tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448098771845236542.post2100512599380150139..comments2022-02-10T12:13:09.902-05:00Comments on my burg: the active righteousness of ChristSandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13880758087711821309noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448098771845236542.post-64282805158614162132012-08-27T20:46:05.702-04:002012-08-27T20:46:05.702-04:00I would add that Romans 4:6-8 practically settles ...I would add that Romans 4:6-8 practically settles the question, as Paul equates "reckoning righteousness" with "not reckoning sin," seeing them as one and the same, i.e. synonymous concepts. This is precisely how Luther and Calvin interpreted this text as well.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453168437883536663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448098771845236542.post-12399719313057124082012-08-25T20:35:53.474-04:002012-08-25T20:35:53.474-04:00Thanks for the post, Nick, and for the good points...Thanks for the post, Nick, and for the good points which I will have to think about further. <br />Christ's righteousness is seamless, his righteous life and atoning death being inseparable: "with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot." (1 Pet 1:19). His death would not be perfect and meritorious were he not blameless and unblemished in his (active) life and obedience before the Father. By virtue of our union with Christ are we not united to (and share in) all of Christ and his righteousness.<br />Yet you have raised a good question as to whether this theological distinction is valid. Will study more. Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880758087711821309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448098771845236542.post-9512418743208989502012-08-24T19:50:38.219-04:002012-08-24T19:50:38.219-04:00What astonishes me most is how this ipse dixit by ...What astonishes me most is how this ipse dixit by Machen holds so much sway. The article you gave (as do most articles I've read on the subject) gives no actual Scriptures for Active Obedience. It's just talked about as if it were a given. <br /><br />Yet Reformers like Luther, Calvin, and others, did not believe in Active Obedience, and they pointed to very powerful texts like 2 Corinthians 5:21, Romans 3:21-26, Romans 4:6-8, and Galatians 2:21, which all frame justification as a matter of the Cross alone and forgiveness, no "active obedience".Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453168437883536663noreply@blogger.com