Westminster Shorter Catechism / Q. 27
Q. 27. Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist?
Question. Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist?
Answer. 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.
Proofs.
- [a] Luke 2:7; II Cor. 8:9; Gal. 4:4
- [b] Gal. 4:4
- [c] Isa. 53:3; Luke 9:58; John 4:6; 11:35; Heb. 2:18
- [d] Ps. 22:1 (Matt. 27:46); Isa. 53:10; I John 2:2
- [e] Gal. 3:13; Phil. 2:8
- [f] Matt. 12:40; I Cor. 15:3-4
