2. QUESTION #19
Is there any way to escape punishment and be brought back into God’s favor?

3. Yes, God reconciles us to himself by a Redeemer.
QUESTION #19
Is there any way to escape punishment and be brought back in to God’s favor?
ANSWER
Yes, God reconciles us to himself by a Redeemer.
SCRIPTURE
Isaiah 53:10-11

4. “Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.”
Isaiah 53:10-11

5. QUESTION #20
Who is the Redeemer?

6. QUESTION #20
Who is the Redeemer?
ANSWER
The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, in whom God became man and bore the penalty for sin himself.
SCRIPTURE
1 Timothy 2:5

7. “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”
1 Timothy 2:5

8. Christ, Redemption, Grace
Part 2
Christ, Redemption, Grace

9. What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?
QUESTION #21
What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?

10. What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?
QUESTION #21
What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?
ANSWER
One who is truly human and also truly God.
SCRIPTURE
Isaiah 9:6

11. “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 9:6

12. “The Jews pick up stones again to stone him
“The Jews pick up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, ‘I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?’ The Jews answered him, ’It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you, but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.’”
John 10:31-33

13. “See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see
“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.”
Luke 24:39

14. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made…
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 1:1-3; 14

15. “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.”
Colossians 2:8-9

16. Why must the Redeemer be truly human?
QUESTION #22
Why must the Redeemer be truly human?

17. Why must the Redeemer be truly human?
QUESTION #22
Why must the Redeemer be truly human?
ANSWER
That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin; and also that he might sympathize with our weaknesses.
SCRIPTURE
Hebrews 2:17

18. “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.”
Hebrews 2:17

19. “Then as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.”
Romans 5:18-19

20. “For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”
Hebrews 2:18

21. “Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 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. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace in the time of need.”
Hebrews 4:14-16

22. Why must the Redeemer be truly human?
QUESTION #22
Why must the Redeemer be truly human?
ANSWER
That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin; and also that he might sympathize with our weaknesses.
SCRIPTURE
Hebrews 2:17

23. Why must the Redeemer be truly God?
QUESTION #23
Why must the Redeemer be truly God?

24. Why must the Redeemer be truly God?
QUESTION #23
Why must the Redeemer be truly God?
ANSWER
That because of his divine nature his obedience and suffering would be perfect and effective; and also that he would be able to bear the righteous anger of God against sin and yet overcome death.
SCRIPTURE
Acts 2:24

25. “God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.”
Acts 2:24

26. “The fact that the infinite, omnipotent, eternal Son of God could become man and join himself to a human nature forever, so that infinite God became one person with finite man, will remain for eternity the most profound miracle and the most profound mystery in all the universe.”
Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology