Doing and suffering
But his obedience implied more than all this. It implied not only doing, but suffering. Suffering the whole will of God, from the time he came into the world, until he bore our sins in his own body upon the tree (1 Peter 2:24). Yes, until, having made a full atonement for them, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit (John 19:30). This is usually termed the passive righteousness of Christ, the former his active righteousness. But as the active and passive righteousness of Christ were never in fact separated from each other, so we never need separate them at all, either in speaking or even in thinking. And it is with regard to both these jointly that Jesus is called The Lord our righteousness.
1771 text
4. But his obedience implied more than all this: it implied not only doing, but suffering: suffering the whole will of God, from the time he came into the world, till he bore our sins in his own body upon the tree: yea, till having made a full atonement for them, he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. This is usually termed the passive righteousness of Christ, the former, his active righteousness. But as the active and passive righteousness of Christ were never in fact separated from each other, so we never need separate them at all, in speaking or even thinking. And it is with regard to both these conjointly, that Jesus is called The Lord our righteousness.
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Sermon 20 in the 1771 Works. Jeremiah 23:6.
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