Original Sin: The Incarnation (Part 4)

Today Dr. Will Ryan and Dr. Matt consider the incarnation of
Jesus and the ramifications regarding Original Sin.


We want to give a Shout out to Warren McGrew of Idol Killer and
Will and Brian of The Church Split for their series’ on Original
sin and for helping us articulate some of the content in this
episode.





• The immaculate conception of Mary is a late dogma created to
prop up original sin. But not only this a “preservative
redemption” is also needed for Mary to remain sinless • The
Virgin birth in both Protestant and Catholic circles is used
incorrectly to promote the doctrine of Original Sin. o For
Catholics it deals with the issue of concupiscence o For
Protestants it actually does nothing as Mary was born of human
parents and still would transmit Original Sin o We affirm the
virgin birth but in Isaiah 7 it is called a sign pointing to the
miracle of the messiah and has nothing to do with original sin. •
The way Protestants try to get around this is the hypostatic
union, which we also affirm, but Protestants use it incorrectly
to support this Doctrine. • 3 points of the incarnation: o Jesus
came in flesh- he was fully human like us (yet fully God). He
experienced what we do. o Jesus had no sin in him (he wasn’t born
with it) o And Jesus never sinned • Thus, no Original sin if
Jesus assumed exactly what we are and partook of the same nature
yet did not sin. • If Original Sin is true and Jesus was spared
it through the immaculate conception then Jesus was not like us
in every way and cannot sympathize with our weaknesses and
Hebrews 4:15 is a lie and Jesus is an unfit High Priest. o This
is what the Doctrine of Original Sin gets us into. Conclusion/
The Better Way Jesus was fully God and Fully Man. He assumed all
that we are so that he could make us all that he is and heal us.
The Incarnation o We saw that Jesus came in the flesh just like
us (but also fully God) o We saw that there was no sin in Jesus
(no original sin) o We saw that Jesus did not sin We also looked
at Mary and all the gymnastics that needed to happen with her to
hold up this unbiblical doctrine. We looked at how Calvinists
have no foundation to stand on with Original sin in the Virgin
Birth (we affirm it!), the Hypostatic Union (in which they
downplay Jesus’ humanity), and they come dangerously close to
many Gnostic heresies. The Better Way As humans it is comforting
to know that Jesus went through all that we did and was still
sinless. He has redeemed us and comes beside us to conform us
into his image. So rather than focusing on the negative theology
of Augustinianism and Calvinism look at the beauty that is in
Jesus becoming just like us in every way to heal us and make us
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