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Imputed Righteousness.

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What is the Wesleyan take on imputed righteousness. Calvinists believe God sees us through the holiness of Jesus and not as we really are. I personally find this unscriptural. Christ certainly sees Christians in the 7 churches in Revelations as they really were. I know John Wesley took issue with the Calvinists of his day over this issue.
 

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I'm only posting in fellowship, I am not Methodist or Wesleyan, thus I am not allowed to teach here, but I found this on wikipedia if you are interested in reading it: Arminianism - Wikipedia
 
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Thank you.
I know Presbyterian/Reformed theology differs much from Methodist/Wesleyan theology, even though the two Churches seem to share buildings, ministers, and some core beliefs. I'm not expert, though.
 
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Imparted righteousness results from the new birth; grace given to one spiritually dead. Imputed righteousness is the righteousness of Christ that enables the Christian to be justified. After justification, imparted righteousness is the God given power to the individual through the power of the Holy Spirit to receive sanctification. The process of sanctification disables the natural power derived from the tree of both good and evil to enable through the Holy Spirit that which is of spiritual maturity: the tree of life given through the divine nature of Christ. The ultimate goal of sanctification is being wholly set apart for God. (nothing of the old creation, only the new creation) The result looked for by Methodists is perfection. Perfection is not how God sees each and everyone from the beginning of faith, He is well aware of the process in each and everyone. But perfection for each and everyone is the goal. That's my take from my methodist learning.
 
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Imparted righteousness results from the new birth; grace given to one spiritually dead. Imputed righteousness is the righteousness of Christ that enables the Christian to be justified. After justification, imparted righteousness is the God given power to the individual through the power of the Holy Spirit to receive sanctification. The process of sanctification disables the natural power derived from the tree of both good and evil to enable through the Holy Spirit that which is of spiritual maturity: the tree of life given through the divine nature of Christ. The ultimate goal of sanctification is being wholly set apart for God. (nothing of the old creation, only the new creation) The result looked for by Methodists is perfection. Perfection is not how God sees each and everyone from the beginning of faith, He is well aware of the process in each and everyone. But perfection for each and everyone is the goal. That's my take from my methodist learning.
Thankyou for your reply.
 
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