IMPUTATION

[Doug]

God imputes the righteousness of Christ to us when we believe the gospel that Christ died for our sins and rose again to give us eternal life. Salvation unto eternal life is given to us as a free gift. We are declared to have Christ's righteousness applied to us.

Romans 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

In the verse above the same greek word for imputation is used for counted. Imputation means to be counted as or deemed.

4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

4:23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

 

[Dave L]

God imputes the righteousness of Christ to us when we believe the gospel that Christ died for our sins and rose again to give us eternal life. Salvation unto eternal life is given to us as a free gift. We are declared to have Christ's righteousness applied to us.

Romans 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

In the verse above the same greek word for imputation is used for counted. Imputation means to be counted as or deemed.

4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

4:23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

Here's the beauty in Imputation. God imputed Adam's sin to us. Then God Imputed our sin to Christ. And then Imputed Christ's righteousness to us. All according to Romans 5. But look how we made out. Jesus is God, so we now have the infinite righteousness of God worthy of all the blessings only God deserves!!

“God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)

 

[Enoch111]

God imputes the righteousness of Christ to us when we believe the gospel that Christ died for our sins and rose again to give us eternal life. Salvation unto eternal life is given to us as a free gift. We are declared to have Christ's righteousness applied to us.

This is correct and perfectly in accord with Scripture. The image of "the robe of righteousness" (the "garment of salvation") is helpful in understanding how a sinner can be deemed righteous by God simply because he believes God and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ. And "justified" means "declared righteous".

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. (Isa 61:10)

ZECHARIAH 3
1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.

There are some here who are attempting to controvert this Gospel truth, and are misrepresenting the meaning of "imputed". Beware.

 

[Episkopos]

Ps. 106:30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was checked.
31 This was imputed to him as righteousness
for endless generations to come.


Phinehas killed 2 people to get this credit from God. But I don't think we should make a doctrine of it. God decides things...not us.

 

[Episkopos]

This thread is about people imputing righteousness on themselves because of their beliefs. And very few will see a problem with that.

Abraham did not impute anything to himself. Neither did Phinehas. God spoke up for these. But all this imputing stuff is mere speculation...on the part of religious people.

What ever happened to sound doctrine? Where did humility and waiting on God go? What ever happened to "judge nothing before the time?"

 

[Episkopos]

This is correct and perfectly in accord with Scripture. The image of "the robe of righteousness" (the "garment of salvation") is helpful in understanding how a sinner can be deemed righteous by God simply because he believes God and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ. And "justified" means "declared righteous".

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. (Isa 61:10)

ZECHARIAH 3
1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.

There are some here who are attempting to controvert this Gospel truth, and are misrepresenting the meaning of "imputed". Beware.

The "doozie" here is to leave God out of the equation completely and assume He justifies you because you say so. The "doozies" don't get more presumptuous than that.

But the truth is that He gives grace to the HUMBLE....not the presumptuous. (this is actually in the bible)

 

[Enoch111]

The "doozie" here is to leave God out of the equation completely and assume He justifies you because you say so.

Since I have quoted Scripture, and you have merely given your opinion, we can rest assured that it is God who says so, regardless of whether you believe Him or not. Faith means believing God, and you choose not to believe Him in this matter.

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. (Rom 8:33,34)

 

[Episkopos]

Since I have quoted Scripture, and you have merely given your opinion, we can rest assured that it is God who says so, regardless of whether you believe Him or not. Faith means believing God, and you choose not to believe Him in this matter.

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. (Rom 8:33,34)

I know what faith does. But I also know what self-righteousness is.

God justifies....but you are justifying yourself.

Do you think you are God's judge on earth?

Do you know what God thinks of arrogance?

 

[Enoch111]

I know what faith does. But I also know what self-righteousness is. God justifies....but you are justifying yourself. Do you think you are God's judge on earth? Do you know what God thinks of arrogance?

While I have quoted Scriptures, you have made wild and spiteful accusations against me here, instead of believing the Word of God.

Furthermore, you continue to contradict Scripture.

 

[Episkopos]

While I have quoted Scriptures, you have made wild and spiteful accusations against me here, instead of believing the Word of God.

Furthermore, you continue to contradict Scripture.

It is one thing to quote scripture. And quite another to contradict many other scriptures with your own private interpretations. So you need to seek the WHOLE counsel of God before putting your chin out there. Any good boxer will tell you that. See to your own guard before trying to throw a punch. Otherwise you are just "opining" (or opening) yourself up to what amounts to error.

You do have some points...but then you take them too far.

If Jesus was to appear to you tonight....and for some reason say to you "I have justified you for all eternity"(which He will never do of course)...let's say He did that...

Would you go around bragging about how justified you are?

So then those who justify themselves do so precisely because their whole walk is based...not on a relationship with God...but on a religious speculation.

Those who know Christ are fearful to speak lofty things...because it's real.