Proper Object of Faith

The proper object of faith, as it is the faith of a sinner, is Christ the Mediator (Acts 10:43; John 1:11–12; 2:23; Acts 4:12; 1 Tim. 2:5; etc.), neither as God only, nor as man only, but as the God-man, distinguished by his mediatorial work (1 Tim. 2:5); and not according to this or that function of his office separately—either as Prophet, Priest, or King only—but as it embraces the threefold office in its entirety.

 

Petrus van Mastricht. Theoretical-Practical Theology: Faith in the Triune God, ed. Joel R. Beeke, trans. Todd Rester, vol. 2 (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2019), 46