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I also deny that the "merit" of Christ saves me based upon his obedience fulfilling the place of my disobedience. (This is much closer to the real debate, which has to do with the idea of a covenant of works and how Reformed people want to employ this much debated and generally misused idea.)

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I think here he is denying Romans 5:12-21. I am misunderstanding him?

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I would love to hear Dr. Armstrong extrapolate on this statement much more. One could easily conclude that he is denying "Substitutionary Atonement" and/or that it is insufficient to save an individual. If it is not Christ's substitutionary atonement, both passive and active, which is then applied to a sinner at the moment that faith is exercised, then what does? Justification is secured at the moment of belief . . . without works of the sinner, but by the works of Christ imputed. This is just another prime example of vague statements which confuse and at best get the author in a lot of hot water.

In His Grace,