Yes—according to Les Feldick's teaching from Scripture, the root cause of the world's problems is the old Adamic sin nature inherited from Adam.
Les Feldick teaches that everything connected with the world's problems comes back to the curse and specifically to old Adam. Scripture says by one man sin entered the world, and that inherited sin nature produces the evil acts we see everywhere. The ultimate problem is not what people do externally but what they are by birth as children of Adam.
Romans 5:12 — Paul's statement that by one man sin entered into the world is the foundational verse showing the root cause of all human evil.
Scripture traces the world's problem back to Adam's transgression. Romans 5:12 says, "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." This places the entrance of sin at Adam's one act rather than in any political system, nation, or individual deed. Romans 3:19-20 adds that the law leaves the whole world guilty before God and explains that by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, because the law gives the knowledge of sin. Romans 3:11 confirms the natural condition: "There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God." These verses show that fallen humanity is not basically good but is under the power of sin.
Les Feldick repeatedly identifies old Adam—the Adamic sin nature—as the root cause of the world's problems. He says the moment Adam sinned, the human race became 'inhuman,' capable of torturing its own species, and every world problem goes back to the curse. Les stresses that when Paul uses the singular word 'sin' in Romans, he means the old sin nature inherited from Adam—what Les calls 'old Adam.' That nature is the production center that generates sinful acts. A person is not lost because of any particular wrong deed; he is lost because he is born in sin as a child of Adam and has refused the remedy, which is the work of the cross. Les also clarifies that the law cannot fix this condition. The law only brings the knowledge of sin and exposes the reality of old Adam. The remedy is found in the crucifixion of the old man with Christ, so that the body of sin might be destroyed.
Les Feldick teaches that the Adamic nature knows only one thing: to rebel against God's rules. Because everyone is born with this nature, the natural human tendency is to listen to old Adam and become sinners. This nature appears even in small children as fits of anger, lying, and bad language—without anyone teaching them. It is the root, the factory, that produces the murder, rape, terrorism, crime, and immorality seen throughout the world.
According to Les, the deeper problem is what we are, not just what we do. People are not lost because they got drunk one night or cheated, stole, or committed immorality. They are lost because they are born in sin as children of Adam and have refused the remedy of the cross. Les also says that being under the control of old Adam means no one naturally seeks after God; people love spiritual darkness because the Gospel first reveals their sinfulness.
Romans 5:12 says that by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed upon all men. Les explains that the singular word 'sin' in this context means the old sin nature—old Adam—that we inherited from Adam. Then, as sinners by virtue of being Adam's offspring, we commit 'sins,' plural. This sin nature thinks nothing but what is contrary to the revealed will of God, making the human race enemies of God.
Les Feldick says the old Adamic nature has to die; God has demanded it. The 'loophole' is the cross. Les cites Romans 6:6—knowing that our old man is crucified with Christ so that the body of sin might be destroyed. He also stresses that no one can approach God based on what he has done. Abraham was counted righteous because he believed God, not because of works, lest he should boast. Deliverance from old Adam comes through God's grace, mercy, and the work of the cross.
The Law Cannot Save
Les stresses that nobody can be justified by works of the law; the only hope is God's grace through faith, not human merit.
All World Problems Trace to the Curse
Les says every world problem comes back to the curse and that Adam's fall made the human race 'inhuman,' capable of terrible cruelty toward its own species.
Born With the Old Adamic Nature
Les teaches that our natural tendency from birth is to rebel against God; the unsaved are lost because of their Adamic birth and their refusal of the cross.
Crucified With Christ
Les shows that the old Adamic nature appears in children without being taught, and the only solution is the old man being crucified with Christ.
Sin vs. Sins
Les explains Romans 5:12 by equating the singular 'sin' with the old sin nature inherited from Adam, from which all individual sins flow.
The Production Center
Les says our real problem is not merely the sinful acts but old Adam, the production center that generates those acts.
No One Naturally Seeks God
Les emphasizes that all are under the control of old Adam and that fallen people prefer darkness because it hides their sinfulness.
Offspring of Adam Are Enemies of God
Les teaches that every human is a sinner by virtue of Adamic descent, and this inherited sin nature makes the human race contrary to God.
Romans 5:12: Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
This is the key verse for the root cause: Adam's one act brought the sin nature into the world.
Romans 3:19: Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
The whole world is guilty before God, so no one is exempt from the sin problem.
Romans 3:20: Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
The law cannot fix the world's problem; it only brings the knowledge of sin.
Romans 3:11: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Because of old Adam, no one naturally seeks after God.
Romans 6:6: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Les Feldick points to this verse as the remedy: the old man is crucified with Christ.
Les says everything connected with the world's problems comes back to the curse and to the old Adamic nature. He sees murder, rape, terrorism, crime, and immorality as products of the sin nature within us, not simply external circumstances.
Yes. Romans 3:19 says the whole world is guilty before God, and Romans 3:11 says no one seeks after God. Romans 5:12 says sin entered through Adam, and death passed upon all men because all have sinned.
Les teaches the deeper problem is what we are—born in sin as Adam's children—not just what we have done. The cross is the remedy for that condition.
According to Les, the old man must die. Romans 6:6 says our old man is crucified with Christ so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and deliverance comes through God's grace, not human merit.
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