WSC #3

Question 1

Q. 22. How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?

Answer 1

A. Christ, the Son of God, became man, by assuming a real body and a reasonable soul. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, in the womb of the virgin Mary, who gave birth to him; yet he was sinless.

Question 2

Q. 23. What offices does Christ execute as our Redeemer? (How is Christ our redeemer?)

Answer 2

A. As our Redeemer, Christ is a prophet, a priest, and a king in both in his humiliation and his exaltation.

Question 3

Q. 24. How does Christ execute the office of a prophet? (How is Christ a prophet)

Answer 3

A. As a prophet, Christ reveals the will of God to us for our salvation by his word and Spirit.

Question 4

Q. 25. How does Christ execute the office of a priest? (How is Christ a priest?)

Answer 4

A. As a priest, Christ offered himself up once as a sacrifice for us to satisfy divine justice and to reconcile us to God, and he continually intercedes for us.

Question 5

Q. 26. How does Christ execute the office of a king? (How is Christ a king?)

Answer 5

A. As a king, Christ brings us under his power, rules and defends us, and restrains and conquers all His and our enemies.

Question 6

Q. 27. In what did Christ’s humiliation consist?

Answer 6

A. Christ’s humiliation consisted in being born, and that in a poor circumstances; in being subject to God’s law; in undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God and the curse of death on the cross; in being buried; and in continuing under the power of death for a time.