Welcome back sa ating deep dive. " We engage directly sa mga theological claims ng SDA church. Ngayon, hihimayin natin ang argument na "Ang Sinful Nature ay hindi Sin" at ang "Last Generation Theology" (LGT) na nagsasabing kaya nating mag-live ng sinless life para i-vindicate ang character ni God.
- Ang Problema: Kung sinasabi ninyong ang kasalanan ay act of transgression lang, paano ninyo ipaliliwanag ang Romans 5:12-19? Sabi ni Paul, "sin entered the world through one man" and "by the one man’s disobedience, the many were made sinners (hamartōloi)." Hindi lang tayo naging makasalanan dahil sa gawa; tayo ay ginawang makasalanan (a state of being).
- Reductio ad Absurdum: Kung ang "Sinful Nature" ay hindi sin, ibig sabihin, hindi tayo inherently sinners by birth. Kung ganun, hindi natin kailangan ng bagong nature (regeneration), behavioral modification lang ang kailangan. Pero diba sabi sa Jeremiah 17:9, ang puso ay "deceitful above all things"?
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?" Jeremiah 17:9(ESV)
Ayon sa Psalm 51:4, ipinapakita na makasalanan na tayo mula pa sa sinapupunan ng ating ina, hindi dahil may nagagawa na tayong personal na kasalanan bago ipanganak, kundi dahil sa likas na makasalanang kalagayan ng tao.
"Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,and in sin did my mother conceive me." Psalms 51:5(ESV)
"So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit." Matthew 7:17(ESV)
Kung ang nature mo ay corrupt, natural lang na corrupt din ang bunga. To say na nature is not the problem is to ignore the source of sin.
2. Ang Maling Pananaw sa "Sinful Nature" ni Jesus
"For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh." Romans 8:3(ESV)
- Ang sabi sa Romans 8:3, God sent His Son in the likeness (homoiōmati) of sinful flesh.
- Ang Nuance: Jesus had real human flesh, pero hindi fallen flesh. Kung si Jesus ay nagkaroon ng "sinful nature" (yung may fomes peccati o bent toward sin), then He would have had indwelling sin. Pero sabi sa 2 Corinthians 5:21, He "knew no sin." Kung may sinful nature Siya, awtomatikong magiging makasalanan din Siya.
"For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." 2 Corinthians 5:21(ESV
3. Ang Pagkakamali sa Judgment at "Blotting Out"
- God judges the heart, not just the behavior (Hebrews 4:12).
"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." Hebrews 4:12(ESV)
- Ang Blind Spot: Ang focus niyo sa "works" (Rev 20:12) bilang basehan ng judgment ay malaking pagkakamali sa New Covenant. Tayo ay declared righteous (Justified) dahil sa imputed righteousness ni Kristo.
- New Covenant Perspective: Hindi tayo tumatayo sa harap ni God base sa "cleansed behavior." We stand in the finished work of Christ. Kung ang kailangan para maligtas ay ang pagiging "sinless" sa gawa, you are not living under Grace; you are living under the Law. And remember, "by the works of the law no one will be justified" (Galatians 2:16).
"Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified." Galatians 2:16(ESV)
4. Ang Bitag ng Last Generation Theology (LGT)
- Exegesis ng 144,000 (amomos): Ang salitang amomos (without blemish) ay ginamit din sa Ephesians 5:27 at Jude 24. It is a positional status na ibinigay ni Christ sa Church, hindi isang achievement na inabot natin.
- Ang Panganib: Kung ang Church ay kailangang mag-vindicate sa character ni God sa pamamagitan ng pagiging sinless, ibig sabihin ba ay insufficient ang Atonement ni Kristo? Parang sinasabi niyo na kailangan ni God ng ating "perfect performance" para ma-finalize ang salvation. That is the ultimate work of the flesh.



