Justification: Imputing Christ Righteousness On Us!

Justification according to scriptures can also mean imputing sin in Christ: Man is made to walk away freely as if He has not sinned because of Jesus sacrifice on Calvary. Man is the main culprit of Sin, yet, God made it possible for mankind to walk free and become a new creature at Christ expense. Many biblical historians, sees this concept of the Bible as the greatest grace for all mankind. Some even abbreviate the GRACE involved as: God’s Righteousness at Christ Expense.

“Justify” is the legal metaphor, “impute” is the financial metaphor. God put our sins on the account of Christ. Now God puts the righteousness of Christ on our account. He marks the bill “paid in full”. He transfers the value of Christ’s person and work to our account. Incidentally, God imputes both the active (life) and passive (death) work of Christ to us. See Romans 5. God then treats us “as if” we had never sinned. Indeed, He can look at us as clothed in the very righteousness of Christ; prepared for His eternal Kingdom forever.