Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?
The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ; who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was and continueth to be God and man in two distinct natures, and one person for ever.
Proofs
- The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ; (1 Timothy 2:5–6)
- who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, (John 1:14; Galatians 4:4)
- and so was and continueth to be God and man in two distinct natures, and one person for ever. (Romans 9:5; Luke 1:35; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 7:24–25)
Additional Exposition
Section 1
Is Christ a Redeemer?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: I know that my Redeemer liveth, (Job 19:25)
Doth he redeem from sin?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: He gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, (Titus 2:14)
And from the curse?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: He hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, (Galatians 3:13)
And from everlasting misery?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: We shall be saved from wrath through him, (Romans 5:9)
Doth he redeem by price?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: Who gave himself a ransom, (1 Timothy 2:6)
And by power?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: He led captivity captive, (Ephesians 4:8)
Section 2
Is Christ in a special manner the Redeemer of God’s elect?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: He gathereth together in one the children of God that are scattered abroad, (John 11:52)
Did the elect then need a Redeemer?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: For we ourselves were sometimes foolish and disobedient, (Titus 3:3)
Is he the only Redeemer of God’s elect?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: Neither is there salvation in any other, (Acts 4:12)
Is he the only one that could be their Redeemer?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him, (Psalm 49:7)
And need they no other?
Answer: No.
Proof: For he is mighty to save, (Isaiah 63:1)
Section 3
Is Christ the Son of God?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: Thou art Christ the Son of the living God, (Matthew 16:16)
Is he his only begotten Son?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: He was the only begotten of the Father, (John 1:14)
And his beloved Son?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: I will send my beloved Son: it may be they will reverence him, (Luke 20:13)
Is the Son of the same nature with the Father?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: He is the express image of his person, (Hebrews 1:3)
And equal to him?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: He is the man his fellow, (Zechariah 13:7)
Is this a mystery which we cannot comprehend?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: What is his name, and what is his Son’s name, if thou canst tell, (Proverbs 30:4)
Section 4
Did Christ the Son of God assume our nature?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: The Word was made flesh, (John 1:14)
Are the Deity and humanity united in the person of Christ?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: He is Emmanuel, God with us, (Matthew 1:23)
Are the two natures distinct, though united?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: Of whom as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is God, (Romans 9:5)
Is not the human nature then absorbed by the divine?
Answer: No.
Proof: He is the man Christ Jesus, (1 Timothy 2:5)
And will this union between the two natures still continue?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: Because he continueth for ever, he hath an unchangeable priesthood, (Hebrews 7:24)
Section 5
Do the two natures in Christ form any more than one person?
Answer: No.
Proof: For the saints shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ, (Romans 5:17)
And is the person of Christ a glorious person?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: We beheld his glory, (John 1:14)
Is the doctrine of Christ’s incarnation an important article of the Christian religion?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: Great is the mystery of godliness, God manifest in the flesh, (1 Timothy 3:16)
Should we therefore receive it?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: For he that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God, (1 John 4:3)
And rejoice in it?
Answer: Yes.
Proof: Our souls should magnify the Lord, and our spirits rejoice in God our Saviour, (Luke 1:46)