Romans 4:4-8 Now to him who works,
the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. But to him who does not work
but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for
righteousness, just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to
whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: “Blessed are those whose
lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; Blessed is the man
to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”
I read this great little devotional on “righteousness” with God, which is defined in the 1828 as: ‘Purity of heart and rectitude of life; conformity of heart and life to the divine law. Righteousness, as used in Scripture and theology, in which it is chiefly used, is nearly equivalent to holiness, comprehending holy principles and affections of heart, and conformity of life to the divine law. It includes all we call justice, honesty and virtue, with holy affections; in short, it is true religion’.
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Corinthians 5:21 “God made him who
had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the
righteousness of God.”
God imputes
righteousness to you through His Son. What does “impute” mean? The 1828 Webster’s
dictionary defines “impute” as: ‘Charge
to the account of; attribute to or ascribe to’. So, righteousness put on
your account. At the moment you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, God makes you
righteous. The sins of the world (including yours and mine) were imputed to
Jesus Christ on the cross and our sinless Savior’s righteousness was imputed to
the Believer by faith through grace. A woman was asked one day what it felt
like to be saved and she replied, “It feels as though I am standing in Jesus’
shoes and He is standing in mine.” A scholar or theologian couldn’t have said
it any better.
Romans 3:21-23 “But now the righteousness of God apart from
the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the
righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who
believe. For there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God.
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