WSC

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