Re: Dick Fisher's "historical basis" remains no less doubtful

Despite whatever Adams imputation to mankind is. My concern is that Adam
was somehow unique. Created in the image of God. If there were other
"humans" around at the time of Adam, but Adam was somehow different. This
would also mean that other human races that were around at that time were
also not of the same "image". And these others have direct descendants to
modern times which would lead to the conclusion, I think, that they are less
than "human" in the sense that
Adam was.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry M. Gray" <grayt@lamar.colostate.edu>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: Dick Fisher's "historical basis" remains no less doubtful

> George:
>
>>
>>Imputation of the righteousness of Christ to sinners is grace. Imputation
>>of the sin of Adam to those who aren't sinners is ... what?
>
> Interesting--I'll have to chew on that one for a while.
>
> My quick answer is that it is covenant...God's way of dealing with
> mankind. God deals with us through our covenant representative--Adam or
> Christ. We Reformed have no problem saying that we all share in the guilt
> of Adam's sin (even children who die in infancy). Of course, actual sin
> flows out of that state and we're guilty of that too. Pre-Adamites
> represented by Adam complicates this a bit--since, as you imply, they
> don't commit actual sin (although who is to say that they didn't).
>
> This begins to drift into my real problem with Fisher's view and with an
> allegorical (or whatever you want to call it) view. And that is the
> absence of an unfallen state and a paradise that precedes the Fall.
>
> More later when I get some time.
>
> TG
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