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5.1. The Doctrine of Election

We believe that- all Adam's descendants having thus fallen into perdition and ruin by the sin of Adam- God showed himself to be as he is: merciful and just. God is merciful in withdrawing and saving from this perdition those who, in the eternal and unchangeable divine counsel, have been elected and chosen in Jesus Christ our Lord by his pure goodness, without any consideration of their works. God is just in leaving the others in their ruin and fall into which they plunged themselves.

Proof texts

Rom. 3:12 — [12] All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
John 6:37, 44 — [37] All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. [44] No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
John 10:29 — [29] My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
John 17:2, 9, 12 — [2] since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. [9] I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. [12] While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
John 18:9 — [9] This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.”
1 Sam. 12:22 — [22] For the LORD will not forsake his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.
Ps. 65:4 — [4] Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!
Acts 13:48 — [48] And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
Rom. 9:16 — [16] So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
Rom. 11:5 — [5] So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
Titus 1:1 — [1] Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,
John 15:16, 19 — [16] You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. [19] If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Rom. 8:29 — [29] For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
Eph. 1:4-5 — [4] even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love [5] he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
Mal. 1:2-3 — [2] “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob's brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob [3] but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.”
Rom. 9:11-13 — [11] though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad — in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls — [12] she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” [13] As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
2 Tim. 1:9 — [9] who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
Titus 3:4-5 — [4] But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, [5] he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
Rom. 9:19-22 — [19] You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?” [20] But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” [21] Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? [22] What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
1 Pet. 2:8 — [8] and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

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The Assembly cited Rom. 3:12 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
20 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
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5.2. The Recovery of Fallen Humanity

We believe that our good God, by marvelous divine wisdom and goodness, seeing that Adam and Eve had plunged themselves in this manner into both physical and spiritual death and made themselves completely miserable, set out to find them, though they, trembling all over, were fleeing from God. And God comforted them, promising to give them his Son, born of a woman, (Gal. 4:4) to crush the head of the serpent, (Gen. 3:15) and to make them blessed.

Proof texts

Gen. 3:9 — [9] But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
Gal. 4:4 — [4] But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
Gen. 3:15 — [15] I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
Gen. 22:18 — [18] and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
Isa. 7:14 — [14] Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
John 1:14 — [14] And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 5:46 — [46] For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me.
John 7:42 — [42] Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
Acts 13:32-33 — [32] And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers, [33] this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm, “‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’
Rom. 1:2-3 — [2] which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, [3] concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh
Gal. 3:16 — [16] Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.

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The Assembly cited Gen. 3:9 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
11 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
HC Q29 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

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5.3. The Incarnation

So then we confess that God fulfilled the promise made to the early fathers and mothers by the mouth of the holy prophets when he sent the only and eternal Son of God into the world at the time appointed. The Son took the "form of a slave" and was made in "human form," (Phil. 2:7) truly assuming a real human nature, with all its weaknesses, except for sin; being conceived in the womb of the blessed virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit, without male participation. And Christ not only assumed human nature as far as the body is concerned but also a real human soul, in order to be a real human being. For since the soul had been lost as well as the body, Christ had to assume them both to save them both together. Therefore we confess (against the heresy of the Anabaptists who deny that Christ assumed human flesh from his mother) that Christ shared the very flesh and blood of children; (Heb. 2:14) being the fruit of the loins of David according to the flesh, (Acts 2:30) descended from David according to the flesh; (Rom. 1:3) the fruit of the womb of the virgin Mary; (Luke 1:42) born of a woman; (Gal. 4:4) the seed of David; (2 Tim. 2:8) the root of Jesse; (Rom. 15:12) descended from Judah, (Heb. 7:14) having descended from the Jews according to the flesh; descended from Abraham- having assumed descent from Abraham and Sarah, and was made like his brothers and sisters, yet without sin. (Heb. 2:17, Heb 4:15) In this way Christ is truly our Immanuel- that is: "God with us." (Matt. 1:23)

Proof texts

Phil. 2:7 — [7] but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
1 Tim. 2:5 — [5] For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
1 Tim. 3:16 — [16] Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
Heb. 2:14 — [14] Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
Acts 2:30 — [30] Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne,
Rom. 1:3 — [3] concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh
Luke 1:42 — [42] and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
Gal. 4:4 — [4] But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
Jer. 33:15 — [15] In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Isa. 11:1 — [1] There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
Heb. 7:14 — [14] For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
Rom. 9:5 — [5] To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
Matt. 1:23 — [23] “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
Gen. 26:4 — [4] I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,
2 Sam. 7:12-16 — [12] When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. [13] He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. [14] I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men, [15] but my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. [16] And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’”
Ps. 132:11 — [11] The LORD swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: “One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.
Luke 1:55 — [55] as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
Acts 13:23 — [23] Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.
2 Cor. 5:21 — [21] For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Heb. 7:26 — [26] For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
1 Pet. 2:22 — [22] He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
Matt. 1:18 — [18] Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
Luke 1:35 — [35] And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy — the Son of God.
Gal. 3:16 — [16] Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.
Heb. 2:16-17 — [16] For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. [17] 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.
Heb. 4:15 — [15] For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

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The Assembly cited Phil. 2:7 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
26 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
HC Q29 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

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5.4. The Two Natures of Christ

We believe that by being thus conceived the person of the Son has been inseparably united and joined together with human nature, in such a way that there are not two Sons of God, nor two persons, but two natures united in a single person, with each nature retaining its own distinct properties. Thus his divine nature has always remained uncreated, without beginning of days or end of life, (Heb. 7:3) filling heaven and earth. Christ's human nature has not lost its properties but continues to have those of a creature- it has a beginning of days; it is of a finite nature and retains all that belongs to a real body. And even though he, by his resurrection, gave it immortality, that nonetheless did not change the reality of his human nature; for our salvation and resurrection depend also on the reality of his body. But these two natures are so united together in one person that they are not even separated by his death. So then, what he committed to his Father when he died was a real human spirit which left his body. But meanwhile his divine nature remained united with his human nature even when he was lying in the grave; and his deity never ceased to be in him, just as it was in him when he was a little child, though for a while it did not so reveal itself. These are the reasons why we confess him to be true God and truly human- true God in order to conquer death by his power, and truly human that he might die for us in the weakness of his flesh.

Proof texts

John 1:14 — [14] And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 10:30 — [30] I and the Father are one.”
Rom. 9:5 — [5] To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
Phil. 2:6-7 — [6] who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, [7] but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
Heb. 7:3 — [3] He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.
Matt. 28:20 — [20] teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
1 Tim. 2:5 — [5] For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Matt. 26:11 — [11] For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.
Luke 24:39 — [39] See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
John 20:25 — [25] So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”
Acts 1:3, 11 — [3] He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. [11] and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
Acts 3:21 — [21] whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.
Heb. 2:9 — [9] But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
1 Cor. 15:21 — [21] For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
Phil. 3:21 — [21] who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Matt. 27:50 — [50] And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.
Rom. 1:4 — [4] and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

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The Assembly cited John 1:14 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
17 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
HC Q29 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

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5.5. The Justice and Mercy of God in Christ

We believe that God- who is perfectly merciful and also very just- sent the Son to assume the nature in which the disobedience had been committed, in order to bear in it the punishment of sin by his most bitter passion and death. So God made known his justice toward his Son, who was charged with our sin, and he poured out his goodness and mercy on us, who are guilty and worthy of damnation, giving to us his Son to die, by a most perfect love, and raising him to life for our justification, in order that by him we might have immortality and eternal life.

Proof texts

Rom. 8:3 — [3] For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
Heb. 2:14 — [14] Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
Rom. 3:25-26 — [25] whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. [26] It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom. 8:32 — [32] He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
Rom. 4:25 — [25] who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

For discussion

The Assembly cited Rom. 8:3 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
5 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
HC Q29 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
HC Q37 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

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5.6. The Atonement

We believe that Jesus Christ is a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek- made such by an oath- and that he presented himself in our name before his Father, to appease his Father's wrath with full satisfaction by offering himself on the tree of the cross and pouring out his precious blood for the cleansing of our sins, as the prophets had predicted. For it is written that "the punishment that made us whole" was placed on the Son of God and that "by his bruises we are healed." He was "like a lamb that is led to the slaughter"; he was "numbered with the transgressors" (Isa. 53:4-12) and condemned as a criminal by Pontius Pilate, though Pilate had declared that he was innocent. So he paid back what he had not stolen, (Ps. 69:4) and he suffered- "the righteous for the unrighteous," (1 Pet. 3:18) in both his body and his soul- in such a way that when he sensed the horrible punishment required by our sins "his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground." (Luke 22:44) He cried, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matt. 27:46) And he endured all this for the forgiveness of our sins. Therefore we rightly say with Paul that we know nothing "except Jesus Christ, and him crucified"; (1 Cor. 2:2) we "regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus [our] Lord." (Phil. 3:8) We find all comforts in his wounds and have no need to seek or invent any other means to reconcile ourselves with God than this one and only sacrifice, once made, which renders believers perfect forever. This is also why the angel of God called him Jesus- that is, "Savior"- because he would save his people from their sins. (Matt. 1:21)

Proof texts

Ps. 110:4 — [4] The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”
Heb. 7:15-17 — [15] This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, [16] who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. [17] For it is witnessed of him, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
Rom. 4:25 — [25] who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
Rom. 5:8-9 — [8] but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
Rom. 8:32 — [32] He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
Gal. 3:13 — [13] Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us — for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree” —
Col. 2:14 — [14] by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
Heb. 2:9, 17 — [9] But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. [17] 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.
Heb. 9:11-15 — [11] But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) [12] he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. [13] For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, [14] how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. [15] Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Acts 2:23 — [23] this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
Phil. 2:8 — [8] And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
1 Tim. 1:15 — [15] The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
Heb. 9:22 — [22] Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
1 Pet. 1:18-19 — [18] knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, [19] but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
1 John 1:7 — [7] But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Rev. 7:14 — [14] I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Luke 24:25-27 — [25] And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! [26] Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” [27] And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
Rom. 3:21 — [21] But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it —
1 Cor. 15:3 — [3] For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
Isa. 53:5, 7, 12 — [5] But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. [7] He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. [12] Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
1 Pet. 2:24 — [24] He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
John 18:38 — [38] Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in him.
1 Pet. 3:18 — [18] For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
Ps. 69:4 — [4] More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
Luke 22:44 — [44] And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Matt. 27:46 — [46] And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
1 Cor. 2:2 — [2] For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Phil. 3:8 — [8] Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Heb. 10:14 — [14] For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Matt. 1:21 — [21] She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
Luke 1:31 — [31] And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
Acts 4:12 — [12] And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Heb. 7:26-28 — [26] For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. [27] He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself. [28] For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.
Heb. 9:24-28 — [24] For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. [25] Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, [26] for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. [27] And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, [28] so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

For discussion

The Assembly cited Ps. 110:4 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
34 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
HC Q29 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
HC Q37 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

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