Violence in Atonement Models
Violence is a huge issue. It is something that is all around us. We run into stories about violence and killings everyday. For many who… Read More »Violence in Atonement Models
Salvation in the Old Testament – Was faith in Christ necessary?
In the previous post we introduced the question about what did salvation in the Old Testament look like and was faith in Jesus needed to… Read More »Salvation in the Old Testament – Was faith in Christ necessary?
Salvation in the Old Testament
We now turn our attention to the overarching theme of soteriology, or the study of salvation. We will journey through this topic by taking a… Read More »Salvation in the Old Testament
Conclusion to Representative Imputation of Sin
Today we close this topic on the imputation of sin and summarize the past few posts. In the previous post, it was determined that the… Read More »Conclusion to Representative Imputation of Sin
The case for representative immediate imputation of sin pt 2
This post will finish the case for the representative immediate imputation of sin that was started in the previous post. This post will further review… Read More »The case for representative immediate imputation of sin pt 2
The Case for the Representative View
Over the past few posts, we have looked at the three major views/models on the imputation of sin. We have looked at what this idea… Read More »The Case for the Representative View
Evaluation of Representative Imputation
Bringing our examination of the various models/views on the imputation of sin to a close, this post will evaluate the Representative Imputation model looking at… Read More »Evaluation of Representative Imputation
The Representative View of Imputation of Sin
Continuing our series by looking at the different views on the imputation of sin, this post will focus on the final view that will be… Read More »The Representative View of Imputation of Sin
Evaluation of Realistic Imputation
Following the previous post on the Realistic view of the imputation of sin, this post will provide an evaluation of this view. It will look… Read More »Evaluation of Realistic Imputation
The Realistic View of Imputation of Sin
After reviewing the mediate view of imputation on sin and evaluating it, we now turn our attention to a more popular view on the Realistic view of Imputation of sin.
The earliest explanation for the sin of Adam and the guilt of all his descendants was the realistic theory which states that human nature constitutes both generically and numerically a single unit.[1] The same substance which acted in Adam and Eve, having been communicated to us, their act was as truly and properly our act, being the act of our reason and will, as it was their act.[2] It is imputed to us therefore not as his, but as our own. This means humanity literally sinned in Adam, and consequently the guilt of that sin is our personal guilt and the consequent corruption of nature is the effect of our own voluntary act.[3] “The total guilt of the first sin, thus committed by the entire race in Adam, is imputed to each individual of the race, because of the indivisibility of guilt.”[4] This means that each individual nature is guilty and corrupt for the whole of the first sin or “offense” against God because even though the common nature is divisible by propagation, the offense and the guilt are not divisible.[5]