How Did Jesus Avoid Original Sin?
It is true that all fallen humans are born with original sin. Original sin consists of the fact that God holds us all guilty for the first sin which Adam committed, our loss of original righteousness, and our consequent moral inability and corruption. Jesus, however, was not a fallen human. The Holy Spirit specially conceived him, so that Jesus was in a very real sense different from the rest of us. Even though he was fully human, his humanity was pure and unfallen, uncorrupted by sin. Moreover, God did not reckon original sin to his account. But even thought the Bible tells us that Jesus did not inherit original sin (e.g. 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 John 3:5), it does not tell us precisely how he avoided this inheritance. Part of the problem is that the Bible also does not clearly tell us exactly how original sin is communicated to each individual. Some suggest that original sin is communicated from generation to generation, while others suggest that it is communicated directly to each individual
