Imputation

Narrator: Chris Genthree
Romans 5:9  •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 9
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The meritorious ground of our justification is the blood of Christ (Rom. 5:99Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (Romans 5:9)). But had He, who was "made of a woman, made under the law," failed in any one point in keeping it, He would not have been the holy Lamb of God, who could have atoned by His death for our sins. Now it is clear that we were not justified by His keeping the law for us, for " if righteousness come by law, then Christ is dead in vain" (Gal. 2:2121I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. (Galatians 2:21)). We should have been justified before He died in that case. This shows the mistake of such thoughts.
" Obedience " (ὑπαχοή) may, of course, often be used with reference to continued obedience, but in Rom. 5:1919For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. (Romans 5:19), it refers to only one act, as the preceding verse distinctly states, "Therefore as by one offense, unto all to condemnation: so by one righteousness (διχαίωμα), unto all men unto justification of life."