Theological Term of the Week: Passive Obedience of Christ
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 2:30AM
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passive obedience of Christ
“Christ’s suffering the penalty of sin and death on behalf of his people”;1 his payment “of the penalty of sin by His suffering and death, and thus discharging the debt of all His people”;also called penal obedience

Learn more:

  1. Simply Put: Active and Passive Obedience of Christ
  2. Justin Taylor: What’s the Difference Between the Active and the Passive Obedience of Christ?
  3. Louis Berkhof: Christ’s Active and Passive Obedience
  4. Nicholas Needham: Obedient Unto Death

 

Related terms:

1 From The Christian Faith by Michael Horton, page 999.

2 From Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof.

 Filed under Salvation


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