grace. In the present condition of the human race, we cannot function properly if we have been conceived with original sin. Being conceived in this way damages the person such that they are born with a fallen nature. This damage is known as the stain (Latin, macula) of original sin.
Born with a fallen nature? Where is that stated or even implied in the scripture?
SOGFPP said:
"Fault".... implies that there is a person to blame, ie. a result of a personal choice....
So sin is not a choice at all? Are we forced to sin? Name one sin you have commited that you could not have walked away from and said, "no, I will not do this." I keep mentioning Romans 3:23 as saying that "all
have sinned." In other words, all have commited sin. This suggests that sin is a choice, not some sort of state of human nature. But you seem to either be ignoring that fact or you simply don't understand it.
SOGFPP said:
How does a person have faith?
A person gets faith by hearing and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:7).
SOGFPP said:
God is all powerfull. He can do/create/say whatever he wants.
I must say, SOGFPP, I am struggling to find the connection between these two questions and the previous statement.