There is an obvious mistake, error in the OP of svedbygace and in ever post I have read. We were made sinners by nature, by birth, from the womb; This is why we have a sinful heart, a nature of rebellion from our mothers womb. We are children of wrath because of Adams one act of disobedience. The sin nature was imparted to us at our conception. Do we all agree on this? THINK! Is this not fact? YES or NO? If one can not agree with me on this point, they must have the error in mind that we are born into this world with a clean, righteous, heart, here and now on earth, and a clean record, a neutral position before God in Heaven, not good or bad, Right? No one who believes the Bible will argue to a free trial for every one born ,like Adam was given. Right? All Bible believers know, we are born with an evil, bad, sinful heart and we all need to have a spiritual birth, by God's power, to MAKE us righteous. Right? SO, why the confusion in the OP? To be MAKE,righteous means to be born again,with a righteous nature. svedbygrave is totally confused, he doesn't know what he is talking about! He doesn't know the meaning of the word, MAKE. savedbygrace is taking about being justified, not MAKE . MAKE is not IMPUTED. MADE is to be built. constructed, created, constituted in the sense of "fleshing out", "to make with the elements of, like H2O. that is the nature of water. What is man MADE of? SIN. How is man MADE with, given, a righteous heart? The only way a sinner can be MADE righteous is to be born of GOD. The DEATH of JESUS has NEVER MADE a sinner righteous. BUT, BECAUSE, Jesus died and rose again, NOW, today, God can MAKE a sinner righteous ,in heart , by the new birth, ONLY. Love to all, Hoffco
