# “God and man in one Person” by Wilhelmus à Brakel

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“The Lord Jesus is very God, very man, a holy man, and God and man in one Person.

It is necessary to pause for a moment to consider this Mediator whose Name is Wonderful
from every perspective, in order that we might properly be motivated to godliness.

This wondrous work shall neither be comprehended nor fathomed by angels or men to
all eternity, but will always remain an unfathomable source of adoration.

Nevertheless, being yet upon earth, we can and must attempt to gain insight into
this work of redemption.

No one could be Surety and bring man to God but He who was God and man in one Person.

The Son of God first had to be personally united to the human nature before sinful
man could be restored into friendship and union with God.

Behold, how great a work it is to save a sinner!

What manifold wisdom was required to conceive such a remedy!

All the holy angels together could not have conceived such a remedy as God has conceived
and revealed.

They are desirous to look into this, but they shall never be able to comprehend 
it.

What a blessing it is that none but He was able to do this, that He has sent His
own Son for this purpose and caused Him to unite personally with the human nature!

What omnipotence is required to execute such a design!”

–Wilhelmus à Brakel, [_The Christian’s Reasonable Service, Volume 1 (God, Man, and Christ)_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1601781318?tag=toletaupanre-20),
Ed. Joel Beeke, Trans. Bartel Elshout (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books,
1700/1992), 1: 510-511.

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