Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 47
Question 47
How did Christ humble himself in his conception and birth?
Christ humbled himself in his conception and birth, in that, being from all eternity the Son of God, in the bosom of the Father, he was pleased in the fulness of time to become the son of man, made of a woman of low estate, and to be born of her; with divers circumstances of more than ordinary abasement.
Scripture references for paragraph 1
Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.
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.
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.
Galatians 4:44But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Luke 2:77And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
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Westminster Larger Catechism. NonlinearFruit/Creeds.json, Unlicense. Creeds.json, English transcription
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