Whoever said the following is in serious trouble......the bible is clear....we are MADE the righteousness in CHRIST by faith and has taken OUR SIN (everyone we would commit) and nailed it to his tree......NO one will make heaven or the kingdom of GOD without the righteousness of Christ being imputed and applied by faith and blood.....a man is JUSTIFIED as RIGHTEOUS by FAITH and the IMPUTATION of the RIGHTEOUSNESS of CHRIST.......
after that we have DAILY sanctification based upon our walk and obedience to the faith.....it has nothing to do with our eternal standing in Christ as RIGHTEOUS and JUSTIFIED<----SAVED, BORN AGAIN
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS CONTRARY
So I do not see the need for imputed righteousness, rather we are righteous
because we believe and walk in His ways.
Amen I agree.
What I really don't get and it really really puzzles me.
Adam and Eve rebelled then read the rest of history in the bible up the N.T.
Jesus, God himself in the flesh comes to us.
In a nutshell says
"As a result from your rebellion/sin you are separated from the Father. The Father has given you his perfect Holy standard, to reveal his nature to you. You cannot keep it, you cannot keep his Holy standard. So as a result I have come to keep it on your behalf. Now this is gonna cost me, it's gonna cost me my life.
Now that's gonna be painful I know it is, the pain of the beating, the crown of thorns, the nails that are going to be driven into my body, I have even asked my Father if there is any other way please let it be so, but I know there is only one way, I have to go to that cross.
All you will see is me on the cross. That is painful for you, but for me there is something more painful, that goes beyond the pain of the physical.
Matthew 27:45-46
Jesus Dies on the Cross
Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
For 3 hours every sin that the world has committed is going to placed on me, every sin you will committ is going to be placed on me, the worst pain is that I am going to separate from my Father, he is going to forsake me but I will go through this for you.
From the time Adam and Eve sinned we had a plan in place. This plan ends today, when I say "it's finished and die physically.
When that happens your sins are forgiven you, now all you have to do is repent of your unbelief in me, that's why I am going back to heaven so the Holy Spirit must come to do this.
When you place your faith in me then I will be in you and you in me. I will be with you and help you. And because of that
Romans 5:1-2
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 1:30
But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—
Thats what Jesus has done for us.
Lets be honest if we think we can keep ourself saved by our own works then the above I posted is a load rubbish.
Jesus would have come or earth and said
I am God in the flesh, I will show you how to keep the law, then I will go back to Father and let you get on with it.
If you keep all the Holy standards of God then good, you will just as perfect as I am. Up to the challenge?