January 9
From Reformata Daily Devotions
January 9
Prayer
- Pray for our church leaders and our submission unto them
- Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. (Hebrews 13:17)
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Questions 25-27
- Question 25 - How doth Christ execute the office of a priest?
- Christ executeth the office of a priest, in his once offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice, and reconcile us to God, and in making continual intercession for us.
- Question 26 - How doth Christ execute the office of a king?
- Christ executeth the office of a king, in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.
- Question 27 - Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist?
- Christ's humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.