The Doctrine of the Imputation of Adam’s Sin (Rom. 5:12-21)
Image from WikiMedia Commons The interpretation of these verses has been hotly debated throughout the history of the church, especially in the last two or three hundred years. And I have debated in my mind the best way to approach them. I think the reason why these verses are so variously interpreted is because the doctrine which they seem to preach is not something that natural reason is willing to bow to. The doctrine taught in these verses is in fact one of those things that if the Scripture hadn’t taught it, I’m not sure even I would believe it. It is the doctrine of the imputation of Adam’s sin to his posterity. So here is what I am going to try to do this morning. I think the best way forward here is to proceed from the general to the particular. First, I want to give you a statement of the doctrine itself, so that we know what we are talking about, and so our minds can be clear as to what I am referring to by the imputation of Adam’s sin to others w...
