What is the meaning of Total Depravity?

[fhansen]

There is no difference between immortal life and eternal life

Immortal life is just existing. Eternal life is existence with God. To exist apart from Him would be a kind of "eternal death".

This world is a kind of halfway house where good and evil are experienced, are literally known, with one foot in heaven and one in hell but not yet totally in either. Here we choose between the two, with the help of grace which is always drawing us towards the right choice.

 

[Clare73]

A ridiculous unbiblcal pattern if imputation is said to be the only reason for man's unrighteousness before God and his restored righteousness through Christ.

You'll have to take that up with the apostle:

". . .death reigned from Adam to Moses even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam who was a type (tupos; figure, type, pattern) of the one who was to come." (Ro 5:14)

 

[fhansen]

You'll have go take that up with the apostle:

". . .death reigned from Adam to Moses even over those whose sns were not like the transgression of Adalm who was a type (tupos; figure, type, pattern) of the one who was to come." (Ro 5:14)

You'll have to do that. It's already been explained why death reigned over all, because all were separated from the Author of life. This killed them spiritually as well as introducing its physical parallel: the death of the body. The many were made unrighteous-sinners-by Adam while the many are made righteous again by Jesus.

 

[Clare73]

You'll have to do that. It's already been explained why death reigned over all,

Indeed . . ."that ridiculous unbiblical pattern" is explained in Ro 5:14

". . .death reigned from Adam to Moses even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type (tupos; figure, type, pattern) of the one who was to come." (Ro 5:14)

Sinful Adam was a type of the righteous Christ? . . .how could that be?

 

[fhansen]

Indeed "that ridiculous unbiblical pattern" is explained in Ro 5:14

". . .death reigned from Adam to Moses even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam who was a type (tupos; figure, type, pattern) of the one who was to come." (Ro 5:14)

Nothing about imputation of righteousness tho:

"For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous." Rom 5:17-19

The many will be made righteous, no longer sinners.

 

[Clare73]

Nothing about imputation of righteousness tho:
"For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous." Rom 5:17-19
The many will be made righteous, no longer sinners.

The above is the parallel of the imputation of Adam's sin (to all those of Adam) with the imputation of Christ's righteousness (to all those of Christ.)

We find imputation of Christ's righteousness (to all those of Christ) in Ro 4:1-5, 5:14, (Ge 15:5-6).
We find imputation of Adams sin (to all those of Adam) in Ro 5:12-16, 17, 18-19.
We find both in each of the two opposing parallels of Ro 5:18-19.

 

[fhansen]

We find imputation of righteousness in Ro 4:1-5, Ge 15:5-6.

We find the accounting of righteounesness there, because faith is righteous.