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- Question 25.
- Who is the Redeemer of God's elect?
- Answer:
- The only Redeemer of God's elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was and continues to be God and man, in two distinct natures and one person, forever.
( Galatians 3:13; 1 Timothy 2:5; John 1:14; 1 Timothy 3:16; Romans 9:5; Colossians 2:9 ) - Question 26.
- How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?
- Answer:
- Christ, the Son of God became man by taking to himself a true body and a reasonable soul; being conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary and born of her, yet without sin.
( Hebrews 2:14; Matthew 26:38; Luke 2:52; John 12:27; Luke 1:31,35; Hebrews 4:15; 7:26 ) - Question 27.
- What offices does Christ execute as our Redeemer?
- Answer:
- Christ, as our Redeemer, executes the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in His estate of humiliation and exaltation.
( Acts 3:22; Hebrews 5:6; Psalm 2:6 ) - Question 28.
- How does Christ execute the office of a prophet?
- Answer:
- Christ executes the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by this Word and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation.
( John 1:18; 14:26; 15:15 ) - Question 29.
- How does Christ execute the office of a priest?
- Answer:
- Christ executes the office of a priest, in His once offering up of Himself, a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice, and reconcile us to God, and in making continual intercession for us.
( 1 Peter 2:24; Hebrews 9:28; Ephesians 5:2; Hebrews 2:17; 7:25; Romans 8:34 ) - Question 30.
- How does Christ execute the office of a king?
- Answer:
- Christ executes the office of a king, in subduing us to Himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all His and our enemies.
( Psalm 110:3; Matthew 2:6; 1 Corinthians 15:25 ) - Question 31.
- Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist?
- Answer:
- Christ's humiliation consisted in His being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross, in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.
( Luke 2:7; Galatians 4:4; Isaiah 53:3; Luke 22:44; Matthew 27:46; Philippians 2:8; Matthew 12:40; Mark 15:45,46 ) - Question 32.
- Wherein consists Christ's exaltation?
- Answer:
- Christ's exaltation consists in His rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and in coming to judge the world at the last day.
( 1 Corinthians 15:4; Acts 1:11; Mark 16:19; Acts 17:31 )
See: 1689 London Baptist Confession, Chapter 8: Of Christ the Mediator
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