Sunday, December 16, 2007

Questions 21-22 from the Westminster Shorter Catechism. For your Family Devotion today.

Q21: Who is the Redeemer of God's elect?

A21: The only Redeemer of God's elect is the Lord Jesus Christ,[1] who, being the eternal Son of God, became man,[2] and so was, and continueth to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person,[3] for ever.[4]
1. I Tim. 2:52. John 1:143. Rom. 9:54. Heb. 7:24

Q22: How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?

A22: Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body,[1] and a reasonable soul,[2] being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and born of her,[3] yet without sin.[4]
1. Heb. 2:142. Matt. 26:383. Luke 1:31, 354. Heb. 7:26 Q23: What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer? A23: Christ, as our Redeemer, executeth the offices of a prophet,[1] of a priest,[2] and of a king,[3] both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation.
1. Acts 3:222. Heb. 5:63. Psa. 2:6

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