> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Reisinger [mailto:jreisinger@...]
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 3:40 PM
>
> (1)  An individuals becomes accountable the first time they sin.
>
> (2)  All individuals have already sinned in Adam.
>
> (3)  All individuals are already guilty, at birth, in the sight of God.
>
> (4)  An eighty year sinner is not any more a sinful being that he was when
> he was born, he merely had eighty years to prove it.
>
> (5)  Adam is the only person who ever became a sinner by sinning. We are
> born "accountable" sinners by virute of our union with Adam.

What is this?  In reply to a discussion of Rom. 7:7-11, a recap of
systematics?  I'm not even sure what the point is.  Yes, I am aware of the
doctrine of original sin.  So what do I do with Rom 7?  When was Paul
"alive," what did it mean that he was "alive," etc.

Chris