Theological Term of the Week
Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 10:20AM
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passive obedience of Christ
Jesus Christ’s satisfaction of the claims of justice on behalf of those who believe in him, accomplished by his bearing all the sanctions of the law due to their transgressions; his receiving in his own person the penalty due for our sins. Also called penal obedience. (See active obedience of Christ.)

Learn more:

  1. John Gill: A Body of Doctrinal Divinity: Of the Passive Obedience of Christ
  2. Loraine Boettner: The Active and Passive Obedience of Christ
  3. S. Lewis Johnson: The Imputation of Human Sin to Jesus Christ (mp3)

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