Jesus's Obedience

He was obedient even to death on a cross.

         When we think of being obedient to the Lord, we can wrap our heads around the big things, going to church, obeying the Ten Commandments, growing in sanctification. And it is true, we can grow in the Lord and learn obedience by obeying the Holy Spirit.

         But the harder we try to be obedient, the more we realize that we are still fallen creatures in fallen bodies. Unless the Lord reckons our faith as righteousness, then our obedience is a only a failure at an attempt at perfection. But not only is Jesus’s death applied to us, His passive obedience, but also His perfect sinless life, His active obedience. For those walking faithfully in Christ, the Father looks at us as His obedient children, and He is pleased.