1689 London Baptist Confession, Chapter 8
Of Christ the Mediator
It pleased God in his eternal purpose, to chuse and ordain the Lord Jesus his only begotten Son, according to the Covenant made between them both, to be the Mediator between God and Man; the Prophet, Priest and King; Head and Saviour of his Church, the heir of all things, and judge of the world: Unto whom he did from all Eternity give a people to be his seed, and to be by him in time redeemed, called, justified, sanctified, and glorified.
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Isaiah 42:11“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
1 Peter 1:1919but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
1 Peter 1:2020He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
Acts 3:2222For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.
Hebrews 5:55So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”
Hebrews 5:66And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Psalms 2:66“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Luke 1:3333and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
Ephesians 1:2323which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Hebrews 1:22But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
Acts 17:3131For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
Isaiah 53:1010Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
John 17:66I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
Romans 8:3030And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
The Son of God, the second Person in the Holy Trinity, being very and eternal God, the brightness of the Fathers glory, of one substance and equal with him: who made the World, who upholdeth and governeth all things he hath made: did when the fullness of time was come take unto him mans nature, with all the Essential properties, and common infirmities thereof, yet without sin: being conceived by the Holy Spirit in the Womb of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Spirit coming down upon her, and the power of the most High overshadowing her, and so was made of a Woman, of the Tribe of Judah, of the Seed of Abraham, and David according to the Scriptures: So that two whole, perfect, and distinct natures, were inseparably joined together in one Person: without conversion, composition, or confusion: which Person is very God, and very Man; yet one Christ, the only Mediator between God and Man.
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Isaiah 53:1010Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
John 17:66I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
Romans 8:3030And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
Romans 8:33For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
Hebrews 2:1414Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
Hebrews 2:1616For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.
Hebrews 2:1717For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 4:1515For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
Luke 1:2727to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
Luke 1:3131Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
Luke 1:3535The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
Romans 9:55Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.
1 Timothy 2:55For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
The Lord Jesus in his humane nature thus united to the divine, in the Person of the Son, was sanctified, and anointed with the Holy Spirit, above measure; having in him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; in whom it pleased the Father that all fullness should dwell: To the end that being holy, harmless, undefiled, and full of Grace, and Truth, he might be throughly furnished to execute the office of a Mediator, and Surety; which office he took not upon himself, but was thereunto called by his Father; who also put all power and judgement in his hand, and gave him Commandement to execute the same.
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Psalms 45:77You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
Acts 10:3838how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
John 3:3434For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
Colossians 2:33in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 1:1919For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,
Hebrews 7:2626Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
John 1:1414The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Hebrews 7:2222Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
Hebrews 5:55So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”
John 5:2222Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
John 5:2727And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
Matthew 28:1818Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
Acts 2:3636Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
This office the Lord Jesus did most willingly undertake, which that he might discharge he was made under the Law, and did perfectly fulfill it, and underwent the punishment due to us, which we should have born and suffered, being made Sin and a Curse for us: enduring most grievous sorrows in his Soul; and most painful sufferings in his body; was crucified, and died, and remained in the state of the dead; yet saw no corruption: on the third day he arose from the dead, with the same body in which he suffered; with which he also ascended into heaven: and there sitteth at the right hand of his Father, making intercession; and shall return to judge Men and Angels, at the end of the World.
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Psalms 40:77Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:
Psalms 40:88I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Hebrews 10:5-115Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
6In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.
7Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
8In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
9Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.
10And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
John 10:1818No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
Galatians 4:44But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Matthew 3:1515“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
Galatians 3:1313Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
Isaiah 53:66We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
1 Peter 3:1818For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
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.
Matthew 26:3737He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
Matthew 26:3838Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
Luke 22:4444And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Matthew 27:4646About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Acts 13:3737But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
1 Corinthians 15:33For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:44that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
John 20:2525So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”
John 20:2727Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”
Mark 16:1919After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
Acts 1:99After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
Acts 1:1010They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
Acts 1:1111“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
Romans 8:3434Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
Hebrews 9:2424For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
Acts 10:4242And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.
Romans 14:99For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
Romans 14:1010Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
Acts 1:1010They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
The Lord Jesus by his perfect obedience and sacrifice of himself, which he through the Eternal Spirit once offered up unto God, hath fully satisfied the Justice of God, procured reconciliation, and purchased an Everlasting inheritance in the Kingdom of Heaven, for all those whom the Father hath given unto him.
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Hebrews 9:1414how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
Hebrews 10:1414because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
Romans 3:2525God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
Romans 3:2626He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
John 17:22For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
Hebrews 9:1515Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Although the price of Redemption was not actually paid by Christ, till after his Incarnation, yet the vertue, efficacy, and benefit thereof were communicated to the Elect in all ages successively, from the beginning of the World, in and by those Promises, Types, and Sacrifices, wherein he was revealed, and signified to be the Seed of the Woman, which should bruise the Serpents head; and the Lamb slain from the foundation of the World: Being the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
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1 Corinthians 4:1010We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
Hebrews 4:22For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
1 Peter 1:1010Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
1 Peter 1:1111trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
Revelation 13:88And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
Hebrews 13:88Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Christ in the work of Mediation acteth according to both natures, by each nature doing that which is proper to it self; yet by reason of the Unity of the Person, that which is proper to one nature, is sometimes in Scripture attributed to the Person denominated by the other nature.
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John 3:1313No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
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.
To all those for whom Christ hath obtained eternal redemption, he doth certainly, and effectually apply, and communicate the same; making intercession for them, uniting them to himself by his spirit, revealing unto them, in and by the word, the mystery of salvation; perswading them to believe, and obey; governing their hearts by his word and spirit, and overcoming all their enemies by his Almighty power, and wisdom; in such manner, and wayes as are most consonant to his wonderful, and unsearchable dispensation; and all of free, and absolute Grace, without any condition foreseen in them, to procure it.
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John 6:3737Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
John 10:1515just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
John 10:1616I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
John 17:99I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.
Romans 5:1010For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
John 17:66I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
Ephesians 1:99And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
1 John 5:2020And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Romans 8:99You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
Romans 8:1414For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Psalms 110:11The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
1 Corinthians 15:2525For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
1 Corinthians 15:2626The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
John 3:88The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
Ephesians 1:88that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
This office of Mediator between God and Man, is proper onely to Christ, who is the Prophet, Priest, and King of the Church of God; and may not be either in whole, or any part thereof transfer'd from him to any other.
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1 Timothy 2:55For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
This number and order of Offices is necessary; for in respect of our ignorance, we stand in need of his prophetical Office; and in respect of our alienation from God, and imperfection of the best of our services, we need his Priestly office, to reconcile us, and present us acceptable unto God: and in respect our averseness, and utter inability to return to God, and for our rescue, and security from our spiritual adversaries, we need his Kingly office, to convince, subdue, draw, uphold, deliver, and preserve us to his Heavenly Kingdome.
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John 1:1818No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
Colossians 1:2121Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
Galatians 5:1717For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
John 16:88And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
Psalms 110:33Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
Luke 1:7474deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
Luke 1:7575in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
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