Exaudi

The students hear daily about what we refer to as Jesus’ active and passive obedience. He obeyed actively, by doing everything that’s required under the Law. You and I have failed at it because we have a nature that opposes God; but Jesus has done it perfectly, and done it perfectly in our place. And Jesus has obeyed passively by allowing Himself to be crucified as the payment for all peoples’ sins. So His perfection is considered by God to be your perfection. His payment has been accepted as the payment for your guilt. His punishment is accepted as the punishment you deserved. And what has happened to the sins that separated you from God, that dictated that you must be punished? They have been forgiven entirely. Jesus was punished for them in your place.