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'Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ'
(1 Cor. 4:1).
'Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing
as of ourselves' (2 Cor. 3:5).
'To him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean'
(Rom. 14:14).
'He was reckoned among the transgressors'(Luke 22:37).
'We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter' (Rom. 8:36).
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To Impute.
'Unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works' (Rom.
4:6).
'Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin'
(Rom. 4:8).
'To whom it shall be imputed, if we believe' (Rom. 4:24).
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To Impute For (logizomai eis).
'Shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?'
(Rom. 2:26).
'Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for
righteousness' (Rom. 4:3).
'His faith is counted for righteousness' (Rom. 4:5).
'The children of the promise are counted for the seed'
(Rom. 9:8).
While we have not given every occurrence of the word, we believe we
have accounted for every phase of its meaning. It will be observed in Romans
4 that where sin and righteousness are being dealt with, these are 'imputed';
but where faith is being dealt with, it is 'imputed for'. Faith is not
righteousness; it is 'reckoned for' righteousness. In Romans 6:11 there is
no 'imputing for'; it is as actual and real as the imputation of sin to a
sinner.
When we were considering the usage of the words 'crucify with', we
observed that it was Luke who recorded the incident of the dying thief, and
thus illuminated the doctrine which the words implied. This is as we might
expect, if it is true that Luke was raised up to work with Paul. So here,
again, it is Luke who gives us the one clear passage that bears most upon our
theme. Let us give the passage, Luke 22:37 in full:
'For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished
in Me, And He was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things
concerning Me have an end'. (The verb, 'to be accomplished', is teleo;
the noun, 'end', is telos).
The Lord declared that something that was written,
was to be accomplished. Where is this written prophecy recorded?
The
reference is to Isaiah 53:12:
'He was numbered with the transgressors; and He bare the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors'.
Earlier in this chapter the prophet had said:
'He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His
stripes we are healed' (Isa. 53:5).