Jason,

The only qualification that i see is that Grudem says that Adam is neutral “before he had done anything right or wrong in God’s sight” which i guess would be the nanosecond just before he took his first […]

Hi Jason,

According to Grudem, moral neutrality is the state of Adam before he had done anything right or wrong:

“But if God merely declared us to be forgiven from our sins, that would not solve our problems […]

Sam,

Thanks for looking into my question. There does not seem to be a definitive answer in the text, but i agree that the main thing is that we are reckoned righteous. As I mentioned above, I tend to lean […]

Sam (and all),

The past few months, a friend and I have been discussing the topic of the imputation of righteousness to believers. My understanding is that the Orthodox Protestant view is that while our sin is […]