Helmet of Salvation

[newnature]

The only ones who can take up any piece of God’s armor, and the only ones who are involved in this struggle against Satan and his forces, are those who have been placed into Christ. The fact that the helmet is related to salvation indicates that their blows are directed at the believer’s security and assurance of being placed into Christ. This helmet covers our mind, intellect or reasoning. The two dangerous edges of Satan and his forces broadsword are discouragement and doubt. We did not receive our righteous standing before God by the things we have done in the past that we might consider to be righteous. We certainly do not maintain it by the things we continue to do or what we promise God that we will do that we might consider to be righteous. Our justification was something accomplished for us by God’s grace. God has already set everyone in Christ apart as holy. Everyone who is in Christ stands perfectly righteous or perfectly holy, justified according to God’s gift declaration of righteousness. We that believed Paul’s gospel, we have the very righteousness of Jesus Christ himself credited to our account. Our being set apart is not contingent upon the degree to which we set ourselves apart.

God’s Reconciliation of Man, read more about it at http://godsreconciliation.blogspot.com/

[Luke]

Originally Posted by newnature

The only ones who can take up any piece of God’s armor, and the only ones who are involved in this struggle against Satan and his forces, are those who have been placed into Christ. The fact that the helmet is related to salvation indicates that their blows are directed at the believer’s security and assurance of being placed into Christ. This helmet covers our mind, intellect or reasoning. The two dangerous edges of Satan and his forces broadsword are discouragement and doubt. We did not receive our righteous standing before God by the things we have done in the past that we might consider to be righteous. We certainly do not maintain it by the things we continue to do or what we promise God that we will do that we might consider to be righteous. Our justification was something accomplished for us by God’s grace. God has already set everyone in Christ apart as holy. Everyone who is in Christ stands perfectly righteous or perfectly holy, justified according to God’s gift declaration of righteousness. We that believed Paul’s gospel, we have the very righteousness of Jesus Christ himself credited to our account. Our being set apart is not contingent upon the degree to which we set ourselves apart.

God’s Reconciliation of Man, read more about it at http://godsreconciliation.blogspot.com/

1 John 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

What about these scripture? To say our continued righteous standing is not affected by our walking in righteousness is to throw these and many other like passages out. The doctrine of once saved always saved is false.

[Esaias]

Nowhere does the bible say that Christ's righteousness is imputed to us. Rather, it teaches that our faith is credited to us for righteousness. It also says that Christ is our righteousness, our sanctification, and our life, etc - meaning He is the author of it, the one who grants it, the one on who's behalf it is given to us, etc.

To believe that Christ's righteousness is imputed to us is nonsensical and makes no theological, logical, or even grammatical sense.

What people generally mean, tho, when they say that His righteousness is imputed to us, is that individuals may still be sinning but God doesn't see it or know of it, he only sees 'Christ' in their place - which is absurd, because God sees and knows all things as they truly and actually are - God is not deceived, certainly not by neat theological tricks.

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by Esaias

Nowhere does the bible say that Christ's righteousness is imputed to us. Rather, it teaches that our faith is credited to us for righteousness. It also says that Christ is our righteousness, our sanctification, and our life, etc - meaning He is the author of it, the one who grants it, the one on who's behalf it is given to us, etc.

To believe that Christ's righteousness is imputed to us is nonsensical and makes no theological, logical, or even grammatical sense.

What people generally mean, tho, when they say that His righteousness is imputed to us, is that individuals may still be sinning but God doesn't see it or know of it, he only sees 'Christ' in their place - which is absurd, because God sees and knows all things as they truly and actually are - God is not deceived, certainly not by neat theological tricks.

I differ. Paul said in 2 Cor 5:21 that we became the righteousness of God when Christ became sin.

Also, righteousness is a free gift according to Romans 5.