Abortion Memorial ServicecontraceptivesThe Bible does mean "all" in all of those instances, but as you point out, there are different meanings to "all". When used collectively, "all" speaks to a group of people, which is the case in all of the instances you quote. The same can be applied to the verses in Romans. In the context of Romans, Paul is discussing the sinful state of mankind and how he cannot reconcile himself to God. In this context, it is appropriate to say that the word "all" when used is referential to all mankind. A more proper interpretation of that verse would be: "For as all in Adam die, even so all in Christ shall be made alive." Looking at it that way clears up any misinterpretation there might be. Everyone who is born of Adam and stays in Adam, dies. Everyone who is born again (taken out of Adam and put into Christ), lives. Does it matter? What if I go around saying that nothing I do is sin (a position that many humanists today take)? Would that mean that I am not a law unto myself, and am therefore not guilty before God? Of course not. Just because I don't know or don't recognize that something is sin, that doesn't make it any less sinful. As I've said before, I have no problem with this verse. If God chooses to not judge any babies at all, great. He's God. He can do that if He wants. I don't think He will, though, because He has bound Himself by His Word that He must judge all sin, and all mankind are sinners; and He's established only one way of getting to heaven - salvation through Christ with no exceptions. |
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