The Obedience of Jesus Christ
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As an examiner for colleges participating in the Australian College of Theology I set a question asking students to explain the importance of the distinction between the active and passive obedience of Christ. To my surprise of the eighty or so students who sat the exam only one tried to answer the question, and he or she had misunderstood it completely. Why would this be the case among students whose colleges for the larger part proclaim to teach the Reformed faith? Is this distinction not a part of the Protestant understanding of the doctrine of justification, shared by Reformed and Lutherans alike? Moreover, is it not a key doctrine of the distinctive Reformed understanding of the divine covenants?
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