Wrong On The Fall, Wrong On It All
Todd Nibert

I do not know who coined the phrase, “Wrong on the fall, wrong on it all,” but it is certainly true! If I am wrong on the fall of Adam, it will make me wrong in every doctrine concerning how God saves sinners.

When Adam fell he became spiritually dead; completely unable to perform any of the functions of spiritual life. When Adam fell, he fell as a representative man. His sin was imputed to all of his descendants and his sinful nature was imparted to all of his descendants (Romans 5:18-19).

If I do not see that, I cannot possibly understand the need of the work of the Father in election, nor will I understand what Christ had to do on the cross for my salvation, nor will I understand the necessity of God imparting to me a new nature in the new birth. I will merely think the old nature needs helped.

How true that phrase is, “Wrong on the fall, wrong on it all.”