Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?

God having out of His mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, (Eph. 1:4–5) did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer

Rom. 3:20–22; Gal. 3:21–22

Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?

The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, (1 Tim. 2:5–6) who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, (John 1:14; Gal. 4:4) and so was and continues to be God and man, in two distinct natures, and one person forever

Rom. 9:5; Lk. 1:35; Col. 2:9; Heb. 7:24–25

How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?

Christ the Son of God became man by taking to Himself a true body, (Heb. 2:14, 17; 10:5) and a reasonable soul, (Matt. 26:38) being conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and born of her, (Luke 1:27, 31, 34–35, 42; Gal. 4:4) yet without sin

Heb. 4:15; 7:26

What offices does Christ execute as our Redeemer?

Christ as our Redeemer executes the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of king, both in His estate of humiliation and exaltation

Pss. 2:6, 8–11; Is. 9:6–7; Matt. 21:5; Acts 3:22; 2 Cor. 13:3; Heb. 5:5–7; 7:25; 12:25

How does Christ execute the office of a prophet?

Christ executes the office of prophet in revealing to us, by His word and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation

John 1:18;15:15; 20:31 1 Pet. 1:10–12

How does Christ execute the office of a priest?

Christ executes the office of a priest in His once offering up Himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice (Heb. 9:14, 28) and reconcile us to God, (Heb. 2:17) and in making continual intercession for us

Heb. 7:24–25

How does Christ execute the office of king?

Christ executes the office of a king, in subduing us to Himself, (Acts 15:14–16) in ruling, (Is. 33:22) and defending us, (Is. 32:1–2) and in restraining and conquering all His and our enemies

Ps. 110; 1 Cor. 15:25

Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?

Christ’s humiliation consisted in His being born, and that in a low condition, (Luke 2:7) made under the law, (Gal. 4:4) undergoing the miseries of this life, (Is. 53:2–3; Heb. 12:2–3) the wrath of God, (Matt. 27:46; Luke 22:44) and the cursed death of the cross, (Phil. 2:8) in being buried ,(1 Cor. 15:3–4) and continuing under the power of death for a time

Acts 2:24–27, 31

Wherein consists Christ’s exaltation?

Christ’s exaltation consists in His rising again from the dead on the third day, (1 Cor. 15:4) in ascending up into heaven, (Mark 16:19) in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, (Eph. 1:20) and in coming to judge the world at the last day

Acts 1:11; 17:31