E. Eve's sin, as well as Adam's, was passed to mankind.

Romans 5:12

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Dr. Curtis Hutson:

If Christ had not been the virgin-born Son of God, He would have been a sinner...

Yes, we all inherited the sin nature from Adam. But when Jesus was born, He was born of a virgin without an earthly father. Thus He did not inherit this sin from Adam... Since Jesus was born of a virgin, without an earthly father, He did not inherit the sin nature.⁽⁸⁴⁾

When a Blood Indoctrinator sees this verse, he claims it as proof that sin only came from Adam, not Eve. Adam was the man and Eve was the woman, you remember. Because of this belief, they make statements such as this one by Dr. DeHaan:

Eve's sin does not affect us, although Eve sinned before Adam did. It was the SIN OF ADAM which brought death upon the whole race because it is ADAM'S SEED.⁽⁸⁵⁾

It is for this belief that the Blood Indoctrinator makes the error discussed in the section concerning Genesis 3:15. Supposedly, the first time that Romans 5:12 mentions "man," it means only the male ancestor, but the next time it means people in general. Sin entered by man, meaning the male, and passed upon all men, meaning male and female.

Conservative Christian have for many years countered the efforts of the feminist groups to produce a gender-neutral pronoun by saying that when the sex is general or unknown, the individual is referred to with the masculine pronoun. That was the rule taught to the author in Bible college. His English teacher said that despite the Equal Rights group, it is still proper to refer to a person of unknown sex as "he." Now some Fundamentalists claim that this verse says that sin came from one man, so it means that Adam's sin, but not Eve's sin, is in our blood!

Scripture indicates that when it makes a general reference to the first man, it includes the first woman in its meaning. Two verses that show this are Matthew 19:5,

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

and Genesis 5:1, 2,

... In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; {2} Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Therefore, the "one man" of Romans 5:12 logically refers to Adam and Eve. God made them from one flesh, and the wife is one flesh with her husband. Since it refers to both, it cannot mean that sin is passed from one parent alone. If Romans 5:12 means male and female when it says "by one man," then sin did not come from just Adam. Sin came from Adam and Eve, who were one. The Blood Indoctrinators do not have a basis for their claim that only Adam's sin, and not Eve's, affects us.

Albert Barnes makes five points on this verse:

1) "man" is a generic term for humans.

2) The name "Adam" was given to both the male and female (Gen. 5:1, 2)

3) It is usual to speak of the man first when a man and a woman are involved, since the man has a superior rank and authority.

4) The comparison of Paul was between the latter Adam, Jesus, and the first Adam; Jesus was a male, so sin is spoken of as coming from the male.

5) The effects of the woman's sin was not complete without the man's sin.⁽⁸⁶⁾

The comments listed under Genesis 3:15, that only Jesus was spoken of in Scripture as being of man's seed, is also valid here. If we are sinners because we are born of Adam's seed, then Christ is a sinner, too, for the Bible five times says that He was born of man's seed. The Blood Indoctrinators have a problem.

Sin is not a substance that is inherited. There was nothing physically given to us, in the blood or elsewhere, that makes us a sinner. Sin is an action or deed (Romans 4:15, 1 John 3:4). It is not a substance. We inherited death from Adam because that is our legal property. Our parents earned that, and we inherited the deed to it. Death passed upon all men, for all have done a certain thing; all have sinned. The Blood Indoctrinators think death is upon all men, for all possess a certain thing; all have sin. Mentally, they have twisted Scripture by subtly changing words.  (See Spiritual Death (Rom. 5:12))

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