Now we have a more comprehensive view of what the Great Controversy is all about. All created beings are less  than God. So all created beings approach God by way of Jesus the mediator of creation as well as redemption.

All is created "in Christ". The angels were created in Christ. Adam and Eve were created in Christ. And Satan convinced them they did not need Christ, if there was no law. No law, no need for grace. But law and grace are the ongoing principles of God's kingdom.

Original sin is simply man without Christ. We are born sinners and children of Satan. "Ye are of your father the devil......." "Sold in sin."

God has provided the means whereby we can be re-united to Him through His Son. Jesus made the atonement for sin but we must individually "opt in" or we remain out.

The Holy Spirit gives us the ability to "opt in" and choose salvation. The will is dead in sin. But liberated by the Holy Spirit, we are now free to choose. Most won't and remain lost and deluded.