{"id":1894,"date":"2022-11-02T22:20:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T22:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/?p=1894"},"modified":"2022-11-02T22:20:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T22:20:45","slug":"theologymatters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/theologymatters\/","title":{"rendered":"Theology Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1894\" class=\"elementor elementor-1894\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cdd4e87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cdd4e87\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c8672f7\" data-id=\"6c8672f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c2b7dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46c2b7dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This year\u2019s State of Theology survey revealed that 71% of U.S. adults and 65% of evangelicals agreed with the statement, \u201cEveryone is born innocent in the eyes of God.\u201d<\/p><p>Commenting on the finding, Ligonier Ministries explained:<\/p><ul><li>When God created the world, everything He made was good (Gen. 1:10, 21, 25, 31). Yet through Adam and Eve\u2019s rebellion in the Garden of Eden, humankind became corrupted. The Bible teaches the concept of original sin, which means that since the Fall, every human being inherits a sin nature from the time of their conception (Ps. 51:5; Rom. 5:12). In other words, we are not sinners because we sin; rather, we sin because we are sinners.<\/li><li>It is unsurprising that most U.S. adults believe that humans are born innocent, given the influence of humanistic philosophies and worldviews that teach self-determinism and a view of humankind as basically good.<\/li><\/ul><p>Theologians contend that Genesis chapter 3 is arguably the most important chapter in the Bible, explaining,<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThose who do not understand the Fall cannot diagnose properly the human dilemma\u2026It is impossible to understand man\u2019s behavior if you do not understand that it is all a product of sin. And all sin in the world is a result of what happened in Genesis 3.\u201d<\/p><p>Perhaps that is why it is so encouraging to listen to Dominican Pastor Roberto Araujo King of Iglesia B\u00edblica Bautista Mi Esperanza, after ten months of study in the Genesis Family Life Program, explain the vital importance a proper understanding of sin and theology play in the spiritual transformation of the mind (Romans 12:2).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b18874 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b18874\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61c9a31\" data-id=\"61c9a31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fca522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"7fca522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/766085041?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;byline=0#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s State of Theology survey revealed that 71% of U.S. adults and 65% of evangelicals agreed with the statement, \u201cEveryone is born innocent in the eyes of God.\u201d Commenting on the finding, Ligonier Ministries explained: When God created the world, everything He made was good (Gen. 1:10, 21, 25, 31). 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