Theology Club: Imputation of Christ's Righteousness

[Lighthouse]

Sin and righteousness are not 'things'. There are various theories of imputation held by men of God through the centuries.

Sin is volitional, so you cannot impute it from Adam, etc. One concept relates to not counting them against us due to justification/forgiveness. This does not mean they are physically added at some point or physically removed (they are choices, not objects).

A view that says while we are sinning it is actually righteous in God's sight is wrong.

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See, he doesn't even know what he's talking about because he can't keep straight what the Bible actually says with what he wants to argue against that no one is arguing for.

 

[2COR12:9]

What descendant of Adam is not guilty of sin?




Adam was given the responsibility to choose to respond to God's natural law and obey God's formal commands. Adam failed on both counts, freely.

Since then, all of Adam's seed has been held in bondage to the falsehoods of Satan that Adam chose to heed, instead of heeding the word, will, and holy commands of God.

Since then, there has been no spiritual freedom existent in the nature of man to choose to serve God or do what is morally right. Man is totally corrupted by sin and only inclined to do what is evil.

Only the grace of God and the imputation of Christ's righteousness, can free the will of sinners, to serve righteousness as they should.




I disagree. Man was created morally accountable to live according to the laws of God, and even though Adam failed and cast all mankind into bondage to sin, death, and the devil . . . the laws have not changed and man is still held accountable . . . for what he is not unable to perform

That is why God sent His Son as Savior, to do for fallen men, what they should but never would be able to do for themselves.



Your scenario is faulty. All men inherited the sin nature of Adam, and all men are sinners. None are righteous or able or willing to serve God. (Romans 3:10-19) All men are imputed with the guilt of Adam, for he was federal head of the entire human race.

Only by the grace of the federal head of all redeemed men, Jesus Christ, are the sons of God imputed with His righteousness and justified in the sight of God.

So you do believe in free will choices, as much as allowed by God, though under Adam, you deduce people can not choose God, even if he helps them to do so?

So if someone sins or feeds the poor, these are both choices the person has decided to perform. So they are responsible for their actions, and your not saying that at any point God made them do either. So you don't believe in God's sovereign ordination as controlling ones will, except for when it comes to believing in God?

I'm trying to differentiate, where your definition of predestination in the form of control over the human's will starts and stops.

I also agree with a brokenness of humans on many levels from the fall of Adam, just not in the form of what you define as Total Depravity. Thank you for fleshing out your perspective.​