myth of imputed righteousness of Christ??

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

Did you watch the video?

Yes.

I see an exteme in believing in the imputed righteousness of Christ that denies the need for sanctification. I also see an extreme of denying the imputation of the rightoeusness of Christ that bases our salvation upon our works.

The imputation of Christ's righteousness initially makes us holy before God that we might receive the Holy Ghost. This is justification. Because without it... no man would be worthy. At this point a man is "positionally" declared righteous and holy on account of Christ's own righteousness. However, sanctification addresses our "condition" and is our surrendering to the Spirit that Christ might be formed in us. Failure to sanctify one's self is akin to one being freely declared royalty without any merit in his own self... and refusing to learn the ways of royalty to the point of ultimately being disowned by the royal family.

This video is missing this balance.

[Titus2woman]

Very good teaching from a well spoken young man. He was however too long and I couldn't watch till the end so I hope nothing that was just great popped up then.

[crakjak]

If you have been reconciled by His death, how much more shall you be "saved" by His life. Understand this scriptural quote, and the issue of "imputation" is not an issue.

Faith comes first, everything else follows, we had the testimony of a young lady Sunday morning that was raised in our church. She went to college and fell into partying, drinking and finally hooked on drugs. She knew about God, she had been reconciled to God, but had never entered into His life. After hitting bottom, she cried out to Him, and in a very short while heard Him calling her name over and over again. After realizing that He had been calling her name for five years and that she had just now "heard" His voice, she was immediately overwhelmed by His love. After this "encounter" with Jesus, she at that moment was "saved" by His life.

She was, her words, "made whole", and as of Sunday morning was three months removed from all her addictions. It is quite amazing, she doesn't speak as a programed Christian, she speaks with such clarity and depth, that was completely missing in her person prior to this encounter with Jesus.


She is the daughter of friends of ours, she was absolutely "lost" and she has been "found", and she knows it. Marvelous, incredible, beautiful, complete change, she hated Christians and the church one moment and the next she is in love with the head of the Church. I am still in awe, of His wonderful saving life, we too often forget how great life in Christ really is!!!

My life in Christ, like most Christians, was not instantaneous, but was a process of years of seeking and pursuing God, however, it has become just as beautiful. We sometimes forget how "how much more" life in Christ is, because it came on us slowly and progressively. But taking in the whole, my life is just as dramatic and beautiful in Him.

Though many are "lost" He has never stopped calling their names, and He never will, for He came to "seek and to SAVE, the lost..."

[Scott Hutchinson]

I teach salvation by grace and grace alone,but the grace of God teaches one to live upright.The Holy Spirit will conform us to the image of Christ.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

I teach salvation by grace and grace alone,but the grace of God teaches one to live upright.The Holy Spirit will conform us to the image of Christ.

What if He doesn't? Would that be proof that one was not really saved?