Question 24

What doth Christ reveal to us as a Prophet?

Christ as a Prophet doth reveal unto us the will of God for our Salvation.

What is meant by the will of God which Christ doth reveal?

By the will of God which Christ doth reveal, is meant the whole Counsel of God, or whatever God would have us to know, believe and do in order unto Salvation.

Whereby doth Christ reveal unto us the will of God for our Salvation?

Christ doth reveal unto us the will of God for our Salvation, 1. By his Word, These things are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through his name.^a 2. By his Spirit, The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things.^b

Which is the Word of Christ, whereby he doth reveal to us the will of God?

The whole book of the Scripture of the Old, especially of the New Testament is the word of Christ, Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.^c

How are the whole Scriptures the word of Christ, when but a small part of them was spoken by his own mouth?

The whole Scriptures are the word of Christ, for as much as the Prophets and Apostles and other Pen-men of the Scriptures, wrote not their own word, but the word which they had from the Spirit of Christ, Of which Salvation the Prophets have enquired, searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, did signifie, when it testified before hand the Sufferings of Christ, &c.^d

Is the word of Christ without his Spirit, sufficient to teach us the will of God for our Salvation?

The word without the Spirit of Christ, is insufficient to teach us the will of God for our Salvation, because it is by the Spirit of Christ only, that we are enabled to discern, and receive the things which are necessary to Salvation, The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them, because they are Spiritually discerned.^e

Is the Spirit of Christ without his Word sufficient to teach us the will of God for our Salvation?

Christ by his Spirit without his Word, could teach us the will of God, but he doth not, neither hath promised now to do it, since the whole will of God necessary to our Salvation, is revealed in his word: The word of Christ without his Spirit cannot; the Spirit of Christ without his word will not teach us the will of God for our Salvation.