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 "question": "What is imputation?",
 "answer": "Imputation is the act of charging or attributing something to a person. In the work of reconciliation, God reconciled man to Himself by not imputing, or charging, sins to the believer, but instead imputing them to His Son on the cross.\n\nJesus Christ was imputed with our sins so that we could be imputed with His righteousness. Because of this, God will never impute sins to any member of the human race, as no sin has ever been committed that was not paid for by the work of Christ on the cross.\n\nAdditionally, through the work of the Holy Spirit in regeneration, eternal life has been imputed to those who are born again as children of God.",
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  "What does it mean to attribute sins to someone?",
  "How does God deal with our sinful nature in the work of reconciliation?",
  "What does it mean to be credited with eternal life?"
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 "derivation": "generated",
 "source_authority": "authoritative",
 "author": "Gene Cunningham",
 "book": "The Basics",
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  "ref": "The Basics -- Subject Index entry 'Imputation' (printed pp. 79, 82)",
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