Heidelberg Catechism, Question 17
Question 17
Why must he in one person be also very God?
That he might, by the power of his Godhead, sustain, in his human nature, the burden of God’s wrath (2 Cor. 13;4); and might obtain for, and restore to us righteousness and life (1 John 4;9).
Scripture references for paragraph 1
Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.
2 Corinthians 13:44For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.
Isaiah 53:44Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
Acts 2:2424But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
Isaiah 9:66For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
1 John 4:99This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
Jeremiah 23:66In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
Acts 20:2828Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
2 Corinthians 5:2121God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Revelation 19:1515And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
Revelation 19:1616And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
2 Timothy 1:1010And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
Source and edition
Heidelberg Catechism. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879
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