Heidelcast 29: The Imputation of Christ’s Active Obedience (pt 2)

Heidelcast

on June 25, 2013 | 6 Comments

Lane Keister joins the Heidelcast again for part 2 of our discussion of the imputation of the active obedience of Christ. Did Jesus obey only to qualify himself to be a Savior, did he obey for only himself and suffer only for . . . Continue reading →

Perkins On Christ’s Active Obedience And Our Gratitude

Heidelblog

on November 21, 2013

CHAP. XXXVII. CONCERNING THE SECOND DEGREE OF THE DECLARATION OF GODS LOVE. The second degree, is Justification, whereby such as believe, are accounted just before God, through the obedience of Christ Jesus. 2. Cor. 5. 21. He has made him to be . . . Continue reading →

A Uniform Concept Of Covenant Faithfulness For Adam, Israel, & The New Covenant People

R. Scott Clark

on April 21, 2015 | 1 Comment

Mr. Shepherd rejects not only the term ‘covenant of works’ but the possibility of any merit or reward attaching to the obedience of Adam in the creation covenant. He holds that faithful obedience is the condition of all covenants in contrast to . . . Continue reading →

No Compromise On The Imputation Of Christ’s Active Obedience

R. Scott Clark

on June 4, 2015 | 3 Comments

Recently I had the pleasure of talking with Mike Abendroth, Senior Pastor of Bethlehem Bible Church (West Boylston, MA) and the host of No Compromise Radio. We talked about the importance of the biblical doctrine of the imputation to the believer of . . . Continue reading →

Owen Defended The Imputation Of Christ’s Active Obedience Against Richard Baxter

R. Scott Clark

on April 21, 2018 | 4 Comments

After the Westminster Assembly, John Owen defended the imputation of active obedience against Piscator, turning to Christ’s active obedience as a source of encouragement and consolation for the Christian. According to Owen, Christ had to provide active obedience because Adam was under . . . Continue reading →

N. T. Wright Contra The Imputation Of Christ’s Active Obedience: Not A God One Wants To Worship

R. Scott Clark

on April 22, 2018 | 3 Comments

Among New Testament scholars, Mark Seifrid, influenced by Clifford’s interpretation of Protestant orthodoxy, says that it “added the imputation of Christ’s righteousness to the forgiveness of sins.” The distinction between active and passive righteousness is “unnecessary and misleading” and arose from a . . . Continue reading →

With NoCo Radio On Reformation And Christ’s Active Obedience

R. Scott Clark

on October 6, 2019

Back in 2015 Mike Abendroth and I got together to discuss the importance of the Reformation, how it applies to Evangelicals, the imputation of active obedience and more. Lord permitting I am to be speaking at Bethlehem Bible Church this week, Friday and . . . Continue reading →

Perkins: God Finds In Our Good Works More To Damn Than To Save

Inwoo Lee

on December 11, 2019 | 1 Comment

Q: How is he accepted righteous before God? A: By the righteousness of Christ imputed to him [2 Col 5:21]. Q: What profit comes by being thus justified? A: Hereby and by no other means in the world, the believer shall be . . . Continue reading →

William Perkins On The Imputation Of Christ’s Active Obedience

Inwoo Lee

on May 18, 2020

“[A]n untruth, namely, that we are justified only by the passion of Christ. But if this were so, we should be justified without fulfilling the law. For (as I have said) we owe to God a double debt: one by creation, namely, . . . Continue reading →

Arminius Was Not Only A Synergist But He Also Denied The Imputation Of Christ’s Active Obedience

Inwoo Lee

on July 13, 2020 | 1 Comment

“Arminius’ views clearly belong to the category of those of Karg and Piscator: he not only attributes no soteriological purpose to Christ’s active obedience, he also restricts the purpose of the nominally passive aspects of Christ’s obedience in life and ministry to . . . Continue reading →

Federal Theology Is Good News For Sinners

R. Scott Clark

on June 8, 2021

Paul calls Christ the “last” Adam (1 Cor 15:45). So, we know that there was a definite link between the two. In Romans 5:12–21 Paul intentionally wants us to think of Adam and Christ as fulfilling similar roles. Adam was the first . . . Continue reading →

On Whose Record Will You Stand?

R. Scott Clark

on November 27, 2021 | 1 Comment

Just pause and think of what it meant for the Lord Jesus to obey for us, in our place. For thirty years he never once said or did anything wrong. More than that, at every single moment he positively said and did . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 204—What Must A Christian Believe? (20): The Forgiveness Of Sins (2)

Heidelcast

on December 19, 2021 | 3 Comments

This is episode 20 in the series, What Must A Christian Believe? In our survey of the rule of faith, i.e., the Apostles’ Creed, we have reached the tenth article, “the forgiveness of sins.” The truth of our righteousness with God is essential . . . Continue reading →

Owen: Yes, Christ Fulfilled The Law

Inwoo Lee

on December 17, 2022 | 2 Comments

[W]e do affirm that Christ fulfilled the law for us submitting to the obedience of it, and performing all that righteousness which of us it requires, that we might have a complete righteousness wherewith to appear before God. And this is that . . . Continue reading →

Do This and Live: Christ’s Active Obedience as the Ground of Justification

R. Scott Clark

on July 8, 2024 | 11 Comments

In the controversy between Protestants and Roman Catholics there has been no question whether Jesus obeyed God’s law, but only to what effect. Did Jesus obey the law so as to make it possible for us to cooperate with grace toward future justification, or did he obey God’s law for us (pro nobis) to accomplish our justification once for all? The Protestants affirmed the latter and denied the former. Nevertheless, despite the unity among confessional Protestants on justification, questions have persistently arisen among them concerning the nature, intent, and effect of Jesus’s law keeping and its relation to the justification of sinners. Continue reading →

The Covenant of Works in Moses and Paul

Bryan D. Estelle

on November 18, 2024 | 1 Comment

New Insight Into Olevianus And Ursinus On The Imputation Of Active Obedience

R. Scott Clark

on June 16, 2025 | 11 Comments

The publication of this new research, completed only in the last month, may surprise some readers, disappoint others, and delight still others but it is important research that changes what we know about the origins and development of the controversy over the . . . Continue reading →