Question. What follows next?
Answer: Next it is explained how he took on human nature and has accomplished everything necessary for our salvation.
Question. Was it then necessary that the Son of God should be made man?
Answer: Yes; for it was necessary that what man had offended against God, man should answer for and make satisfaction for. This most heavy burden none but Jesus Christ—both God and man—was able to bear. Nor could there be any other mediator to make peace between God and man but Jesus Christ, both God and man.
Scripture Reference: Matt. 1:17, 17:22-23, and 20:19; John 1:14 and 11:50-51; Rom. 5:5; 1 Cor. 15:21-22; Phil. 2:6-7; Heb. 2:9; 1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 9:4-5 and 9:28; 1 Peter 2:21, 24