Q&A 16 Why must he be truly human and truly righteous?

God's justice demands it

man has sinned,

must pay for his sin;¹

but a sinner can not pay for others.²

 

¹ Rom. 5:12, 15; 1 Cor. 15:21; Heb. 2:14-16

² Heb. 7:26-27; 1 Pet. 3:18 

Q&A 17 Why must he also be true God?  

So that,

by the power of his divinity,

he might bear the weight of God's anger in his humanity

and earn for us

and restore to us

righteousness and life.¹

 

¹ Isa. 53; John 3:16; 2 Cor. 5:21

Q&A 18 And who is this mediator-- true God and at the same time truly human and truly righteous? 

Our Lord Jesus Christ,¹

who was given us

to set us completely free

and to make us right with God.²

 

¹ Matt. 1:21-23; Luke 2:11; 1 Tim. 2:5

² 1 Cor. 1:30

Q&A 19 How do you come to know this?  

The holy gospel tells me.

God himself began to reveal the gospel already in Paradise;¹

later, he proclaimed it

by the holy patriarchs² and prophets,³

and portrayed it

by the sacrifices and other ceremonies of the law;⁴

finally, he fulfilled it

through his own dear Son.⁵

 

¹ Gen. 3:15

² Gen. 22:18; 49:10

³ Isa. 53; Jer. 23:5-6; Mic. 7:18-20; Acts 10:43; Heb. 1:1-2

⁴ Lev. 1-7; John 5:46; Heb. 10:1-10

⁵ Rom. 10:4; Gal. 4:4-5; Col. 2:17

 

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