At 10:33 AM 4/3/2006, Peter Ruest wrote:
>".. sin is not inherited."
@ The sin of Adam is imputed to all human beings. (Just as the
righteousness of Christ is imputed to those that God elected out from
among the sinners before the foundation of the earth.)
We are guilty before God on three counts.
1. Individual sin - Personal sin is the form of sin which includes
everything in the daily life of an individual person which is against
or fails to conform to the character of God. Rom.3:23 "for all have
sinned and fall short of the glory of God." .."
2. Inherited sin (the sin nature, original sin). Rom.5:19 "For as
through the one man's disobedience the many were made
sinners", Eph.2:3 "Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts
of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and
were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest."
3. Imputed sin - Sin is also presented in Scripture as reckoned to
our account. Rom.5:12-18 .
a. There are three great imputations in the Christian faith.
1. The imputation of Adam's sin to all people.
2. The imputation of our sin to Christ on the cross.
3. The imputation of Christ's righteousness to the believer by faith.
The above is excerpted from my book "Charts of Christian Theology and
Doctrine" by H.Wayne House, Zondervan Publishing House, 1992
You may see the charts on this subject here:
Pelagian / semi-Pelagian (Arminian) views are noted also.
~ Janice
Received on Mon Apr 3 12:33:01 2006
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