Justification and Imputation

At the Gospel Coalition earlier this year, Phil Ryken gave an excellent defense of the importance of imputed righteousness. Both the text of his message and the audio are available.

"I am not accepted on my own merit, but I am fully accepted in Christ and that is the basis of my acceptance before God — [I am] as fully accepted as God's own beloved Son. Only perfect righteousness can bring assurance in the aftermath of sin and in the face of death."

And only Christ provides that righteousness. In a church culture that is finding the death of Christ and imputed righteousness increasingly distasteful, this is an important message to help us defend the truth of Christ's substitutionary work.