Memory cards for questions 21 to 30

Answer 21

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.

1 Timothy 2:5-6; John 1:14; Galatians 4:4; Romans 9:5; Luke 1:35; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 7:24-25

Answer 22

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.

Hebrews 2:14, 16; Hebrews 10:5; Matthew 26:38; Luke 1:27, 31, 35, 42; Galatians 4:4; Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 7:26

Answer 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.

Acts 3:21-22; Hebrews 12:25 with 2 Corinthians 13:3; Hebrews 5:5-7; Hebrews 7:25; Psalm 2:6; Isaiah 9:6-7; Matthew 21:5; Psalm 2:8-11

Answer 24

Christ executeth the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by his word and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation.

John 1:18; 1 Peter 1:10-12; John 15:15; John 20:31

Answer 25

Christ executeth the office of a priest, in his once offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice, and reconcile us to God; and in making continual intercession for us.

Hebrews 9:14, 28; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 7:24-25

Answer 26

Christ executeth the office of a king, in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.

Acts 15:14-16; Isaiah 33:22; Isaiah 32:1-2; 1 Corinthians 15:25

Answer 27

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.

Luke 2:7; Galatians 4:4; Hebrews 12:2-3; Isaiah 53:2-3; Luke 22:44; Matthew 27:46; Philippians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Acts 2:24-27, 31

Answer 28

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.

1 Corinthians 15:4; Mark 16:19; Ephesians 1:20; Acts 1:11; Acts 17:31

Answer 29

We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit.

John 1:11-12; Titus 3:5-6

Answer 30

The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.

Ephesians 1:13-14; John 6:37, 39; Ephesians 2:8; Ephesians 3:17; 1 Corinthians 1:9