“Merit” “earn” matters not. Both are bunk in the eyes of the Father.
The Father delights in the Son and it is The Son’s Righteousness that matters. Those who are in Christ have His reckoned (imputed) righteousness.
So it was NEVER about us at all. It is all about Jesus, because The Father delights in the Son.
““Merit” “earn” matters not. Both are bunk in the eyes of the Father.”
No.
“The Father delights in the Son and it is The Son’s Righteousness that matters. Those who are in Christ have His reckoned (imputed) righteousness.”
No. Imputed righteousness is a half measure. Christ didn’t die on the cross to give us a half measure. He didn’t bleed out His last sacred drop of blood to give us a half measure. The Father doesn’t pretend we are holy - which is what imputed righteousness really implies. Christ died so that we could REALLY become holy - not just be imputed to be holy or righteous.
http://cathapol.blogspot.com/2012/11/infused-v-imputed.html
“So it was NEVER about us at all. It is all about Jesus, because The Father delights in the Son.”
And that is what I have said: Jesus is the beginning, the middle, and end.