Answer: It was requisite that the Mediator, who was to reconcile God and man, should himself be both God and man, and this in one person,that the proper works of each nature might be accepted of God for us₁, and relied on by us, as the works of the whole person.₂

1. Matthew 1:21; Matthew 1:23; Matthew 3:17; Hebrews 9:14
2. 1 Peter 2:6

For further study see:

1. WSC Q21: Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?
2. WSC Q22: How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?
3. WSC Q23: What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer?
4. WSC Q24: How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet?
5. WSC Q25: How doth Christ execute the office of a priest?
6. WSC Q26: How doth Christ execute the office of a king?
7. WSC Q27: Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?
8. WSC Q28: Wherein consisteth Christ’s exaltation?