<P> Early Adventists Pioneers (such as George Storrs and Uriah Smith) tended to de-emphasise the morally corrupt nature inherited from Adam, while stressing the importance of actual, personal sins committed by the individual . They thought of the "sinful nature" in terms of physical mortality rather than moral depravity . Traditionally, Adventists look at sin in terms of willful transgressions, and that Christ triumphed over sin . Adventism believes that Christ is both our Substitute and our Example . They base their belief on texts such as "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law ." (1 John 3: 4) </P> <P> Though believing in the concept of inherited sin from Adam, there is no dogmatic Adventist position on original sin . Related articles dealing with the subject are publicly available on the General Conference of the Seventh - day Adventist Church's official website on theological doctrine, the Biblical Research Institute . </P> <P> According to the theology of the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, all humans are born sinners, because of inheriting sin, corruption, and death from Adam . They teach that Adam was originally created perfect and sinless, but with free will; that the Devil, who was originally a perfect angel, but later developed feelings of pride and self - importance, seduced Eve, and then through her, persuaded Adam to disobey God, and to obey the Devil instead, rebelling against God's sovereignty, thereby making themselves sinners, and because of that, transmitting a sinful nature to all of their future offspring . Instead of destroying the Devil right away, as well as destroying the disobedient couple, God decided to test the loyalty of the rest of humankind, and to prove that man cannot be independent of God successfully, that man is lost without God's laws and standards, and can never bring peace to the earth, and that Satan was a deceiver, murderer, and liar . </P> <P> Witnesses believe that all men possess "inherited sin" from the "one man" Adam and they teach that verses such as Romans 5: 12 - 22, Psalm 51: 5, Job 14: 4, and 1st Corinthians 15: 22 show that man is born corrupt, and dies because of inherited sin and imperfection, that inherited sin is the reason and cause for sickness and suffering, made worse by the Devil's wicked influence . They believe Jesus is the "second Adam", being the sinless Son of God and the Messiah, and that he came to undo Adamic sin; and that salvation and everlasting life can only be obtained through faith and obedience to the second Adam . They believe that "sin" is "missing the mark" of God's standard of perfection, and that everyone is born a sinner, due to being the offspring of sinner Adam . </P>

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