Study The Westminster Shorter Catechism - Questions 21-25

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Quest. 21. Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?
Ans. 21. 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, for ever.(3)

(1) I Tim. 2:5-6.
(2) John 1:14; Gal. 4:4.
(3) Rom. 9:5; Luke 1:35; Col. 2:9; Heb. 7:24-25.

Quest. 22. How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?
Ans. 22. 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. 2:14, 16; 10:5.
(2) Matt. 26:38.
(3) Luke 1:27, 31, 35, 42; Gal. 4:4.
(4) Heb. 4:15; 7:26.

Quest. 23. What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer?
Ans. 23. Christ, as our Redeemer, executeth the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation.(1)

(1) Acts 3:21-22; Heb. 12:25. Cf. II Cor. 13:3; Heb. 5:5-7; 7:25; Ps. 2:6; Isa. 9:6-7; Matt. 21:5; Ps. 2:8-11.

Quest. 24. How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet?
Ans. 24. Christ executeth the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by his word and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation.(1)

(1) John 1:18; I Peter 1:10-12; John 15:15; 20:31.

Quest. 25. How doth Christ execute the office of a priest?
Ans. 25. Christ executeth the office of a priest, in his once offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice,(1) and reconcile us to God,(2) and in making continual intercession for us.(3)

(1) Heb. 9:14, 28.
(2) Heb. 2:17.
(3) Heb. 7:24-25.