Lord's Day 6

16.	Q.	Why must he be a true and righteous man?
	A.	He must be a true man because the justice of God requires that the same human nature which has sinned should pay for sin. ¹ He must be a righteous man because one who himself is a sinner cannot 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.

17.	Q.	Why must he at the same time be true God?
	A.	He must be true God so that by the power of his divine nature ¹ he might bear in his human nature the burden of God's wrath, ² and might obtain for us and restore to us righteousness and life. ³
		1. Is 9:6. 2. Deut 4:24; Nahum 1:6; Ps 130:3. 3. Is 53:5, 11; Jn 3:16; 2 Cor 5:21.

18.	Q.	But who is that Mediator who at the same time is true God and a true and righteous man?
	A.	Our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹ who has become for us wisdom from God – that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption (1 Cor 1:30).
		1. Mt 1:21-23; Lk 2:11; 1 Tim 2:5; 3:16.

19.	Q.	From where do you know this?
	A.	From the holy gospel, which God himself first revealed in Paradise. ¹ Later, he had it proclaimed by the patriarchs ² and prophets, ³ and foreshadowed by the sacrifices and other ceremonies of the law. ⁴ Finally, he had it fulfilled through his only Son. ⁵
		1. Gen 3:15. 2. Gen 12:3; 22:18; 49:10. 3. Is 53; Jer 23:5, 6; Mic 7:18-20; Acts 10:43; Heb 1:1. 4. Lev 1-7; Jn 5:46; Heb 10:1-10. 5. Rom 10:4; Gal 4:4, 5; Col 2:17.