LORD’S DAY 16
40. Why was it necessary for Christ to suffer death?Because, by reason of the justice and truth of God,1 satisfaction for our sins could be made no other way than by the death of the Son of God.2
1 Gen 2:17; 2 Rom 8:3; Php 2:8; Heb 2:9, 14-15
41. Why was He “buried?”
To testify that He was really dead.1
1 Isa 53:9; Jn 19:38-42; Acts 13:29; 1 Cor 15:3-4
42. Since then Christ died for us, why do we still have to die?
Our death is not a satisfaction for our sins, but it puts an end to sin and is an entrance into eternal life.1
1 Jn 5:24; Php 1:21-23; 1 Thes 5:9-10
43. What further benefit do we receive from the sacrifice and death of Christ on the cross?
That by His power our old nature is crucified, put to death, and buried with Him;1 so that the evil lusts of the flesh may no more reign in us,2 but that we may offer ourselves unto Him as a sacrifice of thanksgiving.3
1 Rom 6:5-11; Col 2:11-12; 2 Rom 6:12-14; 3 Rom 12:1; Eph 5:1-2
44. Why is it added, “He descended into Hell?”
That in my greatest temptations I may be assured that Christ, my Lord, by His inexpressible anguish, pains, and terrors, which He endured throughout all His sufferings,1 but especially on the cross, has redeemed me from the anguish and torment of hell.2
1 Ps 18:5-6, 116:3; Mt 26:36-46; Heb 5:7-10; 2 Isa 53
