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  2. Aug 12, 2024 · Whereas the active obedience of Christ refers to Him positively obeying the law for us and so earning our status of righteousness (Rom. 5:18-19), His passive obedience refers to Him suffering in our place.

  3. Sep 17, 2024 · Jesus’ active obedience is His perfect obedience to Gods law. Jesus’ passive obedience is His paying the penalty for our failure to obey God’s law.

  4. Nov 28, 2019 · This “obedience” that Paul refers to, whereby the unrighteous are made righteous by the last Adam (Christ), is two-fold; active and passive. Christ’s passive obedience refers to his willingness to bear the punishment of sin that the law required, throughout his entire life.

  5. But although I have not merited eternal life by any obedience of my own, Christ has merited it for me by His perfect obedience. He was not for Himself subject to the law. No obedience was required of Him for Himself, since He was Lord of all.

  6. Apr 18, 2002 · Theologians often distinguish between Jesus’ active obedience (His perfect observance of all the law of God while He lived on earth as a man) and His passive obedience (His submission to the cross, where He took on the punishment for the sins of His people).

  7. All that Christ has done and suffered is regarded as having been done and suffered by them. In Him they have fulfilled the law of perfect obedience, as also in Him they have borne the penalty for their sins. By His passive obedience they have been rescued from hell; and by His active obedience they are given entrance into heaven. SALVATION BY GRACE