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1. The sin of Adam
was legally imputed unto all those represented by him as their federal head,
resulting in their legal state of condemnation and death before God.
- This imputation
took place in the garden of Eden, i.e. before anyone has been born. Romans
5:12,18.
- Their legal state
of condemnation and death was not the result of their unbelief; their unbelief
is a manifestation of their state of condemnation and death.
2. The sin of Adam -
imputed, leading to the legal state of condemnation and death - is applied to a
man at his conception in the womb of his mother.
- Every descendant
of Adam is conceived in sin and born in sin, in the native state of
condemnation and death.
- The legally
imputed sin is now applied personally at conception; what was only legal is now
applied, it has become personal.
3. Actual acts of
sin, the transgression of God's holy, righteous and just laws, are evidence of
that native state of sin and death. Actual acts of sin did not bring about that
state of condemnation and death; they are the manifestation of that state.
- Actual acts of
sins result in an actual sense of guilt and condemnation.
If divine grace,
free and sovereign, does not intervene, then all represented by Adam will end
up in the lake of fire on the great judgment day.
EVEN SO, EVEN SO,
EVEN SO...
1. The righteousness
of Christ was legally imputed to all those represented by Him as their federal
head, resulting in their state of legal justification before God. This
imputation took place at the death and resurrection of Christ.
- Their legal state
of justification is NOT the result of their faith in Jesus Christ, their faith
is an evidence of their state of legal justification based on the righteousness
of Christ. freely imputed to them.
2. The righteousness
of Christ - legally imputed, leading to the legal justification - is applied to
a man personally, while dead in trespasses and sins, at his effectual calling
out of his native state of condemnation and death to that of grace and
salvation in Jesus Christ
- The righteousness
of Christ is applied to him personally, resulting in his justification of life.
What was only legal is now applied personally, it has become vital and
personal.
3. Actual acts of
righteousness - only those effectually called out of their native state of sin
and condemnation are capable of these works of righteousness - like believing,
are evidence of that state of grace and salvation.
- Faith is an
evidence of the justified state. It is declared repeatedly, "The just
shall live by faith."
- Works of
righteousness like faith enable a child of God to experience the blessings of
his justified state freely by the grace of God.
Divine grace has
intervened, predestinating many to eternal glory, through the redemption of
Jesus Christ, and freely applied to each one while in the state of condemnation
and death.
May the Lord bless
you with an understanding of these things.
Amen.
