The Heidelberg Catechism

Question 16. Why must our mediator and deliverer be a true man, and also perfectly righteous?

Answer: He must be a true man because the justice of God requires that the same human nature which has sinned should pay for sin; (a) and he must be perfectly righteous because one who is himself a sinner cannot pay for others. (b)

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Sunday Hymn: Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow (Doxology)

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

—Thomas Ken

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Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• O Come, All Ye Faithful at Gospel Grace
• Jesus, I Come at By Grace Alone
• Father of Mercies! God of Love! at The Happy Wonderer
• Lifting Up Our Hearts - 10 at The Upward Call
• His Name Is Jesus! at Theology for Girls
• Why Christ Came -To Restore Human Nature to Holiness at Tried With Fire
• Lord’s Day 52, 2013 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: O God, look at Christ instead of me!

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.

Someone for Some People

Christ dies as Someone for some people —

as King for his people,

as Husband for his bride,

as the Head for his body, 

as Shepherd for his sheep,

as the Master for his friends,

as Firstborn for his brothers and sisters, 

as the Second and Last Adam for a new humanity.

—Taken from the introduction to From Heaven He Came and Sought Her: Definite Atonement in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective  by David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson. (Formatted by me.)