## Lord’s Day 13
### 33. Q. Why is he called God’s “only begotten Son” when we also are God’s children?

**A**. Because Christ alone is the eternal, natural Son of God.<sup>1</sup> We, however, are adopted children of God—adopted by grace for the sake of Christ.<sup>2</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [John 1:1–3, 14, 18](/References/Bible/43%20-%20John/John1.md); [Heb. 1](/References/Bible/58%20-%20Hewbrews/Hebrews1.md)
<sup>2</sup> [John 1:12](/References/Bible/43%20-%20John/John1.md#12); [Rom. 8:14–17](/References/Bible/45%20-%20Romans/Romans8.md#14); [Eph. 1:5–6](/References/Bible/49%20-%20Ephesians/Ephesians1.md#5)

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### 34. Q. Why do you call him “our Lord”?

**A**. Because—not with gold or silver, but with his precious blood<sup>1</sup>—he has delivered and purchased us body and soul from sin and from the tyranny of the devil,<sup>2</sup> to be his very own.<sup>3</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [1 Pet. 1:18–19](/References/Bible/60%20-%201Peter/1Peter1.md#18)
<sup>2</sup> [Col. 1:13–14](/References/Bible/51%20-%20Colossians/Colossians1.md#13); [Heb. 2:14–15](/References/Bible/58%20-%20Hebrews/Hebrews2.md#14)
<sup>3</sup> [1 Cor. 6:20](/References/Bible/46%20-%201Corinthians/1Corinthians6.md#20); [1 Tim. 2:5–6](/References/Bible/54%20-%201Timothy/1Timothy2.md#5)