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The Active Obedience Of Christ, Th Engelder
The Active Obedience Of Christ, Th Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
Rom. 5, 18. 19 is a second passage which proves that the active obedience of Christ is on integral part of His vicarious satisfaction. The question here to be decided is whether the "righteousness" of Christ, His "obedience," are terms describing that one righteous act, that one set of obedience by which Christ submitted to death according to the will of God, or whether they describe His entire obedience, His righteous life in general, His universal compliance with the Law. They would have to bear the former meaning if the proposition is true that salvation was accomplished exclusively by the …