Blog Archives: March 2018

Question 28: Wherein consisteth Christ's exaltation? Answer: Christ's exaltation consisteth 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. Philippians 2:5-8 teaches the humiliation of Christ; Philippians 2:9-11 continues with the exaltation of Christ. "Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and ...

Question 27: 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. There is no better introduction to this topic than Paul's instruction in Philippians 2:5-8. "Have this mind among yourselves, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider equality with ...