Q12: Since, then, by the righteous judgment of God, we deserve temporal and eternal punishment, how may we escape this punishment and be again received into favor?
A12: God wills that His justice be satisfied;[1] therefore, we must make full satisfaction to that justice, either by ourselves or by another.[2]
1. Exod. 20:5; 23:72. Rom. 8:3-4
Q13: Can we ourselves make this satisfaction?
A13: Certainly not; on the contrary, we daily increase our guilt.[1]
1. Job 9:2-3; 15:15-16; Matt. 6:12; 16:26
Q14: Can any mere creature make satisfaction for us?
A14: None; for first, God will not punish any other creature for the sin which man committed;[1] and further, no mere creature can sustain the burden of God's eternal wrath against sin [2] and redeem others from it.
1. Heb. 2:14-182. Psa. 130:3
Q15: What kind of mediator and redeemer, then, must we seek?
A15: One who is a true [1] and righteous man,[2] and yet more powerful than all creatures, that is, one who is also true God.[3]
1. I Cor. 15:21-22, 25-262. Jer. 33:16; Isa. 53:11; II Cor. 5:21; Heb. 7:15-163. Isa. 7:14; Heb. 7:26
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