Adam sinned! Why am i called a sinner?

"Adam sinned! Why am i called a sinner?"

 If that's the case, i might as well ask, "Why do i have my father's personality and my grandfather's nose?"

On a more serious note,  Adam was the only one in all of God's creation who directly derived his life from God. God breathed on the body made of dust and then it became a living being.

So, Adam got the nature of God because he came directly from Him.

Now, on that basis, whoever comes from Adam directly would have the same nature he had. 

When he sinned, he received the nature of sin and it passed on to the next generation and to the next and finally it reached me and you, which will be passed onto our next generation.

For the sake of argument, imagine if Cain and Abel was born before Adam sinned. Then, they woulld have received a nature without sin. Their descendents would have been different from that of their father, Adam, i.e without sin.

Now, apart from Adam, do you know anyone else who came directly from God? Yes, there was one. Jesus, as a son of man, was the second Adam to come directly from God. 

Therefore, he received not a nature of sin but that of God. 

Faith - The determining factor

Excerpts from a sermon preached by my Pastor, Rev. John Roughton, Spirit of Faith Church, Dimapur, Nagaland.

 Matthew 9:27-30 (ESV)
27 And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.”
 28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”
 29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.”
 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, “See that no one knows about it.”

Healing is like mathematics. God's power and his willingness are constant. Our faith is the variable.
Your faith should not be passive. It should be active faith, a determined faith.

 We don't have more in life because we we don't believe for more. The problem that you may be facing is not your problem. Your problem is a lack of faith. Are you expecting anything from God?

 There are 4 types of expectation:

A Confession to Live by Wonderfully

Psalm 27: 13

New International Version (NIV)

 I'm sure now I'll see God's goodness in the exuberant earth.
   Stay with God!
      Take heart. Don't quit.
   I'll say it again:
      Stay with God.

New Living Translation (NLT)

 Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness
    while I am here in the land of the living

NKJV

 I would have lost heart,unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of theLord
In the land of the living.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

  but I know I will live
    to see how kind you are.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalms%2027:13&version=NIV;NCV;AMP;MSG;NLT

Prayer for You

The epistle to the Ephesians and Colossians shows us wonderful prayers that we can use to pray for ourselves and for other believers.

Let me share them with you pointwise that the Apostle Paul uses by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to pray for the believers there for spiritual wisdom and spiritual growth.

I pray for :

1. spiritual wisdom and insight

why? grow in your knowledge of God

2. your heart be flooded with light

why? -you can understand the confident hope he has given you

-His holy people, His rich and glorious inheritance.

3. understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him

4. empower you with inner strength through his Spirit

5. power to understand God's Imeasurable Love

6. complete knowledge of his will & spiritual wisdom and understanding

why? -the way you live will always honor and please the Lord

-your lives will produce every kind of good fruit

-you will grow as you learn to know God better and better

7. strengthened with all his glorious power

why? you will have all the endurance and patience you need

8. filled with joy,always thanking the Father

Make this your prayer and i believe life will never be the same again.

The verses refered includes Ephesians 1: 15-19; 3: 14-20 and Colossians 1: 9-14 from the New Living Transaltion(NLT). Many thanks to www.biblegateway.com for the providing the online bible reference.

Read Complete Prayer here.

Prayers for Spiritual Growth & Wisdom

Ephesians 1:15-19 (NLT)
15 Ever since I first heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for God’s people everywhere,[a] 16 I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, 17 asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom[b] and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. 18 I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.[c]
19 I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power
Footnotes:
Ephesians 1:15 Some manuscripts read your faithfulness to the Lord Jesus and to God’s people everywhere.
Ephesians 1:17 Or to give you the Spirit of wisdom.
Ephesians 1:18 Or called, and the rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his holy people.

Ephesians 3:14-20 (NLT)
14 When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,[a] 15 the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.[b] 16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. 17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.
Footnotes:
Ephesians 3:14 Some manuscripts read the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 3:15 Or from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name.

Colossians 1:9-14 (NLT)

9 So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
11 We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy,[a] 12 always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light. 13 For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, 14 who purchased our freedom[b] and forgave our sins.
Footnotes:
Colossians 1:11 Or all the patience and endurance you need with joy.
Colossians 1:14 Some manuscripts add with his blood.