To Reject Jesus is to Reject My God and Savior

My Mediator must be true God in order to bear the curse of the covenant.  

• My Mediator must possess the power of God.
• The burden of God's wrath against the sins of all the elect is far too heavy for any creature to bear, including man.

Suppose that the punishment for our sin is forty lashes for each of the 144,000 persons who are to be redeemed (a figurative number).

• If a man were to take the punishment of all the elect upon himself, he would receive forty lashes for each of the "144,000" which totals 5,760,000 lashes.
• No human being would be able to stand up under such punishment.
• He would die long before he fufilled the payment.

For this reason our Mediator must be more than just a man.

• He must be true God so that by His divine power He might bear the full weight of God's wrath.

My Mediator must possess the worth of God.

• He must be true God in order to give His sacrifice sufficient value to atone for the sins of all the elect.
• My Mediator must be more than just an ordinary man. 
• In order for His death to serve as a ransom for the "144,000",  He must be true God.
• This death is of such great value and worth because the person who submitted to it is not only a true and perfectly holy man, but also the only-begotten Son of God.

Who is this Mediator?

• Jesus of Nazareth, 
• conceived by the Holy Spirit,
• born of the Virgin Mary,
• legal son of Joseph, 
• the Son of David, 
• of the tribe of Judah.

Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 6

Adapted Excerpt from Only By True Faith by Van Delden