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
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
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
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]
As we continue to look at the different popular models on the imputation of sin, today’s post will focus on an evaluation of the Mediate… Read More »Evaluation of Mediate Imputation
The Mediate View of Imputation of Sin Joshua Placaeus, perceived as the founder of mediate imputation, taught that we derive a corrupt nature, or inherent… Read More »The Mediate View of Imputation of Sin
Today’s post gives a brief introduction into the three major views on imputed sin. There are a couple of views that will not be looked at… Read More »Intro: The Three Major Views on Imputed Sin
Today’s post will finish the brief examination on what is sin, what is imputed sin, and how does it fit into a representative model. What… Read More »Examination of Imputed Sin pt. 2
We now turn our attention to further examining imputed sin. Where does it come from? What is it? Does it differ based on different denominations? Are there different views on this? If so, what do they believe? This post and the following post will start to examine these questions and hopefully provide more information on this doctrine and offer a glimpse at the beauty of what Christ did.
In the judicial and theological sense, to impute is to attribute anything to a person or persons, upon adequate grounds, as the judicial or meritorious reason of reward or punishment.[1] “To impute sin, in Scriptural and theological language, is to impute the guilt of sin.”[2] Guilt does not mean a corruption or fault, but the legal obligation to satisfy justice. The consequence of imputation is more than merely an infliction but a punishment; an evil imposed in execution of the penalty of law and for the satisfaction of justice.[3] So far as the meaning of the word is concerned, it makes no difference whether the thing imputed is sin or righteousness; whether it is our own personally, or the sin or righteousness of another.[4] The Reformed and Lutheran theologians admit that in the imputation of Adam’s sin to humans, of human’s sins to Christ, and of Christ’s righteousness to believers, the nature of imputation is the same, each illustrating the others.[5]Read More »Examination of Imputed Sin pt.1
This post will continue the series on the imputation of sin by providing a brief background on this topic and will foreshadow the evidence for… Read More »Background on Imputed Sin