A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism
Question 24
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 24
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How doth Christ execute the office of a Prophet?
Christ executeth the Office of a Prophet, in revealing to us by his Word and Spirit the will of God for our salvation.
Who doth execute for us the Office of a Prophet?
Christ.
What doth Christ reveal to us as a Prophet?
The will of God:
What doe you mean by revealing?
Making known to us.
For what end doth Christ reveal the will of God to us?
For our Salvation.
By what means doth he reveal the will of God to us?
By his Word, and Spirit.
Is his Word the outward means?
Yes.
Is the Spirit the inward means?
Yes.
Is the word alone sufficient without the help of the Spirit, to make a saving discovery of the will of God unto us?
No.
May we expect that the Spirit will discover to us the Will of God without the Word?
No.
What, must the Word and Spirit go together then?
Yes.
Is there any thing necessary to our Salvation that Christ hath not revealed, or made known to us?
No.
To which of Christs Offices doth it belong to reveal, or make known to us the will of God?
To his prophetical Office.
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