Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.”
The same Greek word for “counted” in verse 5 is used for “imputeth” in verse 6. So, we can use those words interchangeably. You could say in verse 5 that a man's faith is IMPUTED for righteousness by faith. And you could say in verse 6 that God counts righteousness to a man without works. They are the same words in meaning. What a beautiful truth!
The theological word (and biblical word as well) “impute,” is a tremendously important doctrine. It conveys the idea of a Great Transfer, where our sins are counted to Christ by faith, and His righteousness is counted to us by faith. This is what the Bible means in 2nd Corinthians 5:21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
Now, with this foundational truth in mind, it will help you to understand what is so wrong with the Devil's modern Bible perversions, which completely removes the concept of imputation by removing the word “impute” from the Bible. For example:
EASY ENGLISH BIBLE (EASY) - Romans 4:5-6, “But someone may believe in God. He does not work to cause God to accept him. God accepts that person because of their faith. God says that people who have turned away from him are right with him, if they trust him. That is God's gift to them. David also wrote about the same thing. He describes those people that God has accepted as right with himself. God has not accepted them because they have done good things, but as his gift to them. David tells us how happy people like that are.”
EASY TO READ VERSION (ERV) - Romans 4:5-6, “But people cannot do any work that will make them right with God. So they must trust in him. Then he accepts their faith, and that makes them right with him. He is the one who makes even evil people right. David said the same thing when he was talking about the blessing people have when God accepts them as good without looking at what they have done:”
KING JAMES BIBLE (KJB) - Romans 4:5-6, “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.”
The word “imputation” is legal word used in the courtroom. According to the LAW DICTIONARY:
As used in legal phrases, this word means attributed vicariously; that is, an act, fact, or quality is said to be “imputed” to a person when it is ascribed or charged to him, not because he is personally cognizant of it or responsible for it, but because another person is, over whom he has control or for whose acts or knowledge he is responsible. Imputed knowledge. [emphasis added] SOURCE
Did you understand that? When you get saved by trusting Christ, He is now fully responsible for your sins! The word “imputation” means that Jesus Christ paid our debt of sin, so that God can impute (count) Jesus' goodness to us by faith. By removing the word “imputeth” from the modern Bible revisions, they have removed the basis for which God can attribute righteousness to us without works by faith, because JESUS PAID IT ALL!!!
God does not merely credit righteousness to you without works. If Christ hadn't sacrificed His life on the cross, and shed His precious blood and sprinkled that blood on the heavenly Mercy Seat, then God couldn't count any righteousness to us by faith.
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