15. What kind of mediator and redeemer, then, must we seek?

One who is a true 1)and righteous man 2) and yet more powerful than all creatures, that , one who is also true God.


1) For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive ... For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. I Cor. 15:21,22,25,26.

2) In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness. Jer. 33:16.

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Isa. 53:11.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Cor. 5:21.

And it is yet far more evident for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. Heb. 7:15,16.

3) Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign: Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isa. 7:14.

For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens. Heb. 7:26.

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