"If our sin cannot be imputed to Christ, then by the same reasoning his righteousness cannot be imputed to us. We must then abandon the doctrine of justification by faith, the teaching that we are counted righteous in God’s sight on the basis of Christ’s righteousness, imputed to us by faith. Without justification by faith, the only basis upon which we could stand before God on the Last Day would be our own righteousness. This inevitably leads either to despair (‘I could never be good enough for God’) or to pride (‘I am good enough for God – well done me!’). Both of these outcomes are at a variance with the Bible’s teaching. The apostle Paul can assure believers that ‘there is … now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus’ (Rom. 8:1), while at the same time insisting that ‘boasting … is excluded’ (Rom. 3:27). Yet this is only possible because Christ’s people are united to him, share in his benefits, and are therefore justified by faith in him" (p.249).
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