Blog Archives: January 2018

Question 22: 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 Ghost, in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and born of her, yet without sin. Having introduced the doctrine of Christ, the catechism now focuses in on a particular issue. How is it possible that this one person Jesus has two natures? How did the eternal Son of God become man? This carefully crafted answer is any many ways a response to ...

Question 21: 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 continueth to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person, forever. This initial statement about Christ summarizes the doctrine of the Incarnation, a doctrine which has been repeatedly attacked and then defended since the beginning of Christianity. The result of these battles has been the development of careful and precise wording that accurately ...

Question 20: Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery? Answer: God, having out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer. The questions and answers that immediately precede this one are true, but not pleasant. They are truths that could sink us into the depths of despair, were it not for the good news of Jesus Christ. But sin ...