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Nature of the Imputation - Mediate and Immediate Imputation
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John Murray (1898–1975). Born on October 14, 1898, in Badbea, Scotland, John Murray was a Presbyterian theologian and preacher renowned for his Reformed theology. Raised in a devout Free Presbyterian home, he served in World War I with the Black Watch, losing an eye at Arras in 1917. He studied at the University of Glasgow (MA, 1923) and Princeton Theological Seminary (ThB, ThM, 1927), later earning a ThM from New College, Edinburgh. Ordained in 1927, he briefly ministered in Scotland before joining Princeton’s faculty in 1929, then Westminster Theological Seminary in 1930, where he taught systematic theology until 1966. His preaching, marked by precision and reverence, was secondary to his scholarship, though he pastored congregations like First Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. Murray authored Redemption Accomplished and Applied and The Imputation of Adam’s Sin, shaping Reformed thought with clarity on justification and covenant theology. Married to Valerie Knowlton in 1937, he had no children and retired to Scotland, dying on May 8, 1975, in Dornoch. He said, “The fear of God is the soul of godliness.”
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In this sermon, the speaker discusses the question of why sin, condemnation, and death have come upon all of humanity. They emphasize the importance of examining biblical evidence and exegesis to understand this issue. The speaker references passages from the New Testament, particularly Genesis 3, which provide inspired commentary on the topic. They also address the misconception that John of the Networks diverged from the doctrine of mediated education, explaining that this is a misunderstanding of his thoughts on the character of sin.
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Come to the fourth means of division, of unsteadying the entertainment of that sin, of that ethical deed, the nature of the entertainment, the nature of execution. We have, as we're telling, felt the sin of Adam by what mold, by what method, in the divine constitution. We haven't done anything so far. And by which the sin of Adam is the sin of all. Therefore, if we start to mediate, we mediate into that. Now, the name associates this, and of course, in the depravity, condemn that position, and propounded the doctrine. Original sin consists, inherently, of propounding both elements to what the doctrine. But, in this, we made the distinction between immediate and immediate imputation. That is, the immediate imputation, the mediation, and the distinction. Immediate imputation. The sin of Adam is imputed because of the root, and is therefore not mediated. Immediate imputation. Means, is mediated through hereditary depression. Immediate imputation. Immediate imputation. Supposes that Adam's first sin precedes the court's involvement, precedes. Involvement in that is mediated through corruption. Follows upon, in a way, according to immediate imputation. The imputation took, mediated through the corruption of nature. Whereas, on immediate, you call immediately. Now, it's very easy to understand. Now, it's immediate imputation. Hereditary.
Nature of the Imputation - Mediate and Immediate Imputation
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John Murray (1898–1975). Born on October 14, 1898, in Badbea, Scotland, John Murray was a Presbyterian theologian and preacher renowned for his Reformed theology. Raised in a devout Free Presbyterian home, he served in World War I with the Black Watch, losing an eye at Arras in 1917. He studied at the University of Glasgow (MA, 1923) and Princeton Theological Seminary (ThB, ThM, 1927), later earning a ThM from New College, Edinburgh. Ordained in 1927, he briefly ministered in Scotland before joining Princeton’s faculty in 1929, then Westminster Theological Seminary in 1930, where he taught systematic theology until 1966. His preaching, marked by precision and reverence, was secondary to his scholarship, though he pastored congregations like First Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. Murray authored Redemption Accomplished and Applied and The Imputation of Adam’s Sin, shaping Reformed thought with clarity on justification and covenant theology. Married to Valerie Knowlton in 1937, he had no children and retired to Scotland, dying on May 8, 1975, in Dornoch. He said, “The fear of God is the soul of godliness.”