IMPUTATION

The attributing a character to a person which he does not really po e ; thus, when in holy baptism we are justified, the righteousne is imputed as well as imparted to us. The imputation which respects our justification before God , is God’s gracious reckoning of the righteousne of Christ to believers, and his acceptance of these persons as righteous on that account; their sins being imputed to him, and his obedience being imputed to them. Rom. iv. 6, 7; v. 18, 19; 2 Cor. v. 21. (See Faith and Justification .)