Lord’s Day 17, Chapter 3: The Power of Christ’s Resurrection (2)

This the Catechism means when it speaks of "that righteousness which he had purchased for us by his death." He paid the price for our righteousness, the price that was demanded by God's unchangeable justice applied to the guilty. That price was death. And the price must be paid, righteousness must be purchased. The suffering of death must be a voluntary act of love, just as sin is wanton rebellion and disobedience. And such an act of perfect obedience was the death of Christ. Hence, He...