1. PREDESTINATION PREDESTINATION T otal Hereditary Depravity T otal Hereditary Depravity U nconditional Election U nconditional Election L imited Atonement L imited Atonement I rresistable Grace I rresistable Grace P erseverance of the Saints P erseverance of the Saints PREDESTINATION PREDESTINATION T otal Hereditary Depravity T otal Hereditary Depravity U nconditional Election U nconditional Election L imited Atonement L imited Atonement I rresistable Grace I rresistable Grace P erseverance of the Saints P erseverance of the Saints

2. IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS

3. I. THE DOCTRINE A. Calvinists A. Calvinists

4. 1. "in theology, to ascribe (good or evil) to a person as coming from another" (Webster's New Univ. Unabridged Dictionary, p. 918) 1. "in theology, to ascribe (good or evil) to a person as coming from another" (Webster's New Univ. Unabridged Dictionary, p. 918) 2. "...the term `imputation' has been used in theo- logy in a threefold sense to denote the judicial acts of God by which the guilt of Adam's sin is imputed to his posterity; by which the sins of Christ's people are imputed to Him; and by which the right- eousness of Christ is imputed to his people." ("Im- putation," James Orr, Editor, International Standard Bible encyclopedia, V.II, pp. 1462-1463) 2. "...the term `imputation' has been used in theo- logy in a threefold sense to denote the judicial acts of God by which the guilt of Adam's sin is imputed to his posterity; by which the sins of Christ's people are imputed to Him; and by which the right- eousness of Christ is imputed to his people." ("Im- putation," James Orr, Editor, International Standard Bible encyclopedia, V.II, pp. 1462-1463) 1. "in theology, to ascribe (good or evil) to a person as coming from another" (Webster's New Univ. Unabridged Dictionary, p. 918) 1. "in theology, to ascribe (good or evil) to a person as coming from another" (Webster's New Univ. Unabridged Dictionary, p. 918) 2. "...the term `imputation' has been used in theo- logy in a threefold sense to denote the judicial acts of God by which the guilt of Adam's sin is imputed to his posterity; by which the sins of Christ's people are imputed to Him; and by which the right- eousness of Christ is imputed to his people." ("Im- putation," James Orr, Editor, International Standard Bible encyclopedia, V.II, pp. 1462-1463) 2. "...the term `imputation' has been used in theo- logy in a threefold sense to denote the judicial acts of God by which the guilt of Adam's sin is imputed to his posterity; by which the sins of Christ's people are imputed to Him; and by which the right- eousness of Christ is imputed to his people." ("Im- putation," James Orr, Editor, International Standard Bible encyclopedia, V.II, pp. 1462-1463) Impute defined:

5. "Imputed Righteousness. For Christ took upon him- self and bore the sins of the world, and satisfied divine justice. Therefore, solely on account of Christ's sufferings and resurrection God is propi ‑ tious with respect to our sins and does not impute them to us, but imputes Christ's righteousness to us as our own (2 Cor. 5:19ff; Rom. 4:25), so that now we are not only cleansed and purged from sins or are holy, but also, granted the righteousness of Christ, and so absolved from sin, death and condem- nation, are at last righteous and heirs of eternal life. Properly speaking, therefore, God alone justifies, and justifies only on account of Christ, not imputing sins to us but imputing his righteousness to us." (The Second Helvitic Confession, 5.108, via Mike Willis, Truth Magazine, vol. 22, p. 53, "Imputed Righteousness: Its Relationship to Calvinism") Impute defined:

6. Baptist preacher Ben Bogard, "My soul sin? No. Has Brother Bogard ever sinned? In my soul I do not. I am as perfect as God himself, as far as my soul is concerned. Then what about my body? It does sin." (Hardeman - Bogard Debate, pp. 309-310) Impute defined:

8. IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS I. THE DOCTRINE A. Calvinists A. Calvinists B. Relation to "TULIP" B. Relation to "TULIP"

9. “I reply that `accepting grace,' as they call it, is nothing else than his free goodness, with which the Father embraces us in Christ when he clothes us with the innocence of Christ and accepts it as ours that by the benefit of it he may hold us as holy, pure, and innocent. For Christ's righteousness, which as it alone is perfect alone can bear the sight of God, must appear in court on our behalf, and stand sure- ty in judgment. Furnished with this righteousness, we obtain continual forgiveness of sins in faith. Co- vered with this purity, the sordidness and unclean- ness of our imperfection are not ascribed to us but are hidden as if buried...” (John Calvin, Institutes of the Chris- tian Religion, Book III, Chap. 14, No. 12, via Willis ibid. pp. 52-53, my emph, sw) Its Relationship to the “TULIP”:

10. IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS I. THE DOCTRINE A. Calvinists A. Calvinists B. Relation to "TULIP" B. Relation to "TULIP" C. Among brethren C. Among brethren

11. "The grounds for our righteousness is the right- eousness of Jesus Himself bestowed on us through our faith in him, which puts us IN HIM, i.e., his right- eous body. This is God's righteousness IMPUTED to all those belonging to the spiritual body of Christ, the church. His righteousness is our righteousness. (my emph, sw) We become His perfection when we are baptized into his body (Rom. 6:3,4; 1 Cor. 12:13; Gal. 3:26,27). He is the head of the body (Col. 1:18) and stands before God as RIGHTEOUS. We, in Him, occupy the same standing before God as does Jesus because his death on the cross perpetually atones for our sins. (1Jno. 2:2).” (R.L. Kirkpatrick, Ensign Fair, vol. 4, #4, via Marshall Patton, Truth Magazine, vol. 24, p. 753, "Imputed Righteousness") Among Brethren:

12. Calvinist:SAVED (direct operation of H.S.) (direct operation of H.S.) KEPT SAVED (God does not see our sins) HEAVENCalvinist:SAVED (direct operation of H.S.) (direct operation of H.S.) KEPT SAVED (God does not see our sins) HEAVEN Comparing our brethren’s position with the Calvinist position: Our brethren: SAVED (faith, rep. & baptism) KEPT SAVED (God does not see our sins) HEAVEN Our brethren: SAVED (faith, rep. & baptism) KEPT SAVED (God does not see our sins) HEAVEN

13. IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS I. THE DOCTRINE II. ARGUMENTS ANSWERED, Rom. 5:9-10; 4:25; Heb. 7:25; 1 Jno. 2:1-2; 1 Cor. 1:30; Rom. 5:9; Heb. 10:10; Rom. 5:18-19

14. ONE ACT OR A LIFETIME? Rom. 5:18, “Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification.” ADAMADAMCHRISTCHRIST DISOBEDIENCE OF ONE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF ONE - “ONE ACT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS” (ASV)

15. ONE ACT OR A LIFETIME? ADAMADAMCHRISTCHRIST Rom. 5:19, "For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous." Disobed. of One Obedience of One Disobed. of One Obedience of One Adam: One act of disobedience or a lifetime of disobedience? disobedience? Christ: One act of obedience or a lifetime of obedience? obedience? If Rom. 5:18,19 teaches the imputation of Christ's obedience to believers, then the text also teaches the imputation of Adam's disobedience to man. You cannot have one without the other! (Wayne Partain, Neo-Calvinism in the Church of Christ, p. 198) Disobed. of One Obedience of One Disobed. of One Obedience of One Adam: One act of disobedience or a lifetime of disobedience? disobedience? Christ: One act of obedience or a lifetime of obedience? obedience? If Rom. 5:18,19 teaches the imputation of Christ's obedience to believers, then the text also teaches the imputation of Adam's disobedience to man. You cannot have one without the other! (Wayne Partain, Neo-Calvinism in the Church of Christ, p. 198)

16. HOW ESCAPE THIS……..…….IF SAY THIS? HOW ESCAPE THIS……..…….IF SAY THIS? (Romans 5:19) The "Consequence" The "Consequence" The "Consequence" The "Consequence" of Adam's of Christ's of Adam's of Christ's Sin is Obedience is Sin is Obedience is That Adam's Sin is That Christ's Life That Adam's Sin is That Christ's Life Imputed to Us or of Obedient Acts Imputed to Us or of Obedient Acts Put Down to Our is Imputed to Us Put Down to Our is Imputed to Us Account ‑ "Were or Put Down to Account ‑ "Were or Put Down to Made Sinners” Our Account - Made Sinners” Our Account - "Shall...Be Made "Shall...Be Made Righteous" Righteous"

17. IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS I. THE DOCTRINE II. ARGUMENTS ANSWERED, Rom. 5:9-10; 4:25; Heb. 7:25; 1 Jno. 2:1-2; 1 Cor. 1:30; Rom. 5:9; Heb. 10:10; Rom. 5:18-19 III. ACCEPT PART ‑ ACCEPT MORE (Some state- ments from Christians)

18. ACCEPT PART ‑ ACCEPT MORE (Some statements from Christians) "Without the imputation of guilt upon the whole human race, (my emph, sw) there is no answer for the death of the innocent... "...If it somehow fits within the frame-work of God's justice to declare righteous those who are unrighteous, then it somehow fits to declare guilt upon those who have never committed sin." (R.L. Kirkpatrick, Ensign Fair, vol. 5, #11, p. 7, via Mike Willis, Truth Magazine, vol. 22, p. 582) "...If it somehow fits within the frame-work of God's justice to declare righteous those who are unrighteous, then it somehow fits to declare guilt upon those who have never committed sin." (R.L. Kirkpatrick, Ensign Fair, vol. 5, #11, p. 7, via Mike Willis, Truth Magazine, vol. 22, p. 582)

19. ACCEPT PART ‑ ACCEPT MORE (Some statements from Christians) "The fact that man, by nature, (my emph, sw) is a sinner....It is an eternal principle that man, because he is a man, sins." (Edward Fudge, The Grace of God, pp. 14, 17, via Bill Reeves, Neo-Calvinism in the Church of Christ, p. 167) Ezek. 18:20; Matt. 19:14

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21. IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS I. THE DOCTRINE II. ARGUMENTS ANSWERED, Rom. 5:9-10; 4:25; Heb. 7:25; 1 Jno. 2:1-2; 1 Cor. 1:30; Rom. 5:9; Heb. 10:10; Rom. 5:18-19 III. ACCEPT PART ‑ ACCEPT MORE (Some state- ments from Christians) IV. HOW CHRISTIANS BECOME RIGHTEOUS A. "Impute" in the KJV (logizomai) A. "Impute" in the KJV (logizomai)

22. "Impute" in the KJV (logizomai) a. Definition: "to reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over" (Thayer, p. 379) b. Webster's definition of "impute:" "in theology, to ascribe (good or evil) to a person as coming from another." a. Definition: "to reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over" (Thayer, p. 379) b. Webster's definition of "impute:" "in theology, to ascribe (good or evil) to a person as coming from another."

23. "Impute" in the KJV (logizomai) Albert Barnes, a Presbyterian, on logizomai: "I have examined all the passages...There is not one in which the word is used in the sense of reckoning or imputing to a man that which does not strictly be- long to him, or of charging on him that which ought not to be charged on him as a matter of personal right....No doctrine of transferring, or setting over to a man what does not properly belong to him, be it sin or holiness, can be derived, therefore, from this word." (Barnes Notes, Commentary on Romans, p. 102)

24. IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS I. THE DOCTRINE II. ARGUMENTS ANSWERED, Rom. 5:9-10; 4:25; Heb. 7:25; 1 Jno. 2:1-2; 1 Cor. 1:30; Rom. 5:9; Heb. 10:10; Rom. 5:18-19 III. ACCEPT PART ‑ ACCEPT MORE (Some state- ments from Christians) IV. HOW CHRISTIANS BECOME RIGHTEOUS A. "Impute" in the KJV (logizomai) A. "Impute" in the KJV (logizomai) B. Romans 4, the ”imputation" chapter, vs. 1-8; B. Romans 4, the ”imputation" chapter, vs. 1-8; Matt. 18:27; Heb. 11:8; Gen. 15:6; Rom. 4:18- Matt. 18:27; Heb. 11:8; Gen. 15:6; Rom. 4:18- 22 (Gen. 17:1ff); Gen. 22 & Jas. 2:21-23 22 (Gen. 17:1ff); Gen. 22 & Jas. 2:21-23

25. Romans 4: (3) “...and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness. (4)...the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt. (5)...his faith is reckoned for righteousness. (6)...whom God reckoneth righteousness... (8) Blessed is the man to whom, the Lord will not reckon sin. (9)...To Abraham his faith was reckoned for righteousness. (10) How then was it reckoned? (11)... that righteousness might be reckoned unto them; (22) Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness. (23)...that it was reckoned unto him; (24)...but for our sake also, unto whom it shall be reckoned…”

26. IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS I. THE DOCTRINE II. ARGUMENTS ANSWERED, Rom. 5:9-10; 4:25; Heb. 7:25; 1 Jno. 2:1-2; 1 Cor. 1:30; Rom. 5:9; Heb. 10:10; Rom. 5:18-19 III. ACCEPT PART ‑ ACCEPT MORE (Some state- ments from Christians) IV. HOW CHRISTIANS BECOME RIGHTEOUS A. "Impute" in the KJV (logizomai) A. "Impute" in the KJV (logizomai) B. Romans 4, the ”imputation" chapter, vs. 1-8; B. Romans 4, the ”imputation" chapter, vs. 1-8; Matt. 18:27; Heb. 11:8; Gen. 15:6; Rom. 4:18- Matt. 18:27; Heb. 11:8; Gen. 15:6; Rom. 4:18- 22 (Gen. 17:1ff); Gen. 22 & Jas. 2:21-23 22 (Gen. 17:1ff); Gen. 22 & Jas. 2:21-23