Baptist Catechism Question 24: God's Decrees: Christ Our Redeemer

GOD'S DECREES.
CHRIST OUR REDEEMER.

SUMMARY: As part of God's Decree, mankind, who is fallen in sin, must be redeemed or "bought back" to the kingdom of God. This is according to the will of God, that "all things might be gathered together in one, in Christ."

The conflict created by man's sin and God's holiness requires a mediator who is both fully God, and fully Man. He would be sent from His heavenly home to live with man on Earth, and to die in man's place; purchasing them to God's possession, and freeing them forever from slavery to sin. This is our Redeemer, Jesus Christ.

QUESTION 24: Who is the Redeemer of God's Elect?
ANSWER: The only Redeemer of God's elect is the Lord Jesus Christ;1 who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was and continueth to be God and man in two distinct natures, and one person for ever.

I. THE REDEEMER IS THE ONLY MEDIATOR BETWEN GOD AND MAN.
A. God and Man are at odds and are in need of a mediator.
B. Sin and holiness are the conflict that requires mediation.
C. Christ as mediator purchases us from our slavery to sin.

II. THE REDEEMER IS THE SON OF GOD, SENT FROM HEAVEN TO TABERNACLE ON EARTH.
A. Jesus is God.
B. Jesus Became Man.

III. THE REDEEMER IS ONE PERSON, IN TWO DISTINCE NATURES — GOD AND MAN.
A. Christ is Our Mediator— Forever.