Q36: Who is the Mediator of the covenant of grace?
A36:
The only Mediator of the covenant of grace is the Lord Jesus Christ,[1] who, being the eternal Son of God, of one substance and equal with the Father,[2] in the fulness of time became man,[3] and so was and continues to be God and man, in two entire distinct natures, and one person, forever.[4]
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- (1Ti 2:5) For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
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- (Joh 1:1, 14) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- (Joh 10:30) "I and the Father are one."
- (Php 2:6) who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,
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- (Gal 4:4) But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
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- (Luk 1:35) The angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.
- (Rom 9:5) whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
- (Col 2:9) For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,
- (Heb 7:24-25) but Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues forever, holds His priesthood permanently. Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
