Righteousness, Faith, Obedience & Imputation

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FlyingDove

FlyingDove

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Righteousness isn't/can't be earned through our good works or obedience. Righteousness was earned thru Christ's faith (Rom 3:22, Gal 2:16, 2:20, 3:22, Phil 3:9, Acts 26:18) and obedience (Rom 5:19).

When the believer place's their faith in Christ's faithful, finished sin redemptive works. Found in his death (sins required wage paid - 1 Cor 15:3, burial (proof he died - 1 Cor 15:4) & resurrection (God's receipt, payment received & accepted - 1 Cor 15:4).

It's then that Christ's righteousness (Jer 23:6 & 33:16) is imputed/transferred (Rom 4:3-8) onto us & our sins are imputed/transferred onto Christ. While the Temple was operating the High Priest had authority to impute/transfer sin (Lev 16:21). Christ is our Great High Priest (Heb 4:14).
 
Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy

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Hi @FlyingDove, I love this verse, and since it seems to fit with your OP as well, I thought I'd post it :)

2 Corinthians 5​
21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.​

All of Christendom seems to understand that our salvation depends upon the imputation of our sins to Jesus' account, but at least 1/2 of those within the pale of orthodoxy today seem to have missed the flip-side, that our salvation is completely dependent upon His righteousness being imputed to our accounts too, if we are to have any hope of being saved.

Jesus is our only innocence, our only righteousness, and the only atonement for our sins.

~Deut

Romans 5
8 God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.​
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