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Question 24

    Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?

    The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ;a who, being the eternal Son of God, became man,b and so was and continueth to be God and man in two distinct natures, and one person for ever.c

    1. a1 Timothy 2:5-6
    2. bJohn 1:14; Galatians 4:4
    3. cRomans 9:5; Luke 1:35; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 7:24-25
    Beddome's Scriptural Exposition 27 questions answered from Scripture

    1. Is Christ a Redeemer? Yes.

      “I know that my Redeemer liveth” Job 19:25

    2. Doth he redeem from sin? Yes.

      “He gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity” Titus 2:14

    3. And from the curse? Yes.

      “He hath redeemed us from the curse of the law” Galatians 3:13

    4. And from everlasting misery? Yes.

      “We shall be saved from wrath through him” Romans 5:9

    5. Doth he redeem by price? Yes.

      “Who gave himself a ransom” 1 Timothy 2:6

    6. And by power? Yes.

      “He led captivity captive” Ephesians 4:8

    1. Is Christ in a special manner the Redeemer of God’s elect? Yes.

      “He gathereth together in one the children of God that are scattered abroad” John 11:52

    2. Did the elect then need a Redeemer? Yes.

      “For we ourselves were sometimes foolish and disobedient” Titus 3:3

    3. Is he the only Redeemer of God’s elect? Yes.

      “Neither is there salvation in any other” Acts 4:12

    4. Is he the only one that could be their Redeemer? Yes.

      “None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him” Psalm 49:7

    5. And need they no other? No.

      “For he is mighty to save” Isaiah 63:1

    1. Is Christ the Son of God? Yes.

      “Thou art Christ the Son of the living God” Matthew 16:16

    2. Is he his only begotten Son? Yes.

      “He was the only begotten of the Father” John 1:14

    3. And his beloved Son? Yes.

      “I will send my beloved Son: it may be they will reverence him” Luke 20:13

    4. Is the Son of the same nature with the Father? Yes.

      “He is the express image of his person” Hebrews 1:3

    5. And equal to him? Yes.

      “He is the man his fellow” Zechariah 13:7

    6. Is this a mystery which we cannot comprehend? Yes.

      “What is his name, and what is his Son’s name, if thou canst tell” Proverbs 30:4

    1. Did Christ the Son of God assume our nature? Yes.

      “The Word was made flesh” John 1:14

    2. Are the Deity and humanity united in the person of Christ? Yes.

      “He is Emmanuel, God with us” Matthew 1:23

    3. Are the two natures distinct, though united? Yes.

      “Of whom as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is God” Romans 9:5

    4. Is not the human nature then absorbed by the divine? No.

      “He is the man Christ Jesus” 1 Timothy 2:5

    5. And will this union between the two natures still continue? Yes.

      “Because he continueth for ever, he hath an unchangeable priesthood” Hebrews 7:24

    1. Do the two natures in Christ form any more than one person? No.

      “For the saints shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ” Romans 5:17

    2. And is the person of Christ a glorious person? Yes.

      “We beheld his glory” John 1:14

    3. Is the doctrine of Christ’s incarnation an important article of the Christian religion? Yes.

      “Great is the mystery of godliness, God manifest in the flesh” 1 Timothy 3:16

    4. Should we therefore receive it? Yes.

      “For he that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God” 1 John 4:3

    5. And rejoice in it? Yes.

      “Our souls should magnify the Lord, and our spirits rejoice in God our Saviour” Luke 1:46

    Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795), pastor at Bourton-on-the-Water. Verses from the King James Version.

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