Doctrine of SinHarmartiology

I. Definition—“Any failure to conform to the moral law of God in act, attitude or nature” Rom.3:23

II. Origin of Sin

1. Angels—2 Pet. 2:4

2. Man—Gen. 3

III. Inherited sin

1. Federal headship—Adam was our representative (we sinned in him)—Rom. 5:19

19For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.

2. Seminal headship—We inherited a sin naturePsalm 51:5

5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

IV. Total depravityRom. 1-3

a. Unable to save ourselves—”none seek after God”

b. Issues

1. Babies sinners? Ps. 51:5

2. Degrees of sin

• 1. Legally all the same—Rom 3:99What then? Are we Jews any better off? No,

not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,

2. Degrees of sinJohn 19:11—to Pilate:11Jesus answered him, "You would have no

authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.“

Matt. 11:22:But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of

judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

3. Unpardonable sinMatt. 12:31-32

“Conscious, malicious and willful rejection and slander against the evidence and conviction of the testimony of the Holy Spirit respecting the grace of God in Christ attributing it out of hatred and enmity to the Prince of Darkness…in committing that sin, man willfully, maliciously, and intentionally attributes what is clearly recognized as the work of God to the influence and operation of Satan.” Grudem

V. Covenant between God and Man

a. Definition—”unchangeable divinely imposed legal agreement between God and man that stipulates the conditions of their relationship.”

b. Covenant theologyCovenant of works in Garden

Covenant of grace—rest of the Bible

c. Dispensationalism

1. Older view—Schofield—7 dispensations

D, New covenant theology

Emphasize newness of Christ’s work—Ez. 36