Sunday, June 11, 2023

Westminster Shorter Catechism Q & A #26-30

 The following is from thewestminsterstandard.org:

Q. 26. How doth Christ execute the office of a king?
A. 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 15:14-16Isa. 33:22Isa. 32:1-21 Cor. 15:25.

Q. 27. Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?
A. 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 2:7Gal. 4:4Heb. 12:2-3Isa. 53:2-3Luke 22:44Matt. 27:46Phil. 2:81 Cor. 15:3-4Acts 2:24-2731.

Q. 28. Wherein consisteth Christ’s exaltation?
A. 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 Cor. 15:4Mark 16:19Eph. 1:20Acts 1:11Acts 17:31.

Q. 29. How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ?
A. We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit.

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

Q. 30. How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?
A. 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.

Eph. 1:13-14John 6:3739Eph. 2:8Eph. 3:171 Cor. 1:9.

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