LORD’S DAY 12
31. Why is He called “Christ,” that is, “Anointed?”Because He has been ordained by God the Father, and anointed with the Holy Spirit,1 to be our chief Prophet and Teacher,2 who has fully revealed to us the secret counsel and will of God concerning our redemption;3 our only High Priest,4 who by the one sacrifice of His body has redeemed us,5 and who ever lives to make intercession for us with the Father;6 and our eternal King,7 who governs us by His Word and Spirit, and defends and preserves us in the redemption obtained for us.8
1 Ps 45:7 (Heb 1:9); Isa 61:1 (Lk 3:21-22, 4:18); 2 Deut 18:15 (Acts 3:22); 3 Jn 1:18, 15:15; 4 Ps 110:4 (Heb 7:17); 5 Heb 9:12, 10:11-14; 6 Rom 8:34; Heb 9:24; 1 Jn 2:1; 7 Zech (Mt 21:5); Lk 1:33; 8 Mt 28:18-20; Jn 10:28; Rev 12:10-11
32. Why are you called a Christian?
Because by faith I am a member of Christ,1 and thus a partaker of His anointing;2 so that I also may confess His name;3 present myself a living sacrifice of thankfulness to Him;4 and with a free conscience fight against sin and the devil in this life,5 and hereafter, in eternity, reign with Him over all creatures.6
1 1 Cor 12:12-27; 2 Joel 2:28 (Acts 2:17); 1 Jn 2:27; 3 Mt 10:32; Rom 10:9-10; Heb 13:15; 4 R 12:1; 1 Pt 2:5, 9; 5 Gal 5:16-17; Eph 6:11; 1 Tim 1:18-19; 6 Mt 25:34; 2 Tim 2:12
