I’ve resonated with the Orthodox view on sin for quite some time. As a Protestant, currently, I would look holistically at the Bible and see it to not make sense that we inherit Adam’s guilt, yet The Lord explicitly holds the individual responsible for their actions. It made more sense when I began to see sin as a state of being, like a branch broken off from the tree it came from. Though it may look green and alive when first severed, it is cut off from its source of life, belonging, purpose, and potential. It is, for all intents and purposes, dead, and our moral failings are symptomatic of that. Still responsible for our actions, but something more deeper and all encompassing is at play. That’s the paradigm I’ve come to see sin in since, and the impact of Jesus’ finished work in the Gospel.
I’ve resonated with the Orthodox view on sin for quite some time. As a Protestant, currently, I would look holistically at the Bible and see it to not make sense that we inherit Adam’s guilt, yet The Lord explicitly holds the individual responsible for their actions. It made more sense when I began to see sin as a state of being, like a branch broken off from the tree it came from. Though it may look green and alive when first severed, it is cut off from its source of life, belonging, purpose, and potential. It is, for all intents and purposes, dead, and our moral failings are symptomatic of that. Still responsible for our actions, but something more deeper and all encompassing is at play. That’s the paradigm I’ve come to see sin in since, and the impact of Jesus’ finished work in the Gospel.
Beautiful way to put it, thanks for sharing