292 THE HISTORICAL CATECHISM. The History of the New Testament. I. QUESTION. WHO is the Messiah the Saviour of mankind*? A. Jesus Christ the Son of God, who was sent down from heaven to save sinners ; Mat. xvi. 16. 1 John iv. 14. 2. Q. How did he come into theworld ? A. God prepared a body for him, and he took flesh and blood and was born of a woman ; Heb. ii.14. and x. 5. Gal. iv. 4. 3. Q. What notices were given of the coming of Christ the Saviour ? A. Many promises had been given of him in former agesby the prophets, and more latelyby an angel ; Luke i. 35, 70. 4. Q. What did the prophets foretel concerning the coming of Christ ? A. Among many other things they declared, that a Saviour should be born of the stock of Abraham,of the house of David, and in the town of Bethlehem ; Gen. xii. 3. Gal- iíi. g, 16. 2Sam. vii. 3, 3. Jer. xx. 5, 6. Acts xiii. 22, 23. Mat. íí.5, 6. 5. Q. How did an angel give notice of his coming ? A. The angel Gabriel foretold the birth of John the Baptist to prepare the way for Christ, and he told the mother of Jesus that she would bring forth the Son of God ; Luke i. 17, 19, 35, 76. 6. Q. Who was the mother of Christ ? A. Mary a virgin of thehouse of David ; Luke i. 27, 31, 32. 7. Q. Who was the supposed father of Christ ? A. Joseph the carpenter was supposed to be his father, because he married bis mother Mary ; Luke iii. 23. Mat. i: 20. 24. and xiii. 55. 8. Q. What further witness was given to Christ in his in- fancy ? A. By angels from heaven, by wise men from the east, and by Simeon in the temple. 9. Q. How did angels bear witness to him ? A. They sung praise to God in the air at his birth, and told the shepherds that they should find the child Jesus in a manger at Bethlehem ; Luke ii. 8-16. 10. Q. What 'Witness did the wise men of the east bear to Jesus ? A. Theysaw a strange star in the east, which led them to the house where the infant lay, and they came and worshipped him ; Mat. ii. I, 2, 9, 11. i 1. Q. What honour did Simeondo him in the temple ? A. He was an old man, yet God assured him that he should see the Saviour before he flied, and he took Jesus in his arms andac- knowledged him to be the Saviour ; Luke ii. 26-30. - 12. Q. What is written concerning the childhood of Christ? As thehistorical part of the , Old Testament begins will) this question, Who is the Makerof the world ? to thehistorical part of the New Ttstameot may prop, r1y begin, Who is the Saviour?
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