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The Imputation of Christ’s Righteousness

“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.

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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
Faith and the Imputation of Righteousness	John Piper - Romans 4:22-25
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)
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 Doctrine of Imputed Righteousness	John Gill
Poor Faith	Horatius Bonar
The Active and Passive Obedience of Christ (MP3)	Dr. Rod Rosenbladt
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
Owen on Imputed Active Obedience	John Owen (posted by Michael Brown)
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 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)
The Sufficiency of Christ's Obedience in His Life and Death	John Piper
Mediate or Immediate Imputation?	Sam Storms
The Active Obedience of Jesus Christ	John Owen
lustitia lmputata Christi: Alien or Proper to Luther's Doctrine of Justification? (.pdf)	R. Scott Clark
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