Question 22
Why must the Redeemer be truly human?
Hebrews 2:17
For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
Prayer
Savior and mighty Deliverer, Jesus—your name is full of love, comfort, and confidence to every sinner that takes refuge in it. You obeyed the whole law on our behalf. You suffered the punishment for our sins. You have redeemed us. Thank you that your goodness and power are boundless, and your mercy is infinite. Amen.
Derived and adapted from Augustine of Hippo’s prayer in Pious Breathings: Being the Meditations of St Augustine, his Treatise of the Love of God, Soliloquies and Manual, translated by Geo. Stanhope (London: J. Nunn & Co., 1818), 311–313.
What work did Christ do to save you?
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