Maybe this will help someone.
The Bible provides the Divine narrative addressing the answer to man's sin problem. If we don't understand God's revelation, we will believe satan's false explanation.
Adam and Eve were created with human nature (body [physical consciousness, i.e., seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching]), (soul [self consciousness, i.e. reason, desire, emotion, conscience, will]), (spirit [God consciousness]), and without sin or sinful nature. They were created with free will, the ability to obey or disobey God. This was a flawless act of God. God was pleased with His creation.
At some point, through disobedience, Adam sinned and subjected human nature to frailty, infirmity, weakness, sickness, and death, and also brought moral corruption (the sinful nature) into the human family. All of Adam's descendants inherit the sinful nature and are therefore unqualified (from the time of conception) to spend eternity with God, if not for the gracious PROVISION of God. This is why the virgin birth of Christ is essential to our salvation. Christ was human (because He was born of woman), with earthly limitations, but, because He was not conceived by a man, He did not have the sinful nature, since He was God in the flesh. This allowed Christ to become the perfect sin sacrifice.
God (unconditionally and unilaterally) provided atonement for all of the children of Adam, available through faith in Christ. This PROVISION covered the sinful nature of pre born, newborn, and infant children and the reconciliation of anyone who believes on Christ's atoning death and physical resurrection. Thus, the Bible consistently and correctly says that God does not hold children accountable for the sins of their fathers, but only for their own sins. Therefore, He is the Savior of all men, and especially those who believe.
It is evidenced by human DNA that some human traits are passed through the paternal parent rather than the maternal parent. Therefore, Jesus did have human nature (being born into the human family), but He did not have the sinful nature (being conceived by the Holy Spirit.
Humans are corrupted by Adam's sin, for which we need cleansing, but we are only guilty for personal disobedience. This is why salvation includes forgiveness and cleansing for our sinful actions (the fruit of rebellion) and purification, deliverance of our corrupted heart (the root of our rebellion).
God deals with the root and the fruit of our sin and gives us victory and deliverance from all sin through Christ in this present life.
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