Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 115
? 108 the door. " Christianity says that the seed of sin was sown in the heart of man after Adam committed sin. This in fact, makes sin hereditary. But the Bible avers that sin did not enter the heart of man but that it "lieth at the door" of his house. It means it does not inhere in the heart of man but invades it from outside. The Bible thus does not hold that the seed of sin was sown in the heart of man after Adam sinned, but that it "lieth" at the door of every man. In other words, sin is an external thing and not a hereditary element forming part of the constitution of man. (4) It is again said: “and thou shalt rule over him. " It is addressed to Cain. When God bids him to do a certain thing, it is evident that it is a practical possibility. We do not ask a small child in an affectionate manner, unless we are joking frivolously, to go and carry back the car or to take hold of an elephant. We would ask him to do only what is within his capacity. If an officer were to order a peon in his office to bring him the railway engine bound for Jacobabad, one may well anticipate his reaction. The first thing he would do is to make off on some pretext and with his face drained of all colour he would tell others that the boss had gone out of his mind for his having required of him to do something beyond human capacity. [If sin could not be conquered, why did then God tell Cain that he could overcome it?]