Three Imputations
Ishak Natan
July 2021 , Jan 2023     

Meaning of Imputation
noun, the act of imputing. An attribution, as of fault or crime; accusation.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/imputation
1. The act of imputing or ascribing; attribution.
2. Something imputed, ascribed, or attributed.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/imputation
a suggestion that someone is guilty of something or has a particular bad quality:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/imputation


Firstly; SIN was "pinned" on Adam as the first human being created by God [Elohim] and imputed on all his descendants. In other words, by Adam sin entered into the world through Eve that was seduced by the devil as a serpent.

But the serpent said to the woman, "You will never die, but God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." . . . Then she took of the fruit and ate it and gave it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it too. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they knew that they were naked; then they pinned fig leaves and made loincloths. Genesis 3:4-7
And Adam deliberately violated it when the LORD God first gave the following command to him: "You may eat all the trees in the garden freely, but the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of its fruit, for in the day you eat of it, you will surely die." Genesis 2:16-17

For Adam was first made, then Eve.
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and through sin also death, so death spread to all men, because all have sinned. For before the law was there, there was sin in the world. But sin is not counted if there is no law. Yet death reigned from the days of Adam to the days of Moses also over them, who did not sin in the same way as Adam, who was the image of Him who was to come. Romans 5:12-14

When Adam was created from the dust of the earth and became human by the breath of life from the Creator, his status was neither sinful nor holy (innocense). He hasn't been tested yet. Why ?
Because the Creator created man as His image. He has a free conscience (free will) to choose and was not created as a robot. Robots are programmed so that their reasoning mind not knowing how to digest any instructions for the consequences.

Secondly, the SIN of all the descendants of Adam was 'pinned' to Jesus as the last Adam

The image of Him who is to come is Jesus, the second man to come from heaven.
 For He [God] made him [Jesus] who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might be justified by God. 2 Cor 5:21

As it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being", but the last Adam became a living spirit. But that which comes first is not that which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then comes the spiritual. The first man came from the dust of the earth and was carnal, the second man came from heaven. The natural beings are the same as He who comes from the dust of the earth and the heavenly beings are the same as He who comes from heaven. Just as we have put on the appearance of the natural, so we will put on the appearance of the heavenly. And this I say unto you, brethren, that flesh and blood shall not inherit the kingdom of God; neither shall they that perisheth any thing that perisheth not. 1Cor15: 45-50



Thirdly, eternal life is imputed to every person who believes in Jesus (the second man from heaven) who died bearing the SIN of all the descendants of the first Adam and was raised from the dead and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
 The above verse contains seventeen 'greatest' news. Click here.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1Jo 1:9
 Is there any distinction between SIN and Sins? Click here.

What is the effect of rejecting Jesus as the Son of God?
 Therefore I said unto you, that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. "John 8:24
 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. "John 3:36
But the cowards, the unbelievers, the vile, the murderers, the harlots, the sorcerers, the idolaters and all liars, they will have their share in the deep sea blazing by fire and brimstone; this is the second death. "Re 21: 8
What is the second death? Click here.

What is the effect of receiving Jesus as Saviour and Lord?
For what does the scripture say? "Then Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness." If someone works, his wages are not counted as a gift, but as a right. But if anyone does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness. Romans 4: 3-5
Therefore it was imputed to him (Abraham) as righteousness. These words, namely "it was imputed to him" were not written for Abraham only, but were written for us as well; for God also counts them (imputed), because we believe in Him who raised our Lord Jesus from the dead, who was delivered for our trespasses and was raised for our justification. Rom 4:22-25
In this way the scripture was fulfilled which says: "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." That is why Abraham is called "God's friend." James 2:23


Maranatha


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