Question. How do you call Christ the only Son of God, since the godly are also called the children of God?
Answer. Because Christ is the only natural Son of God, of one substance with the Father. And we, being by nature the children of old Adam, are made the children of God by adoption, grace, and favor through Christ our Savior.
Scripture Reference: Matt. 2:15 and 3:17; John 1:14, 34, and 14:10, 11; Heb. 1:2-3 and 5:5; Rom. 8:13-15; Gal. 4:4-5; Eph. 1:5; 1 John 3:1
Question. What does it mean that you call Christ our Lord?
Answer. Because the Father has given him dominion over men, angels, and all things, and he governs the kingdom of God, both in heaven and on earth, by his own will and power.
Scripture Reference: Matt. 9:6 and 10:1, 12, 18; Luke 1:32-33; Eph. 1:20-21
Question. What more?
Answer. By this all the godly are reminded that they are not at their own liberty, but that both in their bodies and souls, and in their life and death, they are wholly subject to their Lord, to whom they ought to be obedient and serve in all things as most faithful servants.
Scripture Reference: Deut. 10:12, 20; Malachi 1:6; Luke 9:23-24 and 14:26-27; Heb. 2:5, 9-10
