Adam’s deliberate sin cost humanity perfection and life, but Christ’s corresponding sacrifice opens the path to resurrection and restoration.
How Did Adam’s Sin Bring Imperfection and Death to Humanity?
What Does the Bible Teach About the Body, Life, and Breath?
Genesis teaches that the body plus God-given breath produced a living soul; man is a soul rather than possessing an immortal one.
How Does Genesis Refute the Immortal Soul Doctrine?
Genesis Defines Man as a Living Soul Genesis refutes the immortal soul doctrine at the very point where Scripture first explains what man is. Genesis 2:7 says that Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living soul. The... Continue Reading →
Why Does Scripture Teach That Man Is a Soul?
Scripture teaches that man is a living soul, death is unconscious gravedom, and resurrection is the true hope.
What Does It Mean That Man Was Created in the Image of God?
The image of God means mankind was created to represent Jehovah, reflect His moral character, and live as accountable embodied souls.
What Does the Bible Teach About Humanity?
The Bible teaches that humans are created souls in God’s image, damaged by sin, mortal in death, and dependent on resurrection.
How Are We to Undrstand the Christian Theological Study of Sin?
Hamartiology is the biblical doctrine of sin—its origin, nature, spread, consequences, and the only remedy found in Christ’s sacrifice.
Humanity and Sin (Anthropology and Hamartiology)
The content elaborates on humanity's creation in God's image, sin's consequences, moral responsibility, and the necessity of repentance.
