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Lord's Day 5

Topics: Justice, Debt, Mediator, Deliverer, Christ, Wrath of God

12. Q.

Since, according to God's righteous judgment
we deserve temporal and eternal punishment,
how can we escape this punishment
and be again received into favour?
A.
God demands that his justice be satisfied. 1
Therefore we must make full payment,
either by ourselves or through another. 2
  • 1. Ex 20:5; 23:7; Rom 2:1-11.
  • 2. Is 53:11; Rom 8:3, 4.
13. Q.

Can we by ourselves make this payment?
A.
Certainly not.
On the contrary, we daily increase our debt. 1
  • 1. Ps 130:3; Mt 6:12; Rom 2:4, 5.
14. Q.

Can any mere creature pay for us?
A.
No.
In the first place,
God will not punish another creature
for the sin which man has committed. 1
Furthermore,
no mere creature can sustain
the burden of God's eternal wrath against sin
and deliver others from it. 2
  • 1. Ezek 18:4, 20; Heb 2:14-18.
  • 2. Ps 130:3; Nahum 1:6.
15. Q.

What kind of mediator and deliverer
must we seek?
A.
One who is a true 1
and righteous 2
man,
and yet more powerful than all creatures;
that is, one who is at the same time true God. 3
  • 1. 1 Cor 15:21; Heb 2:17.
  • 2. Is 53:9; 2 Cor 5:21; Heb 7:26.
  • 3. Is 7:14; 9:6; Jer 23:6; Jn 1:1; Rom 8:3, 4.
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