Heidelberg Catechism:Lord's Day 6

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Question 16

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Question 
Why must he be very man, and also perfectly righteous?
Answer 
Because the justice of God requires that the same human nature which hath sinned, should [1] likewise make satisfaction for sin; and one, who is himself a sinner, [2] cannot satisfy for others.

Question 17

Question 
Why must he in one person be also very God?
Answer 
That he might, by the power of his Godhead [3] sustain in his human nature, the burden of God's wrath; and might [4] obtain for, and restore to us, righteousness and life.

Question 18

Question 
Who then is that Mediator, who is in one person both very God, and a real righteous man?
Answer 
Our Lord Jesus Christ: [5] "who of God is made unto [6] us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption."

Question 19

Question 
Whence knowest thou this?
Answer 
From the holy gospel, which God himself first revealed in Paradise; [7] and afterwards published by the patriarchs [8] and prophets, and represented by the sacrifices [9] and other ceremonies of the law; and lastly, has fulfilled it [10] by his only begotten Son.

References

  1. ↑ Romans 5:12,15
  2. ↑ 1 Peter 3:18; Isaiah 53:11
  3. ↑ Acts 2:24; Isaiah 53:8
  4. ↑ 1 John 1:2; Jeremiah 23:6; 2 Timothy 1:10; John 6:51
  5. ↑ Matthew 1:23; 1 Timothy 3:16; Luke 2:11
  6. ↑ 1 Corinthians 1:30
  7. ↑ Genesis 3:15
  8. ↑ Genesis 22:17,18; 28:14; Romans 1:2; Hebrews 1:1; John 5:46
  9. ↑ Hebrews 10:7,8
  10. ↑ Romans 10:4; Hebrews 13:8
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