I’ve dealt with it this entire conversation. I’ve explained it in detail several times. You remember the posts where I capitalized the word RESULTED? That was directly addressing Romans 5:12-15. Paul said that our condemnation was a result of Adam’s transgression he did not say anything about Adam’s sin being imputed upon us.
Paul did not say "impute" in
Ro 5:12-15, as he did of Abraham in
Ro 4:3, but he did describe/present imputation in
Ro 5:12-15.
This is directly addressing Romans 5:12-15 so please don’t make anymore false accusations about me not addressing it.
You did not address and reconcile the issues Paul raised, which lead to only one conclusion:
imputation by God of Adam's sin/guilt; to wit:
1) all died between Adam and Moses, therefore, all sinned, because
the death is the wages of sin (
Ro 6:23),
2) but
there was no law/command at that time with the death penalty attached, as there was in the Garden, which caused Adam's mortality,
3) and
where there is no law, there is no sin taken into account against anyone (Ro 5:13) and, therefore, no wages of sin; i.e., death (Ro 6:23),
4) so what sin was accounted (imputed, reckoned) to them by God, of what sin did they die?
Paul is the one who presents the questions and raises the issue of imputation in Ro 5:12-15, as well as demonstrating his answer.
And his only answer is that Adam's sin was accounted (logizomai = imputed, reckoned) by God to those between Adam and Moses, for they were not themselves guilty of Adam's sin, when the son does not naturally incur the penalty for his father's sin (Eze 18:20).
So they did not incur Adam's sin, it was accounted/imputed/reckoned to them by God.
This is the question (1-4) and the answer Ro 5:12-15 presents.
We have three Biblical facts which show this answer:
1) Adam was the pattern for Christ (Ro 5:14). Of what could sinful Adam possibly be the pattern for the righteous son of God, the Christ?
2) Abraham's faith, not his obedience, was imputed/reckoned/accounted to him by God as righteousness (Ge 15:6, Ro 4:3) and
3) faith, not obedience, is likewise imputed/reckoned/accounted to the born again by God as righteousness (Ro 4:1-11).
The corresponding conclusions to these facts are:
1) The imputation to us by God of sinful (first) Adam's sin/guilt was the pattern for the imputation to us by God of righteous (second Adam) Christ's obedience/righteousness, which conclusion is stated in the contrasting parallels of Ro 5:18-19.
2) As God's righteousness (
Ro 1:17) was imputed by God to Abraham (
Ge 15:6,
Ro 4:3), so Adam's sin was imputed by God to Abraham.
3) As Christ's righteousness is imputed by God to those born of Christ (
1 Co 1:30), so Adam's sin is imputed by God to those born of Adam (
Ro 5:12-15).
Ro 5:12-15 demonstrates that Adam's sin is accounted/imputed/reckoned to all mankind.
