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Lord's Day 19
Question 50: Why is it added, "and sitteth at the right hand of God"?
Question 51: What profit is this glory of Christ, our head, unto us?
Question 52: What comfort is it to thee that "Christ shall come again to judge the quick and the dead"?
A.
Because Christ is ascended into heaven
for this end, that he might appear
as head of his church, (a)
by whom the Father governs all things. (b)
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(a)
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Eph.1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead,
and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Eph.1:21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and
dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but
also in that which is to come:
Eph.1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in
all.
Col.1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might
have the preeminence.
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(b)
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Matt.28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is
given unto me in heaven and in earth.
John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all
judgment unto the Son:
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A.
First, that by his Holy Spirit
he pours out heavenly graces upon us
his members; (a)
and then that by his power
he defends and preserves us against all enemies. (b)
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(a)
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Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having
received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed
forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Eph.4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led
captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
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(b)
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Ps. 2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them
in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Ps.110:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at
my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Ps.110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule
thou in the midst of thine enemies.
John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never
perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Eph.4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led
captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
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A.
That in all my sorrows and persecutions,
with uplifted head
I look for the very same person,
who before offered himself for my sake, to the tribunal of God,
and has removed all curse from me,
to come as judge from heaven: (a)
who shall cast all his and my enemies
into everlasting condemnation, (b)
but shall translate me
with all his chosen ones
to himself, into heavenly joys and glory. (c)
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(a)
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Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up,
and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Rom.8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the
firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Philip.3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we
look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Tit.2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of
the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
1 Thess.4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and
the dead in Christ shall rise first:
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(b)
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2 Thess.1:6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense
tribulation to them that trouble you;
2 Thess.1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not
God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 Thess.1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from
the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
2 Thess.1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to
be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you
was believed) in that day.
Matt.25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart
from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and
his angels:
Matt.25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
Matt.25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye
clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
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(c)
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Matt.25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come,
ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world:
2 Thess.1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord
Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
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