Are Men Born Sinners? - Library of Theology

heathen philosophy, and was foisted in among the doctrines of Christianity by Augustine,
as every one may know who will take the trouble to examine for himself.
10. It makes Jesus a sinner
The doctrine of original sin makes Jesus a sinner. The advocates of the doctrine of
original sin quote Job 14:4 and 15:14 to teach that men are born sinners:
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one. Job 14:4
What is man, that he should be clean? and he that is born of woman, that he should be
righteous? Job 15:14
The first of these texts supposedly teaches that a sinner will always produce another
sinner. The second is supposed to teach substantially the same thing, that is, that all those
who are born of woman are born sinners. But if the doctrine of original sin is true, then
Mary, the mother of our Lord, was also born a sinner; and if a sinner always produces
another sinner, and if all those who are born of woman are born sinners, then there is no
way to escape the conclusion that Jesus also was born a sinner. So in misusing these and
other texts to teach that men are born sinners, the advocates of original sin are also
making Jesus a sinner because he partook of the same human nature as other men.
Jesus was a man. He was born of a woman. He was the seed of Abraham, the offspring of
David, descended from Adam. Matt. 1:1, Rom. 1:3, Heb. 2:16, Rev. 22:16. The humanity
of Christ is fully and unequivocably taught in the Bible, and to teach the doctrine that
men are born sinners is to teach the blasphemy that "the man Christ Jesus" was born a
sinner.
The Bible says, "Verily he took not on him the nature of angels but the seed of
Abraham." Heb. 2:16. "In all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren,
that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest." Heb. 2:17. "Forasmuch then as the
children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same."
Heb. 2:14. "For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all one: for which
cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren." Heb. 2:11. "For we have not an high
priest which can not be touched with the feelings of our infirmities; but was in all points
tempted like as we, yet without sin." Heb. 4:15.
The Bible teaches that Christ was, in all respects, a real man, possessing both a human
body and a human soul, and with all the attributes of a man. He was born of a woman. He
was nourished and cared for by his mother, as other men are. He was circumcised
according to the law of Moses. He was once an infant in knowledge, for he grew both in
Wisdom and in stature. He hungered, he thirsted, he ate, he drank, he labored, he slept, he
grew tired, and he lived and died like other men. He was recognized as a man and a Jew
by other men. "Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be make like unto his brethren,
that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make
reconciliation for the sins of the people." "For we have not an high priest which can not