Westminister Larger Catechism Q40: Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be God and man in one person? A: It was requisite that the Mediator, who was to reconcile God and man, should himself be both God and man, and this in one person, that the proper works of each nature might be accepted of God for us, and relied on by us as the works of the whole person. Commentary: Why could not God provide two Mediators, one of the divine and the other human, to accomplish salvation of his people from sin? Because the relation between the words of each of the two natures required that these two natures be united in one person. A divine Mediator could not experience suffering except through a human nature; a human Mediator could not endure the required suffering, except as sustained by a divine nature. Therefore it was necessary, not only that the Mediator be God and that he be man, but that both natures be united in one person that his work might be a unity. It was necessary. It is mind boggling. It is glorious. #Incarnation #Emmanuel
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