Question 153. What does God require of us to escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for the transgression of the law?

 

Question 153. What does God require of us to escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for the transgression of the law? 

Answer. To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for the transgression of the law, God requires of us repentance toward him, faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, and the diligent use of the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of his mediation.

Romans 6:4-6 “Therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be in a resurrection like his. Knowing this, that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.”

God tells sinners to repent and come into the atoning death of Jesus Christ. Repentance is the death of the old man. When a believer realizes that he came into the world against God and turns back, he realizes that he has inherited the body of sin of the old man and believes that the old man died with Jesus. This is repentance.

Baptism is a union with the death and resurrection of Jesus. So ultimately, believers also receive God's judgment on the cross with Jesus and are saved through Jesus' resurrection.

Resurrection is not the concept of the body dying and then coming back to life, but the spirit that died is resurrected and comes back to life, and is given a spiritual body and is seated in heaven. Therefore, a temple is established in the hearts of the saints, and when Jesus comes again and enters that temple, that temple becomes heaven. Thus, the image of God is restored. This is called the restoration of Eden.

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