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Without a proper understanding of sin, there can never be a proper understanding of the gospel. Sin is opposed both to God’s will and to nature, leaving us in need of God’s grace and redemption. This comprehensive exploration of the doctrine of sin looks at what the Bible teaches about sin’s origin, nature, and consequences, engaging with historical and contemporary movements. Dealing with...

of fact he eschews “metaphysical considerations at all.”11 But this lack of clarity about what a nature is does not discourage Chafer from putting the concept to theological work. “Unregenerate people,” he insists, “have but one nature, while those who are regenerate have two natures. There is but one fallen nature, which is from Adam, and one new nature, which is from God.”12 The unregenerate person has only one nature, and this is “the sin nature.” The regenerate believer, on the other hand, continues
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