Charles: You believe in Jesus and he imputes his righteousness to you. Its a righteousness that comes from outside of you. No good works that you can do will earn that righteousness.

So much the worse for the theory (stated above) that Barack Obama would not be fit to greet the Pope or Dolly Llama on account of his father’s alleged polygamy, or his brother’s practice of Islam, or even what Barack did. Christ inserts his own perfect past in place of Barack Obama’s checkered past and suddenly Barack is fit to greet even our Father in heaven.