Impute: (American Heritage Dictionary, p. 648) "to attribute (wickedness or merit) to a person as transmitted by another."steve7150 wrote:I think he (Paidion) would say that the atonement empowers us to overcome sin and live righteously, but he does not believe in imputed righteousness, if i remember correctly.
If this be Paidion's (or yours) meaning of the word "imputed," then I am guessing you are referring to the transmission of merit by the Father to the new believer. If this be the case, I question Paidion's view since "our sins are as white as snow" and the Lord puts our forgiven sins as far as the east is from the west and as deep as the ocean floor. There are more scriptures to this effect. Can anyone think of scriptures that would NOT indicate "imputed righteousness?"
steve7150 wrote:Abba i pray for Paidion's well being and i ask you to shower him and his family with your grace, and i ask you to put in his heart a desire to contact us, in Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.
Amen!