Catechesis

Westminster Shorter Catechism

Question 27

Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist?

Scripture

  1. Luke 2:7 [1]
    And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. (ESV)
  2. Philippians 2:6–8 [1]
    who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (ESV)
  3. 2 Corinthians 8:9 [1]
    For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. (ESV)
  4. Galatians 4:4 [2]
    But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, (ESV)
  5. Isaiah 53:3 [3]
    He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (ESV)
  6. Matthew 27:46 [4]
    And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (ESV)
  7. Luke 22:41–44 [4]
    And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. (ESV)
  8. Galatians 3:13 [5]
    Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— (ESV)
  9. Philippians 2:8 [5]
    And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (ESV)
  10. 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 [6]
    For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, (ESV)