What is : imputed Righteousness

[Ritajanice]

Awaiting the New Body​

5 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, 3 because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. 4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 For we live by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

The Ministry of Reconciliation​

11 Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. 12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. 13 If we are “out of our mind,” as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin[b] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

 

[Johann]

So, what is "righteousness"?

However, God requires a covenantal response. God decrees (i.e., freely gives, i.e., Romans 5:8; 6:23) and provides, but humans must respond and continue to respond in

1. repentance

2. faith

3. lifestyle obedience

4. perseverance



Righteousness, therefore, is a covenantal, reciprocal action between God and His highest creation, based on the character of God, the work of Christ, and the enabling of the Spirit, to which each individual must personally and continually respond appropriately. The concept is called "justification by grace through faith" (i.e., Eph. 2:8-9). The concept is revealed in the Gospels, but not in these terms. It is primarily defined by Paul, who uses the Greek term "righteousness" in its various forms over 100 times.

Paul, being a trained rabbi, uses the term dikaiosunē in its Hebrew sense of the term tsaddiq used in the Septuagint, not from Greek literature. In Greek writings the term is connected to someone who conformed to the expectations of Deity and society (i.e., Noah, Job). In the Hebrew sense it is always structured in covenantal terms - YHWH is a just, ethical, moral God. He wants His people to reflect His character. Redeemed mankind becomes a new creature (cf. 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15). This newness results in a new lifestyle of godliness (cf. Matthew 5-7; Gal. 5:22-24; James; 1 John). Since Israel was a theocracy there was no clear delineation between the secular (society's norms) and the sacred (God's will). This distinction is expressed in the Hebrew and Greek terms being translated into English as "justice" (relating to society) and "righteousness" (relating to religion).

The gospel (good news) of Jesus is that fallen mankind has been restored to fellowship with God. This has been accomplished through the Father's love, mercy, and grace; the Son's life, death, and resurrection; and the Spirit's wooing and drawing to the gospel. Justification is a free act of God, but it must issue in godliness (Augustine's position, which reflects both the Reformation emphasis on the freeness of the gospel and Roman Catholic emphasis on a changed life of love and faithfulness). For Reformers the term "the righteousness of God" is an objective genitive (i.e., the act of making sinful mankind acceptable to God [positional sanctification], while for the Catholics it is a subjective genitive, which is the process of becoming more like God [experiential progressive sanctification]. In reality it is surely both!!)

In my view all of the Bible from Genesis 4 – Revelation 20 is a record of God's restoring the fellowship of Eden. The Bible starts with God and mankind in fellowship in an earthly setting (cf. Genesis 1-2) and the Bible ends with the same setting (cf. Revelation 21-22). God's image and purpose will be restored!

To document the above discussions note the following selected NT passages illustrating the Greek word group.

1. God is righteous (often connected to God as Judge)

a. Romans 3:26

b. 2 Thessalonians 1:5-6

c. 2 Timothy 4:8

d. Revelation 16:5

2. Jesus is righteous

a. Acts 3:14; 7:52; 22:14 (title of Messiah)

b. Matthew 27:19

c. 1 John 2:1,29; 3:7

3. God's will for His creation is righteousness

a. Leviticus 19:2

b. Matthew 5:48 (cf. 5:17-20)

4. God's means of providing and producing righteousness

a. Romans 3:21-31

b. Romans 4

c. Romans 5:6-11

d. Galatians 3:6-14

5. Given by God

a. Romans 3:24; 6:23

b. 1 Corinthians 1:30

c. Ephesians 2:8-9

6. Received by faith

a. Romans 1:17; 3:22,26; 4:3,5,13; 9:30; 10:4,6,10

b. 2 Corinthians 5:7,21

7. Through acts of the Son

a. Romans 5:21

b. 2 Corinthians 5:21

c. Philippians 2:6-11

8. God's will is that His followers be righteous

a. Matthew 5:3-48; 7:24-27

b. Romans 2:13; 5:1-5; 6:1-23

c. Ephesians 1:4; 2:10

d. 1 Timothy 6:11

e. 2 Timothy 2:22; 3:16

f. 1 John 3:7

g. 1 Peter 2:24

9. God will judge the world by righteousness

a. Acts 17:31

b. 2 Timothy 4:8

Righteousness is a characteristic of God, freely given to sinful mankind through Christ. It is

1. a decree of God

2. a gift of God

3. an act of Christ

4. a life to be lived

But it is also a process of becoming righteous that must be vigorously and steadfastly pursued, which will one day be consummated at the Second Coming. Fellowship with God is restored at salvation but progresses throughout life to become a face-to-face encounter with Him (cf. 1 John 3:2) at death or the Parousia!

Here is a good quote to conclude this discussion. It is taken from Dictionary of Paul and His Letters from IVP

"Calvin, more so than Luther, emphasizes the relational aspect of the righteousness of God. Luther's view of the righteousness of God seems to contain the aspect of acquittal. Calvin emphasizes the marvelous nature of the communication or imparting of God's righteousness to us" (p. 834).



For me the believer's relationship to God has three aspects.

1. the gospel is a person (emphasis of the Eastern Church and Calvin)

2. the gospel is truth (emphasis of Augustine and Luther)

3. the gospel is a changed life (Catholic emphasis)



They are all true and must be held together for a healthy, sound, biblical Christianity. If any one is over emphasized or depreciated, problems occur.

We must welcome Jesus!

We must believe the gospel!

We must pursue Christlikeness!
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Johann

 

[Johann]

.The "Doctrine of Salvation"

Evidence for one's salvation is based on the New Covenant (cf. Jer. 31:31-34; Ezek. 36:22-36) in Jesus:

The character of the Father (cf. John 3:16), the work of the Son (cf. 2 Cor. 5:21), and the ministry of the Spirit (cf. Rom. 8:14-16), not on human performance (cf. Eph. 2:8-9), not wages due for obedience, not just a creed.

It is a gift (cf. Rom. 3:24; 6:23; Eph. 2:5,8-9).
It is a new life, a new worldview (cf. James and 1 John).
It is knowledge (the gospel), fellowship (faith in and with Jesus), and a new lifestyle (Spirit-led Christlikeness, cf. Eph. 1:4; 2:10) all three, not just any one by itself.

The tests of true salvation in 1 John 2:3-2.
willingness to confess sin (initially and continually), 1 John 1:9
lifestyle obedience, 1 John 2:3-6
lifestyle love, 1 John 2:7-11
victory over the evil, 1 John 2:12-14
forsaking the world, 1 John 2:15-17
perseverance, 1 John 2:19
correct doctrine, 1 John 2:20-24; 4:1-3
These tests in 1 John can be summarized in three areas.

the doctrinal test (belief in Jesus, cf. 1 John 2:18-25; 4:1-3,14-16; 5:1,5,10)
lifestyle test (obedience, cf. 1 John 2:3-7; 3:1-10, 22-24)
the social test (love, cf. 1 John 2:7-11; 3:11-18; 4:7-12,16-21; 5:1-2)
Remember, the gospel is

a person to welcome (personal relationship)
truths about that person to believe
a life like that person's to live (Christlikeness is the goal)


: PERSEVERE

The biblical doctrines related to the Christian life are difficult to explain because they are presented in typically eastern dialectical pairs EASTERN LITERATURE [biblical paradoxes]).

These pairs seem contradictory, yet both are biblical. Western Christians have tended to choose one truth and ignore or depreciate the opposite truth. Let me illustrate.

Is salvation an initial decision to trust Christ or a lifetime commitment to discipleship?
Is salvation an election by means of grace from a sovereign God or mankind's believing and repentant response to a divine offer?
Is salvation, once received, impossible to lose, or is there a need for continual diligence?
 The issue of perseverance has been contentious throughout church history. The problem begins with apparently conflicting passages of the NT:

texts on assurance
statements of Jesus (John 6:37; 10:28-29)
statements of Paul (Rom. 8:35-39; Eph. 1:13; 2:5,8-9; Phil. 1:6; 2:13; 2 Thess. 3:3; 2 Tim. 1:12; 4:18)
statements of Peter ( 1 Pet. 1:4-5)
texts on the need for perseverance
statements of Jesus (Matt. 10:22; 13:1-9,24-30; 24:13; Mark 13:13; John 8:31; 15:4-10; Rev. 2:7,17,26; 3:5,12,21)
statements of Paul (Rom. 11:22; 1 Cor. 15:2; 2 Cor. 13:5; Gal. 1:6; 3:4; 5:4; 6:9; Phil. 2:12; 3:18-20; Col. 1:23; 2 Tim. 3:2)
statements of the author of Hebrews (Heb. 2:1; 3:6,14; 4:14; 6:4-12; 10:26-27)
statements of John (1 John 2:6; 2 John 9)
statement of the Father (Rev. 21:7)

Biblical salvation issues from the love, mercy, and grace of a sovereign Triune God. No human can be saved without the initiation of the Spirit (cf. John 6:44,65). Deity comes first and sets the agenda, but demands that humans must respond in faith and repentance, both initially and continually. God works with mankind in a covenant relationship. There are privileges and responsibilities!

Salvation is offered to all humans (cf. John 1:12; 3:16; 4:42; 1 Tim. 2:4; Titus 2:11; 2 Pet. 3:9; 1 John 2:2; 4:14). Jesus' death dealt with the fallen creation's sin problem (cf. Mark 10:45; John 1:29; 2 Cor. 5:21). God has provided a way and wants all those made in His image to respond to His love and provision in Jesus.

If you would like to read more on this subject from a non-Calvinistic perspective, see

Dale Moody, The Word of Truth, Eerdmans, 1981 (pp. 348-365)
Howard Marshall, Kept by the Power of God, Bethany Fellowship, 1969
Robert Shank, Life in the Son, Westcott, 1961

1. 
   The Bible is addressing two different problems in this area: (1) taking assurance as a license to live fruitless, selfish lives and (2) encouraging those who struggle with ministry and personal sin. The problem is that the wrong groups are taking the wrong message and building theological systems on limited biblical passages. Some Christians desperately need the message of assurance, while others need the stern warnings! Which group are you in?

There is a historical theological controversy involving Augustine versus Pelagius and Calvin versus Arminius (semi-Pelagian). The issue involves the question of salvation: if one is truly saved, must he persevere in faith and fruitfulness?

The Calvinists line up behind those biblical texts that assert God's sovereignty and keeping-power (John 10:27-30; Rom. 8:31-39; 1 John 5:13,18; 1 Pet. 1:3-5) and VERB TENSES like the perfect passive participles of Eph. 2:5,8.

The Arminians line up behind those biblical texts that warn believers to "hold on," "hold out," or "continue" (Matt. 10:22; 24:9-13; Mark 13:13; John 15:4-6; 1 Cor. 15:2; Gal. 6:9; Rev. 2:7,11,17,26; 3:5,12,21; 21:7). I personally do not believe that Hebrews 6 and 10 are applicable, but many Arminians use them as a warning against apostasy. The parable of the Sower in Matthew 13 and Mark 4 addresses the issue of apparent belief, as does John 8:31-59. As Calvinists quote the PERFECT TENSE VERBS used to describe salvation, the Arminians quote the present tense passages like 1 Cor. 1:18; 15:2; 2 Cor. 2:15.

This is a perfect example of how theological systems abuse the proof-texting method of interpretation. Usually a guiding principle or chief text is used to construct a theological grid by which all other texts are viewed.

Be careful of grids from any source. They come from western logic, not revelation. The Bible is an eastern book. It presents truth in tension-filled, seemingly paradoxical pairs.

Christians are meant to affirm both and live within the tension. The NT presents both the security of the believer and the demand for continuing faith and godliness. Christianity is an initial response of repentance and faith followed by a continuing response of repentance and faith. Salvation is not a product (a ticket to heaven or a fire insurance policy), but a relationship. It is a decision and discipleship. It is described in the NT in all VERB TENSES:

AORIST (completed action), Acts 15:11; Rom. 8:24; 2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 3:5
PERFECT perfect (completed action with continuing results), Eph. 2:5,8
PRESENT (continuing action), 1 Cor. 1:18; 15:2; 2 Cor. 2:15
FUTUREfuture (future events or certain events), Rom. 5:8,10; 10:9; 1 Cor. 3:15; Phil. 1:28; 1 Thess. 5:8-9; Heb. 1:14; 9:28
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Johann

 

[Ritajanice]

Romans 1:17​

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New International Version​

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17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,[a] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.


Those who are in the righteousness of Christ, know it, by the rebirth, therefore are able to walk in faith ,knowing this.....one must be Born Again

All who are born again are in the righteousness of Christ.

 

[Johann]

The born again Spirit, is the Son/Daughter of God.

BORN AGAIN

The same root is used in Jesus' discussion with Nicodemus in John 3:3,7,8 (gennaō) and in 1 Pet. 1:23. It speaks of a decisive act. The NT also uses other imagery to describe our salvation:

"quickened" (cf. Col. 2:13; Eph. 2:4-5)
"new creation" (cf. 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15)
"partaker of Divine Nature," (cf. 2 Pet. 1:4)

Paul is fond of the familial imagery "adoption" (cf. Rom. 8:23; Gal. 4:5; Eph. 1:5), while John and Peter are fond of the familial imagery "new birth"

Being "born again" or "born from above" is a biblical emphasis on the need for a totally new start (cf. Ezek. 36:26-27), a totally new family (cf. John 1:12-13; Rom. 5:12-21). Christianity is not a reformation or a new morality; it is a new relationship with God. This new relationship is made possible because of

the Father's mercy and grace (cf. Exod. 34:6; Neh. 9:17)
the Son's sacrificial death (cf. 2 Cor. 5:21) and resurrection from the dead (cf. 1 Corinthians 15)
the work of the Spirit (cf. John 3:6; 6:44,65; 1 Pet. 1:2)
This divine will and action gives believers a new life, a living hope, and a sure inheritance.

I have included my exegetical note from John 3:16 "born again."

John 3:3
NASB, NKJV, TEV, REB, Peshitta  "born again"
NRSV, NJB  "born from above"
This is AORIST PASSIVE SUBJUNCTIVE. The word (anōthen) can mean

"physically born a second time"
"born from the beginning" (cf. Acts 26:4)
"born from above," which fits this context (cf. John 3:7,31; 19:11)

This is probably another example of John's use of terms that have two meanings (double entendre), both of which are true (cf. Bauer, Arndt, Gengrich and Danker's A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, p. 77). As is obvious from John 3:4, Nicodemus understood it as option # 1. John and Peter (cf. 1 Pet. 1:23) use this familial metaphor for salvation as Paul uses the term "adoption." The focus is on the Father's acts in begetting (cf. John 1:13). Salvation is a gift and act of God (cf. John 1:12-13; Rom. 3:21-24; 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9).

The footnote to George Lamsa's translation of the Peshitta says, "'Born again' in northern Aramaic, means to change one's thoughts and habits. Nicodemus spoke southern Aramaic and hence, did not understand Jesus."
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Johann

 

[Ritajanice]

A.) The Divine Exchange.

This means, that Jesus became ALL your sin....and you became "the righteousness of God in Christ", born again.
This means that your sin went to Jesus who was slain for it...."God hath made JESUS to be sin for us".... and Christ's Righteous became you as : "A new Creation IN Christ"..... "made righteous"... "One with God'"

See that?
Now, here is how you understand what that means...
It means that because of your new birth in the Spirit, God has BIRTHED you Spiritually as being exactly like Christ's Righteousness.
In other words... You are now re-recreated spiritually, as if you lived the Holy Life that Jesus offered to God, that is sinless, righteous, and pure.
This is the 'imputed" "GIFT of Righteousness" that is "The GIFT of Salvation"
That is every born again CHRISTian, = has become this....by Spiritual Birth, through the Blood Atonement (New Covenant) Redemption.

Yes, Jesus has all of my sin, it’s all on him, he took my sin when he died on the cross.

Therefore making a way to come back to God ,Through the power of the Holy Spirit...Without his death, there would be no life, we would stay dead in spirit forever.

Therefore when we are birthed in the Spirit,we are Alive in Christ...Born Again Children...by the blood of Jesus that he shed, we have been saved from eternal damnation.....being alienated from God is the worst thing ever.....as a non believer I never knew I was alienated from God, I never knew I was in sin and darkness.

Not until I was birthed in the Spirit, did I know that, .....I was set free and it’s now Christ who lives in me....Praise His Holy Name......only JESUS is WORTHY of PRAISE....

Also as a Born Again.God speaks to us through the Spirit, which is the LIVING word of God.

His word is very much Alive and Active in his children’s lives...he is always talking to me through scripture ,which is his Living word....the words of God in the Bible are Alive and Mighty.

 

[Brakelite]

I'm going to keep this as simple as I can.

Justification was made for all men by the death of Jesus, the Son of God. It comes to individuals and is made effective personally, by faith. First, there is the fact established, second is the individual's belief in and trust in that fact.
Why did Christ die? As a substitute for sinners...us. Jesus took our sin upon Himself, and died in our place. God now looks upon the repentant sinner... The one who trusts in Christ's sacrifice...as an innocent person as if he had never sinned. We are fully and completely justified... Made righteous.. by the substitutionary sacrifice of the Lamb of God. All we need do is believe that. If we don't, or only partially believe, we will tend to add our works, or in the context of Catholicism, others works, to make up for what we think was lacking in Jesus' sacrifice.
Once justified by faith, we are then sanctified by faith. We move from a point of being granted the legal license which grants us entry into glory, to our fitness for the fellowship of heavenly beings. Both are essential...both come by faith...before we may be glorified.

 

[Behold]

Before we could receive this righteousness in Jesus, we had to be cleansed by his blood, then birthed in the Spirit?....this is a supernatural act that only God can do through the Spirit?
We cannot birth ourselves into Christ.
Hebrews 7:23-28
He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.1
@Behold ...once and for all his word says here?
So, he took the sins of the whole world ...including mine...therefore he has all of my sin and I don’t have any sin in me....,apart from my old mindset...which is slowly being transformed by the renewing of my mind.....?

I became right with God the night of my birth...that’s when the process of being made into the image of Christ begins......it’s been an extremely hard journey, but, the Holy Spirit has been faithful and kept me on that narrow path/ road...the traumas I have been through...I could NEVER have got through it, Without Jesus/ Holy Spirit.....Praise God all Glory to the Lord...my testimony.and belief.

Yes, the Atonement... the Blood Atonement, that is What Jesus completed for eternity....

THIS = "without the shedding of Blood there is no Forgiveness, Remission"....

Christ came to do THAT for us, as "Jesus is the one time... ETERNAL sacrifice for sin"... "God hath made Jesus to be sin....for us".

See that ? There go our sin. Jesus took our sin, to the grave, and He rose again, and our sin didn't.

And "being NOW made free from sin, we become servants to God"..... which means we are in the service of God... AS SONs-Daughters of God.

A.). Now that we are made sinless by the Blood of Jesus.... God then gives us a spiritual birth, by they Holy Spirit, into Himself, and we become "ONE with God'.. as born again.

And notice WE did nothing to earn that... all we did was bring our lifetime of sin and ouselves to God.
And Then He did all that for us., as that is the "Gift of Salvation"

We came to God with our Sin........Jesus on the Cross took it away.....and then God took us into Himself by Spiritual Birth.

= "CHRISTianity".

 

[Behold]

(c) IMPARTED RIGHTEOUSNESS (a false Catholic concept) with imputed righteous.

I never use the term "imparted righteousness".

That's your commentary talking to you again, Enoch111

And in not a "cult of mary" member.

Listen,

Paul teaches "The Gift of Righteousness"..

""""""For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the Gift of Righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.:"""

Romans 5:17

Thats what i teach... Just that.

Paul teaches this as "Made Righteous".

 

[Keturah]

Impute:
THEOLOGY
Ascribe (righteousness, guilt, etc.) to someone by virtue of a similar quality in another.
"Christ's righteousness has been imputed to us"

2 CORINTHIANS 5:21KJV
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."

2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 CONTEXT
18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation.
20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

 

[Behold]

1. repentance

2. faith

3. lifestyle obedience

4. perseverance

Johann,

Just remember that the works we do, are not required as an agreement.... before God will give us "The Gift of Salvation"

 

[Behold]

Evidence for one's salvation

The Doctrine of Salvation is the Cross of Christ.

Its explained as "The Gospel of the Grace of God".

The Proof you are saved, is only one.

A.) Born Again

 

[Behold]

BORN AGAIN

The believer is given a spiritual Birth by the Holy Spirit, into God , who is "A Spirit'.. The Holy Spirit.

This happens AFTER the Cross of Christ, that is the Blood Atonement, = has dealt with all the sin of the Believer.

 

[Johann]

Johann,

You just posted your SELF EFFORT as "imputed righteousness"

You left out Jesus. You left out the Cross. You left out The Blood of Jesus. The Death of Jesus.

You just denied the Gospel of the Grace of God.... on a public forum. by replacing it with your Gospel of WORKS.

Nothing of the sort-Go reread my post-again.
Thanks
Johann.

 

[Ritajanice]

The believer is given a spiritual Birth by the Holy Spirit, into God , who is "A Spirit'.. The Holy Spirit.

Amen!! And Mind Blowing!!....Praise God.

 

[Behold]

Nothing of the sort-Go reread my post-again.
Thanks
Johann.

So, i did look carefully, and revised my post.

As usual you only want to talk about works., and this THREAD is not about that, Johann.

 

[Behold]

Amen!! And Mind Blowing!!....Praise God.

See how simple it is?

Salvation is so simple......and men turn it into incomprehensible doctrine that confuses scholars.

Paul told us that SALVATION is the "simplicity that is IN Christ.""

Here is Salvation..

YOU Take Christ
God Takes You

That's it.
Done.

The rest, is DISCIPLESHIP that follows Salvation, and that is where the heretics come in and try to put The CROSS of CHRIST in the Background, while they try to prove that Works are required .

Its this that the HERETICS teach...


The CROSS + Works = Salvation

The Cross + Water Baptism

The Cross + Enduring to the End

The Cross + Commandment keeping

The Cross + Confessing sin


See the ADD ON Reader?

Its the +. +++++++

Listen :

= Salvation is JESUS and that CROSS. + NOTHING.

 

[Enoch111]

I never use the term "imparted righteousness".

You may not have used that term but that is exactly what was implied in your post. You should carefully read your own words. At the same time you did not acknowledge that I had presented the correct biblical understanding of imputed righteousness, and you had failed to do so. Since Romans 5 follows Romans 4, "the gift of righteousness" is in fact imputed righteousness. And you failed to acknowledge that either.

Paul does not say you are "MADE RIGHTEOUS" (which would imply imparted righteousness). He says that you are DEEMED RIGHTEOUS (imputed righteousness). That's why the Hoy Spirit used the terms "reckoned" or "counted". Big difference, but do you understand the difference? No wonder your theology is all messed up. You are projecting on Paul what you falsely believe.

 

[Enoch111]

See Salvation is JESUS and that CROSS. + NOTHING.

It is not the cross but THE CRUCIFIED ONE who died and who also rose from the dead. That is the heart of the Gospel.

 

[Behold]

You may not have used that term but that is exactly what was implied in your post.

You should read Behold's words more carefully, is what you meant to say.

Here is the Thing.

Salvation is the Gift of Righteousness.

Its God's Righteousness, being imputed into the Believer, after the Cross of Christ has dealt with their sin.

The believer becomes.. "the righteousness of God, in Christ".

Remember...

Sin, separates us from God and Jesus came to deal with it, so that it does not separate us from God, anymore.

= THE CROSS OF CHRIST.

= "The Gift of Salvation".