Tyndale -- a Sunday Morning Group at OMPC: 2007

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Bob Flayharts Summary of The Peace Maker

The key concepts are p. 22, p. 126, p. 209, p. 227 and the Peacemaker's Pledge.

The Slippery Slope of Conflict

How to Confess our Wrongs

Forgive as God Forgave You

Cooperativeness vs. Competative Negotiations

The Peacemaker's Pledge

Friday, September 28, 2007

Purpose of Life - Rick Warren

In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:

People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.

One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.

We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.

Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.

This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer. I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore. Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life. No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on. And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for. You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems. If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness,” which is my problem, my issues, my pain." But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.

We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her. It has bee n very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people. You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.

Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy. It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease. So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.

First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases. Second, about midway through last year, I stoppe d taking a salary from the church.

Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor , care for the sick, and educate the next generation.

Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.

We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity? Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes for my life?

When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better.

God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.

That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Galatians Study - Lesson Two

Ambassador vs. Anathema

Galatians 1:1-12

August 26, 2007

Tyndale Class

Reviewing Paul's Conversion

Acts 9:1-9,17-22

- Saul leads the parade of relative moralism and ceremonial law keeping

- Associated with the Sanhedrin and courts of the High Priest

- Paul was arrested by Grace in the midst of his persecution

- Christ left him in darkness in part to expand the margins of his self examination having seen the Son of God

o Paul's entire world was crashing down

o God left him in darkness to prepare for the light

o His apostleship was an experience of complete brokenness followed by divine calling to truth, redemptive love and a missional perspective toward the Gentiles

- How is our conversion like that of Paul?

- How is our sanctification accomplished in similar ways?

Paul The Apostle

- Why does he start out with this claim and is it valid?

o I Corinthians 9:1

- Is his statement tinged with positional pride or arrogance?

o I Corinthians 15:9

- What is the role of the apostle in the early church?

o I Corinthians 3:10-11

Grace And Peace – More Than Words – Romans 5:1-5

Grace

What do we know of the boundaries of Grace?

o What can be added to it and it still retain its meaning

o What limit's of God's grace

o How does God administer Grace to his people?

§ Positionally

§ Conditionally

Peace

o Where is the conflict?

o What had to be accomplished to establish peace?

o Is it a fragile peace? Why or why not?

Sola Gratia – No Other Gospel

Who initiates the work of salvation in a believer's life?

o Romans 4:4-8

o Justification "Just as if I never sinned….just as if I always did everything right"

o Romans 8:28-30 – It is GOD alone who changes a heart

o Even if angels suggested work that could be added to satisfy God's requirement

o Where do we find a sort of "angel" that tempts us to seek to add to the work of God through Christ?

o Sanctification – God's work of assimilation of our hearts/minds as new citizens of a foreign country – the new heaven and new earth

o Why do we listen to voices that tell us:

§ You just need more discipline and you conquer your ______ problem…

§ You just don't take sin serious enough, you need to recognize that God is losing patience and has His limits……

§ If you read some more Christian books on the topic….

Paul gives the agitators no quarter

o Philippians 3:2-4

o The Greek word he uses in Galatians 1:8&9 is "anathema" which is the embodiment of a curse

o Why does Paul make such a big deal about it?

No wide gate or easy road

o Paul makes clear that he is not dumbing down the requirements for salvation to expand his group of followers

Paul's Words As Spoken To OMPC

Where would he challenge our minds/hearts in this area?

What is the most popular "alternative gospel" in your life this week?

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Galatians Overview

Hallmark Epistle of Grace

I. What are the key themes of this book?

a. Justification by faith in Christ’s work has been the hope of all true Israel from Abraham until the time of the books writing

b. The law is powerless to save or to contribute anything to eternal hope

c. There can be no alternative or gray area to this truth – nothing can be added

d. We have a rich inheritance as Sons of God if we are united to Him – It is position in Christ vs. condition of our immediate circumstances.

e. The Spirit works with our spirit to deepen our sense of identity as citizens of a new heaven and earth and to break us free of the flesh

II. Who is Paul at the time of this writing

a. Well known leader for taking gospel to the Gentiles (1:16)

b. Former Pharisee and tormentor of the church (1:13)

c. Passionate apostle of Christ – not of other apostles (1:1)

III. Why did the zealots challenge Paul

a. They saw him as a threat to their sense of control on Christians in these churches so they tried to cast him as a renegade apostle

b. They were trying to “raise the bar” on first century Gentile Christians under pressure from Jewish groups in Judea who were becoming more intolerant of contact between Jews and Greeks.

IV. When was the book written

a. Many scholars think it was written to the southern Galatians and this would be shortly after his first missionary journey

b. Some scholars believe it was written to the northern provinces of Galatians and that would put it during or at the end of his third missionary journey (AD 54 or 55).

V. What are the similarities between the Galatians and OMPC

a. We struggle with the flesh that pushes an agenda of self centeredness and self sufficiency

b. Traditions and familiar customs cloud our understanding of Christ’s power

c. Key doctrines are key to our understanding and will be:

i. Gospel

ii. Justification

iii. Adoption

iv. Freedom

v. Grace

vi. Sovereignty

Sunday, July 8, 2007

Parables

We have been focused on parables for the summer. John Welch kicked off the series by defining parables.

Mike Yates presented the Parables of the Kingdom of Heaven. Those are the Parabel of the sower, parable of the tares among wheat, parable of the mustard seed, parable of the leaven, parables of the hidden treasure, and parable of the costly pearl.

Mission: Possible

I don't know about you but I needed that message from Bob this morning.

Here are my notes from the two sermons on Mission: Possible form Daniel 2: 1-24

No matter what we face in life, financial crises, cancer, death, painful marriage, habitual sin, God has a plan to see us through and this passages helps us put our hearts in the right frame to be successful in whatever situation.

Choose to accept your mission with.....

1. Honest realism. Admit that problem is bigger and I don't have resources and need His help.
2. Patient understanding. V. 10 the astrologers are panicked. Daniel has deep discernment of what to do and the way around the crises.
(Week 2) see v. 14 Don’t run "old tapes" in your head. Do "new tapes" of the Gospel. Use power of the Holy Spirit to develop God's values in our lives.
3. Bold faith. Daniel goes in to request time with the king before he knows the interpretation of the dream. See v. 16.
4. Courageous initiative. Are we risk averse? Embrace risk. Will evil triumph? There is always a way out!! Daniel took risks. Are we playing not to loose or are we playing to win? Be willing to make big mold mistakes. See v 18 for courage of Daniel.
5. Enlisted community. V. 17. Daniel enlisted help. See Ecc. 4:9
6. Constant Prayer. God has not called us to have it together. He has called us to be incredibly bold in prayer. If your Private prayer life is not great. Learn to pray by being involved in corporate prayer. Daniel calls friends to pray. He was thrown to lions because he prayed in private but was noticed by authorities.
7. Visionary worship. Seeking God in worship weeks the soul and fertilizes the heart. Praise God for His greatness. Give Him thanks for His generosity.

Sunday, June 24, 2007

The Parables of the Sower and the Soils

June 24, 2007

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23; Mark 4:1-9, 13-20; Luke 8:4-8; 11-15

1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, was trampled upon, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched because they had no moisture, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 18 "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: The farmer sows the seed, which is the Word of God. 19 When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 20 The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. 22 The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and desires for pleasures choke it, making it unfruitful. 23 But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man of noble and good heart, who hears the word, understands and retains it. By persevering he produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."

The kingdom parables of Matthew 13

Sower and the Soils (1-9, 18-23) Means of growth – the Word heard and applied
Tares among wheat (24-30, 36-43) Kingdom subjects will coexist with those who do not believe
Mustard Seed (31-32) Kingdom growth will be spectacular
Leaven (33) The kingdom will pervade society
Hidden treasure (44) Kingdom subjects will recognize its value
Costly Pearl (45-46) Kingdom subjects are willing to sacrifice everything for its agenda
Dragnet (47-50) Kingdom subjects are to spread the gospel without discrimination
Householder (52) Kingdom teachers and their methods

The Parable of the Sower and the Soils

· Overview.
* The sower(s). (Psa 126:5-6, 1 Cor 3:6-7, James 5:7)
* The seed. (1 Pet 23-25)
* The soils. (Prov 4:23, 1 Sam 16:7, Rom 10:9-10)
* Does this parable have application only for salvation or also for the Christian life?
* Why does Jesus say that this parable is the key to understanding the rest?

· Seed sown on the path – the hardened heart.
* Who takes the seed away?
* What are the causes of hardened hearts?
* The remedy for a hard heart. (Hosea 10:12)

· Seed sown on the rocky places – the shallow heart.
* When the going gets tough….
* A theology of suffering. (1 Pet 1:6-7)
* Putting down deeper roots.

· Seed sown among thorns – the crowded heart.
* The cares of this world. (Luke 12:28-31)
* The deceitfulness of riches. (1 Tim 6:17)
* The pleasures of life. (Rom 13:13-14)
* When is a heart overcrowded?
* What are my thorns?

· Seed sown on good soil – the listening heart.
* Is there such a thing as a good heart?
* How does a person allow the seed to grow?
* What is the secret of a fruitful heart?
* What does it mean to produce fruit? (Psa 92:12-14, Luke 6:43, Col 1:10, Gal 5:22-23)

· Application.
* Ask ourselves - What is the hearing capacity of my heart?
* How do we improve our listening skills?

Friday, June 15, 2007

The Parables of our Lord

Introduction
June 17, 2007

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable. Mat 13:34

What is a parable?

· Meaning.

* From the Greek parabole which means “to be placed alongside.”
* A story, a metaphor or a simile that puts the known next to the unknown so that we may learn. (Key word: …like…)
* A true-to-life comparison designed to make a motivating impression.
* Most of us tend to think in pictures and have difficulty grasping abstract ideas.

· Examples.

* Old Testament (2 Sam 12, Psalms, Proverbs.)
* New Testament (Gospels, Epistles, Revelation).
* Hymns and spiritual songs.
* Our pastor.
* Other.

Our Lord’s use of the parables in His teaching

· The Master Teacher and the Master’s primary method. (Mat 13:34)

“Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. John 3:2

O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in parables. (Psa 78:1-2)

· His message – the Kingdom of God.

* What is the kingdom of God?

* In scripture (Matthew 4:17, 5:20, 6:9-10, 6:33, 18:3, 19:2; John 18:36, Acts 1:3, Rom 14:17, 1 Cor 15:50, Col 1:13, Rev 11:15)
* Both present and future.
* Revealed and concealed(?) by Jesus. (Mt 13:35, 13:13-17)

· Sub-themes.

* The character of the kingdom. (Mustard Seed, Leaven, Hidden Treasure, Pearl of Great Price)
* The character of the King. (Workers in the Vineyard, Lost Sheep, Lost Son)
* The character of the King’s subjects. (Good Samaritan, Persistent Widow)

Studying the parables – “Have you understood all these things?” (Mt 13:51)

· Realize the kingdom focus of the parables.
· Ask what the parables reveal about God.
· Beware of allegorizing every detail of forcing deeper meanings.
· Study the context.
· Ask what the parables teach about how to live.
· Read the parables with “sanctified imagination,” placing yourself in the story. Tap into all your senses.

Quiz: Using the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7, can you identify the everyday comparison used by our Lord along with or instead of using the following thesis statements?

A.Christians should influence their world
B.The Christian should deal ruthlessly with sin in his or her life
C.Benevolence should not be ostentatious
D.Fasting done to impress others will not be rewarded by God
E.Our deeds done for Christ should be more desired than that done for material wealth
F.Judging others only as you would judge yourself
G.Persistent prayer is powerful
H.Living for self is easy but destructive. Living for God is hard but life as it is meant to be
I.Does your life give evidence for others to know that you are a Christian
J.Following Jesus is the only sure way to get through the trials and tribulations of life

Monday, June 11, 2007

Thoughts on Revelation

Lee Meadows just finished up his discourse on the book of Revelation Sunday. This was an interesting review of an even more interesting book--Revelation. I have a better appreciation of the book now, especially after Lee said he reads it devotionally. He does that because it gives him hope--it is a book of hope. What a hope we have!!!

Here is a synopsis of what I took away from this study:

Read it devotionally
There are 7 cycles, the same story is repeated 7 times
Revelations is symbolic
The Sea represents people and languages
The Woman represents the World
We are persecuted in the West by 'materialism' Materialism cuts us off from intimacy with Chirst and our brothers and sisters
Jesus rides a white horse
the 7 seals seal the scroll of history

Some Implications of Amillennial Eschatology

Here is how Hoekema wraps up his sketch of amellennialism in an article on the internet.

"All this implies that regarding world history, amillennialists adopt a position of sober or realistic optimism. Belief in the present rule of Christ, in the presence of God’s kingdom and in the movement of history toward its goal is accompanied by a realistic recognition of the presence of sin in this world and of the growing development of the kingdom of evil. Amillennial eschatology looks for a culmination of apostasy and tribulation in the final emergence of a personal Antichrist before Christ comes again. Amillennialists do not expect to see the perfect society realized during this present age.

Yet, since we know that the victory of Christ over evil was decisive and that Christ is now on the throne, the dominant mood of amillennial eschatology is optimism — Christian optimism. This means that we view no world crisis as totally beyond help and no social trend as absolutely irreversible. It means that we live in hope — a hope that is built on faith and that expresses itself in love.

Amillennial eschatology, therefore, gives us a realistic, yet basically optimistic world-and-life view. It is an eschatology which is exciting, exhilarating and challenging. It is an eschatology which gives us an inspiring vision of the lordship of Christ over history and of the ultimate triumph of his kingdom."

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Progressive Parallelism in Revelation

Revelation 5

Many symbols in this chapter.

Of what is the Scroll a symbol ? History?

The 7 seals seal the scroll of history. Only Jesus can open.

From the Starkes, in response to your love gifts

Sunday, May 6, 2007

Revelation 1 & Revelation 4

Lesson on symbols in scripture.

Types of literature in scripture

Didactic
narrative and,
Revelation is apocalyptic.

Hermeneutics

Eschatology - Part II - Sam Storms

Monergism Links related to Eschatology:

Amillennialism - Overview

Anthony Hoekema - (1) the Interpretation of the Book of Revelation, (2) the Interpretation of Rev. 20:1-6, (3) the Interpretation of Old Testament Prophecy, (4) a Brief Sketch of Amillennial Eschatology and (5) Some Implications of Amillennial Eschatology

Two-Age Eschatology @ www.Two-Age.org

Basic overview of eschatology from Vos' redemptive-historical approach to Scripture.

The Hermeneutics of Eschatology - Part I Typology

Sam Storms

The Hermeneutics of Eschatology - Part II Symbolism

Sam Storms

The Hermeneutics of Eschatology - Part III Seven Foundational Principles

Sam Storms

Meredith G. Kline Online

Full bibliography and various online essay by Meredith Kline on biblical theology, covenant theology, hermeneutics, eschatology and more.

Theonomy and Eschatology: Some Reflections on Postmillennialism

Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. (.pdf)

The Eternal Salvation of the Believer

Eschatology.com

The Theology of Fulfillment

Fred G. Zaspel - "I have been asked to examine "The Theology of Fulfillment" with special attention given to the relation of the Old and the New Testaments..."

A Summary of Islamic Beliefs and Eschatology

Almost ... But Not Yet:The New Covenant in the Hermeneutics of Progressive Dispensationalism

Matthew Morgan

The Coming of the Lord

Robert Brown

Charles H. Spurgeon and Eschatology

Dennis M. Swanson

Jews, Gentiles and the Goal of Redemptive History

Fred Zaspel

The Predestination and Election of the Believer

(scripture proofs)

The Predestination and Election of the Believer

Ward Fenley

The Eternal Salvation of the Believer

Eschatology.com

The Theology of Fulfillment

Fred G. Zaspel

Jews, Gentiles, & the Goal of Redemptive History

Fred G. Zaspel

Extra: Hermeneutical Principles

What is monergism?

Monday, April 30, 2007

The Now and the Not Yet

I am not sure why we make the space here.

O. T. Expectation	The Now (The Kingdom)	And	The Not Yet
Redeemer	Gen. 3:15, Is. 7:14, Is. 53	Zach 9:9-10
Kingdom of God	Psalm 97:1	Psalm 96:10, Is. 9:6-7
New Covenant	Jer. 31:31-34
Restoration of Israel		Ez. 36: 24-38, Is. 35:1-10
Outpouring of the Spirit	Joel 2:28-29
Day of the Lord	Joel 2:32	Is. 13:9-11	Zep. 1:14-18
New Heavens and New Earth	<-------	- Is. 11: 1-10 -	------>
			Is. 65:17-25

Sunday, April 22, 2007

New Testament Hope

Eph 1:11-14
II Cor 5:1-10
Rom 8:15-23

Heidleberg Catechism(1563)

Question 57

Question 57. What comfort does the "resurrection of the body" afford thee?

Answer: That not only my soul after this life shall be immediately taken up to Christ its head; (a) but also, that this my body, being raised by the power of Christ, shall be reunited with my soul, and made like unto the glorious body of Christ. (b)

(a) Luke 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Philip.1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Philip.1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: (b) 1 Cor.15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 1 Cor.15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. Job 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: Job 19:26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. Philip.3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Q. 86. What is the communion in glory with Christ, which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death?

A. The communion in glory with Christ, which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death is, in that their souls are then made perfect in holiness, and received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies, which even in death continue united to Christ, and rest in their graves as in their beds, till at the last day they be again united to their souls. Whereas the souls of the wicked are at their death cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, and their bodies kept in their graves, as in their prisons, till the resurrection and judgment of the great day.

http://homepage.mac.com/lmeadows/reformedconfessions.htm

Sunday, April 15, 2007

The New Earth

What would you love about living on the earth forever?

New Earth in Scripture:

Revelation 21: 1-4 & Revelation 22

Biblical Principles

Humans were made for the earth.
Dominion over the earth
The total work fo Christ is nothing less than to redeem the entire creation from the effects of sin. Hoekema, p.275
As Israel was widened to the church, the promised land is widened to the whole earth.

Old Testament Prophecy

Is. 2:1-4

How does this thought increase your hope for eternity?

Is.11:1-9
Joel 2:21-32, 3:17-18

Monday, April 9, 2007

The Last Judgment

Belgic Confession: Article 37, The Last Judgment

http://www.reformed.org/documents/index.html?mainframe=http://www.reformed.org/documents/BelgicConfession.html

Finally we believe, according to God's Word, that when the time appointed by the Lord is come (which is unknown to all creatures) and the number of the elect is complete, our Lord Jesus Christ will come from heaven, bodily and visibly, as he ascended, with great glory and majesty, to declare himself the judge of the living and the dead. He will burn this old world, in fire and flame, in order to cleanse it.

...the faithful and elect will be crowned with glory and honor. The Son of God will "confess their names"...

So we look forward to that great day with longing in order to enjoy fully the promises of God in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

Westminister Larger Catechism

http://www.reformed.org/documents/index.html?mainframe=http://www.reformed.org/documents/larger1.html
Question 38: Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be God?

Answer: It was requisite that the Mediator should be God, that he might sustain and keep the human nature from sinking under the infinite wrath of God, and the power of death; give worth and efficacy to his sufferings, obedience, and intercession; and to satisfy God's justice, procure his favor, purchase a peculiar people, give his Spirit to them, conquer all their enemies, and bring them to everlasting salvation.

Question 39: Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be man?

Answer: It was requisite that the Mediator should be man, that he might advance our nature, perform obedience to the law, suffer and make intercession for us in our nature, have a fellow feeling of our infirmities; that we might receive the adoption of sons, and have comfort and access with boldness unto the throne of grace.