Westminster Shorter Catechism, Question 27
Question 27
Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist?
Christ's humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.
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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.
Galatians 4:44But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Hebrews 12:2-32Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Isaiah 53:2-32He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
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?”
Philippians 2:88And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
1 Corinthians 15:3-43For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
Acts 2:24-2724But 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.
25David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
26Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,
27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Acts 2:3131Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
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