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pagetitle: Why was it requisite that the mediator should be God and man in one person?
date: February 19, 2020
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#### Larger Catechism
<span class="q">Q 40.</span> Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be God and man in one person?
<span class="q">A.</span> 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,[^fnref:wlc1] and relied on by us, as the works of the whole person.[^fnref:wlc2]
[^fnref:wlc1]: <div class="esv"><h5>Matthew 1:21</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40001021.01-1">She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”</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>Matthew 3:17</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40003017.01-3">and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”</p> </div><h5>Hebrews 9:14</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p58009014.01-4">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. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wlc2]: <div class="esv"><h5>1 Peter 2:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p60002006.01-1">For it stands in Scripture:</p> <div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p60002006.06-1">“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>a cornerstone chosen and precious,<br /> and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div> </div>