36. What profit dost thou receive by Christ’s holy conception and nativity?
That he is our Mediator (1 Tim. 2;5); and with his innocence and perfect holiness covers, in the sight of God, my sins (Rev. 1;5); wherein I was conceived and brought forth (Ps. 51;5).
1 Tim. 2;5.—For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.—Heb. 12;24.—Heb. 8;6.—Heb. 9;15.
Rev. 1;5.—Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood.—Heb. 7;26.—1 John 1;7.
Ps. 51;5.—Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.—John 3;6.
15. LORD’S DAY.
*37. What dost thou understand by the words, He suffered?
That he, all the time he lived on earth (Isa. 53;3); but especially at the end of his life, sustained in body and soul, the wrath of God against the sins of mankind (Matt. 26;38); that so by his passion, as the only propitiatory sacrifice (Heb. 9;12) he might redeem our body and soul from everlasting damnation (1 John 4;9) and obtain for us the favor of God, righteousness, and eternal life (Rom. 5;2).
Isa. 53;3.—He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.—Luke 12;50.
Matt. 26;38.—My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.—Matt. 27;46.—Isa. 53;4-7.—1 Pet. 2;24.—Matt. 20;19.
