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pagetitle: Who is the redeemer of God's elect?
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#### Shorter Catechism
<span class="q">Q 21.</span> Who is the redeemer of God's elect?
<span class="q">A.</span> The only Redeemer of God's elect is the Lord Jesus Christ,[^fnref:wsc1] who, being the eternal Son of God,[^fnref:wsc2] became man,[^fnref:wsc3] and so was, and continueth to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person, forever.[^fnref:wsc4]
[^fnref:wsc1]: <div class="esv"><h5>John 14:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43014006.01-1">Jesus said to him, <span class="woc">“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.</span></p> </div><h5>Acts 4:12</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p44004012.01-2">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.”</p> </div><h5>1 Timothy 2:5-6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p54002005.01-3">For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wsc2]: <div class="esv"><h5>Psalm 2:7</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19002007.01-1">I will tell of the decree:<br /> The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> said to me, “You are my Son;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>today I have begotten you.</p> </div> </div><h5>Matthew 3:17</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40003017.01-2">and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”</p> </div><h5>Matthew 17:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40017005.01-3">He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”</p> </div><h5>John 1:18</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43001018.01-4">No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wsc3]: <div class="esv"><h5>Isaiah 9:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p23009006.01-1">For to us a child is born,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>to us a son is given;<br /> and the government shall be upon his shoulder,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and his name shall be called<br /> Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.</p> </div> </div><h5>Matthew 1:23</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p40001023.01-2">“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and they shall call his name Immanuel”</p> </div> <p class="same-paragraph" id="p40001023.17-2">(which means, God with us).</p> </div><h5>John 1:14</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43001014.01-3">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.</p> </div><h5>Galatians 4:4</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p48004004.01-4">But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wsc4]: <div class="esv"><h5>Acts 1:11</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p44001011.01-1">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.”</p> </div><h5>Hebrews 7:24-25</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p58007024.01-2">but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
#### Larger Catechism
<span class="q">Q 36.</span> Who is the Mediator of the covenant of grace?
<span class="q">A.</span> The only Mediator of the covenant of grace is the Lord Jesus Christ,[^fnref:wlc1] who, being the eternal Son of God, of one substance and equal with the Father,[^fnref:wlc2] in the fullness of time became man,[^fnref:wlc3] and so was and continues to be God and man, in two entire distinct natures, and one person, forever.[^fnref:wlc4]
[^fnref:wlc1]: <div class="esv"><h5>1 Timothy 2:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p54002005.01-1">For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,</p> </div><h5>John 14:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43014006.01-2">Jesus said to him, <span class="woc">“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.</span></p> </div><h5>Acts 4:12</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p44004012.01-3">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.” (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wlc2]: <div class="esv"><h5>John 1:1</h5> <div class="esv-text"> <p class="chapter-first" id="p43001001.05-1"><span class="chapter-num" id="v43001001-1">1:1 </span>In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.</p> </div><h5>John 1:14</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43001014.01-2">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.</p> </div><h5>John 1:18</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43001018.01-3">No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.</p> </div><h5>John 10:30</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43010030.01-4"><span class="woc">I and the Father are one.”</span></p> </div><h5>Philippians 2:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p50002006.01-5">who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,</p> </div><h5>Psalm 2:7</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19002007.01-6">I will tell of the decree:<br /> The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> said to me, “You are my Son;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>today I have begotten you.</p> </div> </div><h5>Matthew 3:17</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40003017.01-7">and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”</p> </div><h5>Matthew 17:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40017005.01-8">He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wlc3]: <div class="esv"><h5>Galatians 4:4</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p48004004.01-1">But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,</p> </div><h5>Matthew 1:23</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p40001023.01-2">“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and they shall call his name Immanuel”</p> </div> <p class="same-paragraph" id="p40001023.17-2">(which means, God with us).</p> </div><h5>John 1:14</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43001014.01-3">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. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wlc4]: <div class="esv"><h5>Luke 1:35</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p42001035.01-1">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.</p> </div><h5>Acts 1:11</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p44001011.01-2">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.”</p> </div><h5>Romans 9:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45009005.01-3">To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.</p> </div><h5>Colossians 2:9</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p51002009.01-4">For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,</p> </div><h5>Hebrews 7:24-25</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p58007024.01-5">but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.</p> </div><h5>Hebrews 13:8</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p58013008.01-6">Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.</p> </div><h5>Philippians 2:5-11</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p50002005.01-7">Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>