Is Righteousness Imputed Apart From Works?

If righteousness isn't imputed apart from works then there must be mostly (over 75%?) babies and infants in Hell. <G>

 

Have you ever heard someone say "Act your age!"? Same applies to true believers position IN Christ. Act your position !

 

If you die with out Jesus in your heart....you will go to Hell. Chatting with you here is like trying to convince a Jehovah's Witness........why bother. There is no WIT to it.

 

Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
--by faith and faith alone.

 

Romans 4:2-3 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
--by faith and faith alone.
Verse 2 indicates that no works were involved.

Romans 4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
--If it is by works it is not by grace. We are saved by grace not by works. The verse is clear. It is by grace alone.

Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
--No works; only faith.
Only faith can be counted for righteousness--faith and faith alone.
Works negates righteousness.

 

>Why do you say that?

Because well over 50% of pregnancies are spontaneously aborted before they are old enough to have a circulatory system. Add to that the intentional abortions and I suspect these days the total is close to 75% of all conceptions. If they are humans with souls then we have a BIG problem as the red letter writer in this thread notes.

 

Ecclesiastes 7:20 There is not a righteous man on earth
who does what is right and never sins.

 

Add to that:

1Ki*8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;


Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;


1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.



Did you read that HP? If you say you have no sin, you have deceived yourself and the truth is NOT in you.



Are you going to deny scripture?

 

The reason that any Biblical outlook remains absurd from your point of view is simply because your point of view on the Bible is indeed absurd. The Bible teaches that salvation is a gift of God, and that gift comes without conditions. God never attached any conditions to the gift of eternal life. That is precisely why it is called a gift.

Stop here. There are not conditions of salvation. Again, see the absurdity of your position.

Salvation is not a process that requires constant obedience. How old are you HP? From the day that your mother gave birth, is she still in the process of giving birth to you now? The birth of a baby is an event that happens once, not a process that goes on for an entire lifetime. The new birth likewise is an event that happens once in a lifetime, not a process throughout a lifetime of obedience. Either you are born again or you are not. Either you are saved or you are not. Which is it? That applies to all.

There is nothing to avoid. You can't avoid something that doesn't exist. Salvation is unconditional. It is a free gift. It comes without conditions; free.

I have explained these verses to you before. You ignore the explanation. You don't want to hear it again. Your mind is made up. You are against said principles and all precepts, pertaining to and therewith, concerning and having to do with, including and yet not excluding all the possible extremes contained herewith under the title henceforth called "education."
So what's the use?

Yes it is.
And it needs to start with this one:

Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Enoch walked with God and was not. He walked by faith. His faith, not his righteousness saved him.

Hebrews 11:5-6 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

In the same account it says:
"Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord." Why? It was by faith.

Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
--It was by faith and faith alone.

It seems that you are oblivious and/or unwilling to even attempt to comprehend the Word of God. Do me a favor. Take this passage and exegete it for me. Do it right here. I have already done it. Now it is your turn.

Romans 4:1-5 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Verse by verse, what does the passage mean HP?

 

...or you might try to engage with the Scripture s/he quoted.

 

And where does it use the word 'alone'?

 

HP? Do you have a response to these scriptures?