We believe that the Genesis account of creation is historical, not allegorical or figurative. We believe that Adam was an historical person, created by the direct act of God and in His image (Genesis 12). Adam chose to sin against God through the free will God gave him and reaped the wages of death. As the originator of the human race, Adam passed his sinful nature to all mankind (Romans 5:12). All men are sinners by birth and become sinners in experience (Romans 3) for which the wages are death (Romans 6:23).