May 6, 2025 • 8 mins
Seed = DNA. Shared by father and mother to us making us direct genetic descendants with attributes from each of them. This explains not only health issues we inherit but also spiritual.
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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and
our series on the New TestamentFramework.
Today a smaller, bite-sizedpiece from the larger lesson.
We hope you enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Let's go to another category and there's more
information that relates to this.
Some people call this thespiritual necessity, but I just
continued it under legal, theinherited sin problem.
So we've got imputed sin,imputed sin.
I want to repeat somethingabout that.
The imputed sin is directlyfrom Adam to you, directly from
(00:32):
Adam to me, directly from Adamto Noah, directly from Adam to
David, directly from Adam to anymember of the human race.
So it's not generational, it'sjust direct.
It's a direct link from each ofus to Adam.
Now, this one's different.
This is called inherited sinand it's transmitted indirectly
(00:53):
and it goes from Adam to eachgeneration, from Adam all the
way down to our own day.
So from parent to offspring,parent to offspring, parent to
offspring.
So this one is passed on andit's passed on at conception.
Psalm 51.5, where David says Insin, my mother conceived me.
Remember, in sin, my motherconceived me.
He's not talking about sin thatwas imputed to him from Adam.
(01:16):
He's talking about coming fromhis mother to him.
So direct from parent tooffspring.
So this is what results in whatwe call the sin nature, or the
Bible typically calls the flesh.
All human beings have the flesh.
What the flesh is is it's aninclination to sin, it's a
disposition toward sin, towardpersonal sin.
(01:39):
So it's not personal sin, butit is what it's the root of
personal sin.
Ok, it's a disposition towardssinning.
It's what Paul is describing inRomans 7 when he's talking
about the thing I don't want todo, I do, but the thing I hate I
do.
What is it in me that wants todo this or that?
(02:05):
If I want to do evil, there'ssomething in me that's wanting
to do that, and that's what he'stalking about the flesh or the
sin nature.
Okay, so this is what we callinherited sin.
You got this from your mom andyour pop.
This actually explains some ofthe more difficult passages in
the Bible, like in the law givento Israel.
It talks about the sin of thefathers passing on to the second
(02:28):
and third generation.
Remember that?
You're like why, why?
Well, this doesn't sound fair.
You know that the sin of thefather now three or four
generations.
They had to pay for the sin ofthe father.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
The way that we are supposed tounderstand that is that parents
pass on their sin tendencies totheir offspring and those
(02:52):
children tend to fall into thesame types of sin patterns as
their parents Think of.
I don't know David's family,king David, he kind of had a
little problem with women, right.
And what happened with Solomon,his son?
It was exacerbated because themother Bathsheba, she also had
(03:13):
that problem.
So, do you see, it's not sayingthe kids pay for the sins of
the parents.
It's saying the kids, if theycontinue in the same sin
patterns as their parents whichis the general tendency they
will pay for the sins in thesame ways that the fathers paid
for their sins, because youdon't pay for anybody else's
sins, it's your own.
(03:36):
But you can get sin tendencies.
This is why it's important inchild training, raising children
, to first of all recognize yourown sin patterns and your wife
or husband to recognize theirsin patterns and that way you
can look for them in yourchildren.
So when you see them crop up,you say whoa, and you try to put
(03:58):
the brakes on those, becauseyou're trying to train the next
generation to not have the samesin struggles that you had.
So this is the concept ofinherited sin.
Ultimately it does trace allthe way back to Adam, but it
goes through each generation,okay, and you receive this in
nature or flesh at conception.
(04:19):
This is why you know childrennaturally sin.
It's not hard for them to learnto say no, go clean your room,
no, or just not do it.
It's because they have a sininclination or disposition.
And this is your opportunity toshow them that they have this
(04:40):
sin disposition or flesh andthat they need salvation.
Right, they need salvation.
Now Jesus avoids this.
Again, this is something he hasto avoid.
So he avoids this.
At the conception by the workof the Holy Spirit in Matthew
1.20, where the angel describesto Joseph go ahead and marry her
.
The child that is in her hasbeen placed there by the Holy
(05:02):
Spirit, so he avoids.
You can see easily in thisexample how he avoids that.
The Holy Spirit avoided that.
Now the last category.
Oh, I didn't cover this part,part A Another possibility is
(05:23):
that Jesus avoids this becausethe transmission is direct
through the male only.
So there's two possibilitiesfor this, or maybe they can even
be combined.
So another possibility is Jesusavoided this because of the
transmission being directlythrough the male.
This is hinted at in Hebrews 7,1 through 10.
So let's take a look at Hebrews7.
Hebrews 7, 1 through 10.
(05:49):
And again, some of this is hard.
I know this is hard.
So if you can't follow all ofit, that's okay, all the section
on Melchizedek and thepriesthood, and we'll just start
in verse 4.
This is where Abraham and tieswere made to Melchizedek.
(06:09):
Now observe how great this manwas, to whom Abraham the
patriarch gave a tenth of thechoice to spoils.
Observe how great this man was,to whom Abraham the patriarch
gave a tenth of the choicesspoils.
Now Abraham gave a tenth toMelchizedek, who was a priest
king back in the days of Abraham, and those indeed of the sons
of Levi who received thepriest's office, have
commandment in the law tocollect a tenth from the people,
(06:30):
that is, from the brethren.
So you know the people, the 12tribes.
They would give a tenth to theLevites as the priests, although
these are descended fromAbraham.
But the one whose genealogy isnot traced from them, that's
Melchizedek, collected a tenthfrom Abraham and blessed the one
who had the promises.
But without any dispute, thelesser is blessed by the greater
.
In this case, mortal men receivetithes, but in that case one
(06:53):
receives them, of whom it iswitnessed that he lives on.
And here it is, so to speak,through Abraham.
Even Levi, who received tithes,paid tithes, because you know
the Jews, they paid tithes tothe tribe of Levi, right.
But in this case he says Levieven paid tithes, through
(07:15):
Abraham, to Melchizedek, wholived a long time before he
lived.
You say, how could Levi paytithes to someone when Levi
wasn't even born yet, he wasn'teven alive, he wasn't even, so
to speak, in the human race?
Well, verse 10 explains, for hewas still in the loins of his
father, abraham, whenMelchizedek met him.
(07:38):
This is showing that somehow weparticipate in the actions of
those who come before us.
Why?
Because we are in them.
We are in their loins in thesame way that you and I are in
Adam.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with
Jeremy Thomas.
If you would like to see thevisuals that went along with
today's sermon, you can findthose on Rumble and on YouTube
under Spokane Bible Church.
That is where Jeremy is thepastor and teacher.
We hope you found today'slesson productive and useful in
(08:14):
growing closer to God andwalking more obediently with Him
.
If you found this podcast to beuseful and helpful, then please
consider rating us in yourfavorite podcast app, and until
next time, we hope you have ablessed and wonderful day.
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and
our series on the New TestamentFramework.
Today a smaller, bite-sizedpiece from the larger lesson.
We hope you enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Let's go to another category and there's more
information that relates to this.
Some people call this thespiritual necessity, but I just
continued it under legal, theinherited sin problem.
So we've got imputed sin,imputed sin.
I want to repeat somethingabout that.
The imputed sin is directlyfrom Adam to you, directly from
(00:32):
Adam to me, directly from Adamto Noah, directly from Adam to
David, directly from Adam to anymember of the human race.
So it's not generational, it'sjust direct.
It's a direct link from each ofus to Adam.
Now, this one's different.
This is called inherited sinand it's transmitted indirectly
(00:53):
and it goes from Adam to eachgeneration, from Adam all the
way down to our own day.
So from parent to offspring,parent to offspring, parent to
offspring.
So this one is passed on andit's passed on at conception.
Psalm 51.5, where David says Insin, my mother conceived me.
Remember, in sin, my motherconceived me.
He's not talking about sin thatwas imputed to him from Adam.
(01:16):
He's talking about coming fromhis mother to him.
So direct from parent tooffspring.
So this is what results in whatwe call the sin nature, or the
Bible typically calls the flesh.
All human beings have the flesh.
What the flesh is is it's aninclination to sin, it's a
disposition toward sin, towardpersonal sin.
(01:39):
So it's not personal sin, butit is what it's the root of
personal sin.
Ok, it's a disposition towardssinning.
It's what Paul is describing inRomans 7 when he's talking
about the thing I don't want todo, I do, but the thing I hate I
do.
What is it in me that wants todo this or that?
(02:05):
If I want to do evil, there'ssomething in me that's wanting
to do that, and that's what he'stalking about the flesh or the
sin nature.
Okay, so this is what we callinherited sin.
You got this from your mom andyour pop.
This actually explains some ofthe more difficult passages in
the Bible, like in the law givento Israel.
It talks about the sin of thefathers passing on to the second
(02:28):
and third generation.
Remember that?
You're like why, why?
Well, this doesn't sound fair.
You know that the sin of thefather now three or four
generations.
They had to pay for the sin ofthe father.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
The way that we are supposed tounderstand that is that parents
pass on their sin tendencies totheir offspring and those
(02:52):
children tend to fall into thesame types of sin patterns as
their parents Think of.
I don't know David's family,king David, he kind of had a
little problem with women, right.
And what happened with Solomon,his son?
It was exacerbated because themother Bathsheba, she also had
(03:13):
that problem.
So, do you see, it's not sayingthe kids pay for the sins of
the parents.
It's saying the kids, if theycontinue in the same sin
patterns as their parents whichis the general tendency they
will pay for the sins in thesame ways that the fathers paid
for their sins, because youdon't pay for anybody else's
sins, it's your own.
(03:36):
But you can get sin tendencies.
This is why it's important inchild training, raising children
, to first of all recognize yourown sin patterns and your wife
or husband to recognize theirsin patterns and that way you
can look for them in yourchildren.
So when you see them crop up,you say whoa, and you try to put
(03:58):
the brakes on those, becauseyou're trying to train the next
generation to not have the samesin struggles that you had.
So this is the concept ofinherited sin.
Ultimately it does trace allthe way back to Adam, but it
goes through each generation,okay, and you receive this in
nature or flesh at conception.
(04:19):
This is why you know childrennaturally sin.
It's not hard for them to learnto say no, go clean your room,
no, or just not do it.
It's because they have a sininclination or disposition.
And this is your opportunity toshow them that they have this
(04:40):
sin disposition or flesh andthat they need salvation.
Right, they need salvation.
Now Jesus avoids this.
Again, this is something he hasto avoid.
So he avoids this.
At the conception by the workof the Holy Spirit in Matthew
1.20, where the angel describesto Joseph go ahead and marry her
.
The child that is in her hasbeen placed there by the Holy
(05:02):
Spirit, so he avoids.
You can see easily in thisexample how he avoids that.
The Holy Spirit avoided that.
Now the last category.
Oh, I didn't cover this part,part A Another possibility is
(05:23):
that Jesus avoids this becausethe transmission is direct
through the male only.
So there's two possibilitiesfor this, or maybe they can even
be combined.
So another possibility is Jesusavoided this because of the
transmission being directlythrough the male.
This is hinted at in Hebrews 7,1 through 10.
So let's take a look at Hebrews7.
Hebrews 7, 1 through 10.
(05:49):
And again, some of this is hard.
I know this is hard.
So if you can't follow all ofit, that's okay, all the section
on Melchizedek and thepriesthood, and we'll just start
in verse 4.
This is where Abraham and tieswere made to Melchizedek.
(06:09):
Now observe how great this manwas, to whom Abraham the
patriarch gave a tenth of thechoice to spoils.
Observe how great this man was,to whom Abraham the patriarch
gave a tenth of the choicesspoils.
Now Abraham gave a tenth toMelchizedek, who was a priest
king back in the days of Abraham, and those indeed of the sons
of Levi who received thepriest's office, have
commandment in the law tocollect a tenth from the people,
(06:30):
that is, from the brethren.
So you know the people, the 12tribes.
They would give a tenth to theLevites as the priests, although
these are descended fromAbraham.
But the one whose genealogy isnot traced from them, that's
Melchizedek, collected a tenthfrom Abraham and blessed the one
who had the promises.
But without any dispute, thelesser is blessed by the greater
.
In this case, mortal men receivetithes, but in that case one
(06:53):
receives them, of whom it iswitnessed that he lives on.
And here it is, so to speak,through Abraham.
Even Levi, who received tithes,paid tithes, because you know
the Jews, they paid tithes tothe tribe of Levi, right.
But in this case he says Levieven paid tithes, through
(07:15):
Abraham, to Melchizedek, wholived a long time before he
lived.
You say, how could Levi paytithes to someone when Levi
wasn't even born yet, he wasn'teven alive, he wasn't even, so
to speak, in the human race?
Well, verse 10 explains, for hewas still in the loins of his
father, abraham, whenMelchizedek met him.
(07:38):
This is showing that somehow weparticipate in the actions of
those who come before us.
Why?
Because we are in them.
We are in their loins in thesame way that you and I are in
Adam.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with
Jeremy Thomas.
If you would like to see thevisuals that went along with
today's sermon, you can findthose on Rumble and on YouTube
under Spokane Bible Church.
That is where Jeremy is thepastor and teacher.
We hope you found today'slesson productive and useful in
(08:14):
growing closer to God andwalking more obediently with Him
.
If you found this podcast to beuseful and helpful, then please
consider rating us in yourfavorite podcast app, and until
next time, we hope you have ablessed and wonderful day.
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