1695 Baptist Catechism · 1695

Q29. How doth Christ execute the Office of a King?

Christ executeth the Office of a King, in subduing us to himself, in ruling, and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our Enemies.
Answer · 1695 Baptist Catechism

Scripture proofs

  1. [1]
    Acts 15:14-16

    Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

  2. [2]
    Isaiah 33:22

    For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

  3. [3]
    Isaiah 32:1-2

    Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

  4. [4]
    1 Corinthians 15:25

    For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

    Psalms 110

    A Psalm of David. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.