OC | Question 39-41
39. Why did Christ have to go all the way to death?
Because God’s justice and truth demand it: 117 only the death of God’s Son could pay for our sin.118
^ 117. Gen. 2:17
^ 118. Rom. 8:3-4; Phil. 2:8; Heb. 2:9
40. Why was he “buried”?
His burial testifies that he really died.119
^ 119. Isa. 53:9; John 19:38-42; Acts 13:29; 1 Cor. 15:3-4
41. Since Christ has died for us, why do we still have to die?
Our death does not pay the debt of our sins.120 Rather, it puts an end to our sinning and is our entrance into eternal life.121
^ 120. Ps. 49:7
^ 121. John 5:24; Phil. 1:21-23; 1 Thess. 5:9-10