Horton: Horton writes that Adam’s covenantal relationship with God represented humanity as a whole. So once Adam and Eve sinned that is the moment when all of humanity’s relationship with God became tainted. Horton believes that from the moment when Adam sinned every aspect of every person’s life has been tainted by sin. “… if Adam failed to carry out his commission as the servant-king of Yahweh, all of those who are “in Adam” are implicated as well… (150). Another quote that explains this statement from Horton is “It is true that we do not simply choose our vices but are conditioned by the malignant structures, contexts, and even genes that we inherited (151). Sin according to Horton is not something that is centered on humans but on God.
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But if this belief about children was true than dying young would be a good thing. Bray than brings up the question that “Do children have any spiritual advantage over adults?” (379) He answers this question by saying “… he warned his disciples that unless we come to him with the same absolute confidence and trust that we find in little children, we cannot be saved” (379). So as we grow up we still need to have the same awe and wonder in Christ as we did as a kid. But at the same time we need to also mature and stop our childish ways of life as we get …show more content…
“The guilt of Adam’s sin, committed by him as the federal head of the human race, is imputed to all his descendants” (246). Because of Adam’s actions the rest of humanity is already under condemnation. Berkhof states that this does not only entail corruption but it also brings guilt. Berkhof writes about two elements that make up original sin. Berkhof uses Original pollution and Original guilt to help explain the doctrine of Original sin. He distinguishes the two by writing that pollution is what sin does to our nature. Then guilt is attached to sin which pollutes our
But if this belief about children was true than dying young would be a good thing. Bray than brings up the question that “Do children have any spiritual advantage over adults?” (379) He answers this question by saying “… he warned his disciples that unless we come to him with the same absolute confidence and trust that we find in little children, we cannot be saved” (379). So as we grow up we still need to have the same awe and wonder in Christ as we did as a kid. But at the same time we need to also mature and stop our childish ways of life as we get …show more content…
“The guilt of Adam’s sin, committed by him as the federal head of the human race, is imputed to all his descendants” (246). Because of Adam’s actions the rest of humanity is already under condemnation. Berkhof states that this does not only entail corruption but it also brings guilt. Berkhof writes about two elements that make up original sin. Berkhof uses Original pollution and Original guilt to help explain the doctrine of Original sin. He distinguishes the two by writing that pollution is what sin does to our nature. Then guilt is attached to sin which pollutes our