"And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness."
(Romans 4:22--KJV)
Doctrine became a bad word to modern "super charismatics." But what replaced it?!? Regardless, the doctrine of Imputation was one of the great Church revisions of the Reformation. It teaches us that you are not righteous because your parents had you baptized as an infant. It teaches that only when we surrender our lives to Jesus Christ does His Righteousness become our Righteousness.
The KJV is the only translation which uses the term, "imputed." Modern translators apparently thought the term was outdated, but it is used quite frequently today in business. The encyclopedia says, "dividend imputation is a corporate tax system in which some or all of the tax paid by a company may be attributed (or 'imputed') to the shareholders by way of a tax credit to reduce the income tax payable on a distribution. It reduces or eliminates the tax disadvantages of operating a business in a company." The term is also used in statistics. "Imputation is the substitution of some value for a missing data point or a missing component of a data point."
The Doctrine of Imputation teaches that Jesus imputes His Righteousness to me. Maybe twenty-first century technology can teach us something modern religionists won't--- Jesus substitutes my valueless righteousness for His Valuable Righteousness, the "missing component" in my life. He "eliminates the disadvantage of operating" a life without Him.
Father, in Jesus' Name, I thank You that You are no longer the "missing component" in my life. You eliminated the "disadvantage." Amen.
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