36问:恩典之约的中保是谁?

答:恩典之约唯一的中保是主耶稣基督(提前2:5),上帝永恒之子,与父同质同权(约1:1,14;10:30;腓2:6)。基督自从时候满足、降世为人以来(加4:4),就一直在同一位格中,存在着迥然不同的神人二性,直到永远(路1:35;罗9:5;西2:9;来7:24-25)。

Question 36: Who is the Mediator of the covenant of grace?

Answer: The only Mediator of the covenant of grace is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, of one substance and equal with the Father, in the fulness of time became man, and so was and continues to be God and man, in two entire distinct natures, and one person, forever.

37问:上帝的儿子基督是如何成为人的?

答:上帝的儿子基督,是藉着圣灵的能力,透过童女马利亚受感成孕,取了人血肉之身与理性之魂(约1:14;太26:38),由马利亚所生(路1:27,31,35,42;加4:4),成为确确实实,只是没有罪的人(来4:15;来7:26)。

Question 37: How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?

Answer: Christ the Son of God became man, by taking to himself a true body, and a reasonable soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the virgin Mary, of her substance, and born of her, yet without sin.