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1 | Are the declared righteous righteous? | Matt 7:24 | McGracer | 54226 | ||
If a judge declares you to be righteous, and gives you someone else's righteousness as your own, are you righteous from that point on? McGracer |
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2 | Are the declared righteous righteous? | Matt 7:24 | Reformer Joe | 54235 | ||
You answer is in the question...justification is a JUDICIAL declaration. A judge declaring me not guilty does not change my nature. All other things being equal, I walk out of the courtroom identical in nature to the way I was when I went in. Now God does give us a new nature, but that is not the same as his judgment based on Christ's righteousness on our behalf. I would like you to address something that I brought up before. Does Romans 4:5 apply to us or not? --Joe! |
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3 | Are the declared righteous righteous? | Matt 7:24 | McGracer | 54239 | ||
Joe, So then, although the judge has declared you not guilty, then you still are? And though the judge gave you someone else's righteousness, you are still unrighteous before the judge? ---------- Rom 4:5, let's talk about credited first. What does credited mean? In other words, if I credit your bank account with 1000 dollars, is that now your 1000 dollars to spend or is it still my 1000 dollars? McGracer |
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4 | Are the declared righteous righteous? | Matt 7:24 | Reformer Joe | 54244 | ||
You wrote: "So then, although the judge has declared you not guilty, then you still are?" Since guilt is a judicial declaration, no I am not. I am still a person who commits offenses, but the guilt of my sin has been imputed to Christ. "And though the judge gave you someone else's righteousness, you are still unrighteous before the judge?" As far as the judge is concerned, looking at the whole situation, I am not considered unrighteous. Again, that does not imply that by nature I am righteous, but that the Judge has declared me so because of my Substitute earning it for me. You wrote: " Rom 4:5, let's talk about credited first. What does credited mean? In other words, if I credit your bank account with 1000 dollars, is that now your 1000 dollars to spend or is it still my 1000 dollars?" No, let's talk first about whether it applies to us or not. You said before that it did not. --Joe! |
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5 | Are the declared righteous righteous? | Matt 7:24 | McGracer | 54248 | ||
Joe, You wrote: "All other things being equal, I walk out of the courtroom identical in nature to the way I was when I went in." You entered the courtroom guilty of offense. You have stated the you leave the courtroom not changed. But then you state that you are no longer guilty. Do you see the contradiction here? Are you, in nature, guilty or not if the judge declares you not guilty and gives you the righteousness of another? You wrote: "As far as the judge is concerned, looking at the whole situation, I am not considered unrighteous." Does this mean then, that as far as the judge is concerned, you are righteous? McGracer |
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