1. Christ Himself Used His Active Obedience.
obliged to fulfill the law. Answer: This assertion denies the personal union (unio personalis) of God and man in Christ. By virtue of the personal union, human nature belongs to the Person of the Son of God. But the Person of the Son of God is not under the law; consequently, neither is the human nature of Christ belonging to that Person. By accepting a human nature, the Son of God did not come under the law, but by accepting it into his divine person under the law, he exalted that human nature. That Christ nevertheless came under the Law (yevéuevoc 026 vOpLov) was due to a special act which, although it coincides in time with the Incarnation, is nevertheless factually separated from it in Scripture. God put His Son—and He gave Himself— under the law for mankind and for the redemption of mankind, Gal. 4:4-5; Ps. 40:7-9. Thus an obedience to the law (Stkai@pa, vaarcon, Rom. 5:18, 19) has come about which Christ can and will deliver to men: Even in the state of humiliation Christ declares Himself explicitly for such a one who was_above the law for his Person, Matt. 12:8.!%