“The gospel is saying that, what man cannot do in order to be accepted with God, this God himself has done for us in the person of Jesus Christ. To be acceptable to God we must present to God a life of perfect and unceasing obedience to his will. The gospel declares that Jesus has done this for us. For God to be righteous he must deal with our sin. This also he has done for us in Jesus. The holy law of God was lived out perfectly for us by Christ, and its penalty was paid perfectly for us by Christ. The living and dying of Christ for us, and this alone is the basis of our acceptance with God.”
- Graeme Goldsworthy, Gospel and Kingdom, p. 86
"In the imputation of Adam’s sin to us, of our sins to Christ, and of Christ’s righteousness to believers, the nature of imputation is the same, so that one case illustrates the other" (Hodge: Systematic Theology, 2:194).
"Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.". (Rom 5:15-18)
Paul is making the point that if Adam's disobedience to the law of God was the reason for death, then Jesus full obedience to all the prescriptions of the divine law unto death is what brings us righteouness.
| Title |
Notes |
Counted Righteous in Christ  |
John Piper - Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness? |
| Imputed Righteousness: The Evangelical Doctrine |
R.C. Sproul |
| A Defense of the “Active Obedience” of Jesus Christ in the Justification of Sinners |
Brian Schwertley |
| Covenant Theology Illustrated |
Stephen M. Baugh - Romans 5 on the Federal Headship of Christ (Modern Reformation, 2000) |
| Faith and the Imputation of Righteousness |
John Piper - Romans 4:22-25 |
| Incorporated Righteousness |
Michael F. Bird (JETS) - A Response to Recent Evangelical Discussion Concerning the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness in Justification |
| “Grace Abounding” – Imputed Righteousness in the Life and Work of John Bunyan |
Robert Oliver (pdf) |
| The Centrality of Justification by an Imputed Righteousness |
Robert Brinsmead |
| Justification by an Imputed Righteousness |
John Bunyan |
| Adam, Christ, and Justification - Part 1 |
John Piper - Romans 5:12-21 |
| Adam, Christ, and Justification - Part 2 |
John Piper - Romans 5:12-21 |
| Adam, Christ, and Justification - Part 3 |
John Piper - Romans 5:12-21 |
| Adam, Christ, and Justification - Part 4 |
John Piper - Romans 5:12-21 |
| Adam, Christ, and Justification - Part 5 |
John Piper - Romans 5:12-21 |
| The Doctrine of the Imputation of Sin to Christ and the Imputation of His Righteousness to his People |
John Brine |
| The Doctrine of Imputed Righteousness |
Brian Arend |
| Imputation - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia |
Caspar Wistar Hodge |
| Jeremiah 26:3 - The Lord our Righteousness |
Charles Spurgeon |
| The Difference Between Justification & Sanctification |
Ralph Erskine |
| Christ Rightly and Properly Said to Have Merited Grace & Salvation For Us |
John Calvin |
| The Doctrine of Imputed Righteousness Defended |
William Romaine (1759) |
| Justification and Imputation in Romans 5 |
Gregg Strawbridge, Ph.D. |
| Christ Rightly and Properly Said to Have Merited Grace and Salvation for Us |
John Calvin |
| Imputation: The Sinner's Only Hope |
Thomas K. Ascol |
| Imputed Righteousness Defended |
William Romaine |
| Serious Matter of Imputed Righteousness |
David H. Linden |
| The Doctrine of Imputed Righteousness |
John Gill |
| The Role of Adam and Christ |
David H. Linden |
| Righteousness Imputed Part I |
Max A Forsythe |
| Imputation of Adam's Sin |
Max A Forsythe |
| Christ's Righteousness |
Max Forsythe (Exposition of Romans 4: 1-25) |
| Being Declared Righteous in Pauline Theology |
Barry Smith |
| The Doctrines of the Imputation of Sin to Christ, and the Imputation of his Righteousness to His People |
John Brine |
| Biblical Federalism |
Andrew Sandlin |
| Views of the Imputation of Sin |
Charles R. Biggs (chart) |
| Imputation of Adam's Sin |
Max Forsythe |
| Insights on Imputation Romans |
John Stevenson (PCA) |
| Our Righteous Standing! The Doctrine of Justification |
John Stevenson (PCA) |
| What Is Imputation? |
W.E. Best |
| The Basis and the Benefits of Justification |
Bob Deffinbaugh - Romans 3:27–5:1-21 |
| From the Curse to the Cure |
Bob Deffinbaugh - seRomans 5:12-21 |
| What is the Difference Between Original Sin and Imputed Sin? |
Desiring God Ministries |
| Faith And Imputation of Righteousness |
John Piper |
| Commentary on Romans 5 |
John Calvin |
| Imputation |
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) |
| Poor Faith |
Horatius Bonar |
| Mediate or Immediate Imputation? |
Sam Storms |
| The Sufficiency of Christ's Obedience in His Life and Death |
John Piper |
| The Active Obedience of Jesus Christ |
John Owen |
| Owen on Imputed Active Obedience |
John Owen (posted by Michael Brown) |
| lustitia lmputata Christi: Alien or Proper to Luther's Doctrine of Justification? (.pdf) |
R. Scott Clark |
| The Active and Passive Obedience of Christ (MP3) |
Dr. Rod Rosenbladt |
| Justification and Imputed Righteousness (YouTube) |
R.C. Sproul |
| Imputation is the Heart of the Gospel (Audio) |
Michael Horton - White Horse Inn |
| More Thoughts on Christ's Active Obedience and its Relation to The Imputation of Christ's Righteousness |
J.W. Hendryx - With Concepts from M. Horton & S.M. Baugh |
| Two Men Deciding Our Lives for Us: The Role of Adam and Christ |
David H. Linden |
| The Very Serious Matter of Imputed Righteousness |
David Linden |
Counted Righteous in Christ 
Pierced for Our Transgressions 
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