Imputation and Repentance

     We are not saved by our repentance towards God.  That is, we are only saved by His unified merit of His life and death alone.  We dare not add repentance as a meritorious work.  However, we ought to seek repentance with great zeal because He commanded that we should repent (Mark 1:15).  That is, the grounds for how we are right with God is Christ alone.  We are not spiritually redeemed by faithful repentance but by the life and death of Him who saves to the uttermost.  We ought to think of repentance as a great joy in our lives.  That is, whatsoever the Lord commands is a joy to undertake.  Let us never forget that Jesus' imputed righteousness is enough to enter the gates of heaven.  The gates of heaven open for anyone made willing to come to God on His unified virtue.  We are also saved by His resurrection, because Jesus rose for it regarding justification.  Faith is not a work but it is a simple reliance, trust and certain hope in Christ our Lord and Redeemer.  We recognize the unfathomable riches of coming to God on the grounds of His merit of merits in the merit of Christ alone.  Amen.