Why must the mediator be a true and righteous human?
Heidelberg Catechism
Why must the mediator be a true and righteous human?
Deliverance
Question 16
Heidelberg Catechism
Why must the mediator be a true and righteous human?
Deliverance
Question 16
Question
Why must the mediator be a true and righteous human?
Answer
God's justice demands that human nature, which has sinned, must pay for sin;1 but a sinful human could never pay for others.2