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{"content":[{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"Christ humbled himself in his life, by subjecting himself to the law, which he perfectly fulfilled; and by conflicting with the indignities of the world, temptations of Satan, and infirmities in his flesh, whether common to the nature of man, or particularly accompanying that his low condition.","citation":"WLC 48","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 48","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"48","prooftexts":{},"question":"How did Christ humble himself in his life?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"content_with_prooftexts":[{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"Christ humbled himself in his life, by subjecting himself to the law,<sup id='fnref:wlc1'><a href='#fn:wlc1' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>1</a></sup> which he perfectly fulfilled;<sup id='fnref:wlc2'><a href='#fn:wlc2' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>2</a></sup> and by conflicting with the indignities of the world,<sup id='fnref:wlc3'><a href='#fn:wlc3' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>3</a></sup> temptations of Satan,<sup id='fnref:wlc4'><a href='#fn:wlc4' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>4</a></sup> and infirmities in his flesh, whether common to the nature of man, or particularly accompanying that his low condition.<sup id='fnref:wlc5'><a href='#fn:wlc5' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>5</a></sup>","citation":"WLC 48","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 48","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"48","prooftexts":{"1":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Galatians 4:4</h5>\n<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, (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","2":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Matthew 5:17</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p40005017.07-1\"><span class=\"woc\">“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.</span></p>\n</div><h5>Romans 5:19</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p45005019.01-2\">For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","3":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 22:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19022006.01-1\">But I am a worm and not a man,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>scorned by mankind and despised by the people.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Isaiah 53:2-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23053002.01-2\">For he grew up before him like a young plant,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and like a root out of dry ground;<br />\nhe had no form or majesty that we should look at him,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and no beauty that we should desire him.<br />\n He was despised and rejected by men;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;<br />\nand as one from whom men hide their faces<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he was despised, and we esteemed him not.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Hebrews 12:2-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p58012002.01-3\">looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.</p>\n \n<p id=\"p58012003.05-3\">Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","4":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Matthew 4:1-11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p40004001.05-1\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v40004001-1\">4:1 </span>Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, <span class=\"woc\">“It is written,</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004004.07-1\"><span class=\"woc\">“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”</span></p>\n</div>\n <p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p40004005.01-1\">Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004006.19-1\">“‘He will command his angels concerning you,’</p>\n</div>\n<p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p40004006.26-1\">and</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004006.27-1\">“‘On their hands they will bear you up,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”</p>\n</div>\n <p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p40004007.01-1\">Jesus said to him, <span class=\"woc\">“Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”</span> Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, <span class=\"woc\">“Be gone, Satan! For it is written,</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004010.13-1\"><span class=\"woc\">“‘You shall worship the Lord your God<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and him only shall you serve.’”</span></p>\n</div>\n <p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p40004011.01-1\">Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.</p>\n</div><h5>Luke 4:13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p42004013.01-2\">And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","5":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Hebrews 2:17-18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p58002017.01-1\">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. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.</p>\n</div><h5>Hebrews 4:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p58004015.01-2\">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.</p>\n</div><h5>Isaiah 52:13-14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23052013.07-3\">Behold, my servant shall act wisely;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he shall be high and lifted up,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and shall be exalted.<br />\n As many were astonished at you—<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and his form beyond that of the children of mankind— (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>"},"question":"How did Christ humble himself in his life?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"feed":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<title></title>\n\n</head>\n<body>\n<h5 class=\"header mb-1\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Larger Catechism</h5>\n<p class=\"question mb-0\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><span class=\"q\">Q <em>48.</em></span>\nHow did Christ humble himself in his life?</p>\n<div class=\"answer\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><p style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"q\">A. </span> Christ humbled himself in his life, by subjecting himself to the law,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc1\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc1\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">1</a></sup> which he perfectly fulfilled;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc2\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc2\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">2</a></sup> and by conflicting with the indignities of the world,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc3\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc3\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">3</a></sup> temptations of Satan,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc4\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc4\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">4</a></sup> and infirmities in his flesh, whether common to the nature of man, or particularly accompanying that his low condition.<sup id=\"fnref:wlc5\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc5\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">5</a></sup></p></div>\n\n <div class=\"prooftexts\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">\n <ol class=\"disc\">\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:1\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Galatians 4:4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p48004004.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">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>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:2\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 5:17</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p40005017.07-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">\u201cDo not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.</span></p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Romans 5:19</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p45005019.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:3\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 22:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19022006.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But I am a worm and not a man,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>scorned by mankind and despised by the people.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 53:2-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23053002.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">For he grew up before him like a young plant,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and like a root out of dry ground;\nhe had no form or majesty that we should look at him,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and no beauty that we should desire him.\n He was despised and rejected by men;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;\nand as one from whom men hide their faces\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he was despised, and we esteemed him not.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Hebrews 12:2-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p58012002.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.</p>\n \n<p id=\"p58012003.05-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:4\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 4:1-11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p40004001.05-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v40004001-1\">4:1\u00a0</span>Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, \u201cIf you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.\u201d But he answered, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cIt is written,</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004004.07-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">\u201c\u2018Man shall not live by bread alone,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.\u2019\u201d</span></p>\n</div>\n <p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p40004005.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, \u201cIf you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004006.19-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201c\u2018He will command his angels concerning you,\u2019</p>\n</div>\n<p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p40004006.26-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">and</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004006.27-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201c\u2018On their hands they will bear you up,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>lest you strike your foot against a stone.\u2019\u201d</p>\n</div>\n <p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p40004007.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Jesus said to him, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cAgain it is written, \u2018You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.\u2019\u201d</span> Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, \u201cAll these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.\u201d Then Jesus said to him, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cBe gone, Satan! For it is written,</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004010.13-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">\u201c\u2018You shall worship the Lord your God\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and him only shall you serve.\u2019\u201d</span></p>\n</div>\n <p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p40004011.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Luke 4:13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p42004013.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:5\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Hebrews 2:17-18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p58002017.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">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. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Hebrews 4:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p58004015.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">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.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 52:13-14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23052013.07-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Behold, my servant shall act wisely;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he shall be high and lifted up,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and shall be exalted.\n As many were astonished at you\u2014\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and his form beyond that of the children of mankind\u2014 (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n </ol>\n </div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","title":"How did Christ humble himself in his life?"}