Righteousness: Inherent, acquired, or imputed?
Prof. Ronald Cammenga explains the doctrine of justification by faith alone, arguing that believers are justified on the basis of Christ's meritorious works rather than their own. The article emphasizes the central Reformed doctrine of imputed righteousness—the forensic declaration that Christ's perfect obedience and suffering are reckoned to believers through faith, resulting in their legal standing before God at the final judgment.
Prof. Ronald Cammenga, rector and professor of Dogmatics and Old Testament in the Protestant Reformed Theological Seminary and member of Southwest PRC in Wyoming, MI The Bible teaches that we are justified on the basis of works. But the works on account of which we are justified are not our own works. They are the meritorious works of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. On account of His doing and dying we are justified before God. But how do sinners appropriate this righteousness? How does...
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