2LCF Chapter 8 - Of Christ the Mediator

Cameron Porter

What is Christology, why does it matter, and how does the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith frame it? This introductory session works through John 17:3, Luke 24, John 20, Acts 5, 1 Corinthians 2, Colossians 1, and related texts to establish four grounds for the importance of Christology: its relation to Scripture, to preaching, to salvation, and to practical Christian living. The confession's account of Christ as mediator — truly God, truly man, two natures inseparably united in one person without conversion, composition, or confusion — is introduced as the doctrinal framework for the series. Hearers are called to approach the study of Christ's person and work not with cold detachment but with the highest reverence and the utmost joy, because eternal life itself consists in knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.