Are We REALLY Born with ORIGINAL SIN? (The COMPLETE Explanation) | @shamounian

But who committed the first sin? Adam? No, Eve did, right? But even she didn't commit the first sin. Who was already a sinner, sinning against God by tempting them to sin? The serpent. So now notice: you've got to be more technically precise. The first human sin, yes—it's Eve, and then Adam. But the first sinner is the serpent; it's Satan.

Why? So, original sin means the first sin committed by any human—the first human sin. So, what you're talking about is original guilt, where Adam and Eve were condemned, and their descendants share in their condemnation. Thus, an infant born is born condemned and must be regenerated. There are too many passages in Scripture that show me that children, though born

with a sinful proclivity—meaning a sinful tendency—are not condemned or held accountable for it until they're aware of their responsibility to God. And I got that from Scripture. Want me to show you Scripture? Yes, please. Alright, here: God is reminding Israel that the first generation that came out of Egypt—all the adults who came out of Egypt—died, with the exception of Joshua and Caleb,

because they remained in the desert 40 years as punishment. Their children, who were young and growing up, entered instead—not their parents. Why? Deuteronomy 1:39: "Moreover, your little ones who you said would become plunder, and your sons who this day have no knowledge of good or evil, shall enter there, and I will give it to them, and they shall possess it."

Notice the reason why your little ones are spared, unlike you who are guilty, and I condemned you all to die, with the exception of Joshua and Caleb—they were too little to know the difference between good or evil. So, that means in God's sight, children who do not know enough to distinguish good and evil are under His grace and in a state of innocence, right?