The Baptist Catechism

    Westminster Larger Catechism (1647), Westminster Assembly

    Question 47

    How did Christ humble himself in his conception and birth?

    Christ humbled himself in his conception and birth, in that, being from all eternity the Son of God, in the bosom of the Father, he was pleased in the fulness of time to become the son of man, made of a woman of low estate, and to be born of her; with divers circumstances of more than ordinary abasement.a

    How did Christ humble himself in his conception and birth?

    Christ humbled himself in his conception and birth, in that, being from all eternity the Son of God, in the bosom of the Father, he was pleased in the fullness of time to become the son of man, made of a woman of low estate, and to be born of her; with various circumstances of more than ordinary abasement.a

    1. a. John 1:14, 18; Galatians 4:4; Luke 2:7

      John 1:14; John 1:18

      1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

      1:14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 1:18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father's side, has made Him known.

      Galatians 4:4

      4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

      4:4 But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

      Luke 2:7

      2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

      2:7 And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

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    The Baptist Catechism (1695), parallel to this question

    Question 30

    Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?

    Christ’s humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.

    Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), parallel to this question

    Question 27

    Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?

    Christ’s humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition made under the law undergoing the miseries of this life the wrath of God and the cursed death of the cross in being buried and continuing under the power of death for a time.

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