{"number":38,"question":"Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be God?","answer":"It was requisite that the Mediator should be God, that he might sustain and keep the human nature from sinking under the infinite wrath of God, and the power of death; give worth and efficacy to his sufferings, obedience, and intercession; and to satisfy God’s justice, procure his favor, purchase a peculiar people, give his Spirit to them, conquer all their enemies, and bring them to everlasting salvation.","segments":[{"text":"It was requisite that the Mediator should be God, that he might sustain and keep the human nature from sinking under the infinite wrath of God, and the power of death;","proofs":["Acts 2:24–25","Romans 1:4","4:25","Hebrews 9:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 2:24–25","osis":["Acts.2.24-Acts.2.25"]},{"printed":"Romans 1:4","osis":["Rom.1.4"]},{"printed":"4:25","osis":["Rom.4.25"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 9:14","osis":["Heb.9.14"]}],"note":null},{"text":"give worth and efficacy to his sufferings, obedience, and intercession;","proofs":["Acts 20:28","Hebrews 9:14","7:25–28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 20:28","osis":["Acts.20.28"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 9:14","osis":["Heb.9.14"]},{"printed":"7:25–28","osis":["Heb.7.25-Heb.7.28"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and to satisfy God’s justice,","proofs":["Romans 3:24–26"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:24–26","osis":["Rom.3.24-Rom.3.26"]}],"note":null},{"text":"procure his favor,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:6","Matthew 3:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 1:6","osis":["Eph.1.6"]},{"printed":"Matthew 3:17","osis":["Matt.3.17"]}],"note":null},{"text":"purchase a peculiar people,","proofs":["Titus 2:13–14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Titus 2:13–14","osis":["Titus.2.13-Titus.2.14"]}],"note":null},{"text":"give his Spirit to them,","proofs":["Galatians 4:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 4:6","osis":["Gal.4.6"]}],"note":null},{"text":"conquer all their enemies,","proofs":["Luke 1:68–69, 71, 74"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 1:68–69, 71, 74","osis":["Luke.1.68-Luke.1.69","Luke.1.71","Luke.1.74"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and bring them to everlasting salvation.","proofs":["Hebrews 5:8–9","9:11–15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 5:8–9","osis":["Heb.5.8-Heb.5.9"]},{"printed":"9:11–15","osis":["Heb.9.11-Heb.9.15"]}],"note":null}],"section":null,"relations":{"wlc-modernized":["38"],"wsc":["21"]},"diffs":[],"page":"79","leaf":41}