Question 33 - Why is He called God's only begotten Son, since we also are children of God?

Answer - Because Christ alone is the eternal, natural Son of God.¹ We, however, are children of God by adoption, through grace, for Christ's sake.²

¹ John 1:1-3, 14, 18; 3:16; Rom. 8:32; Heb. 1; I John 4:9. ² John 1:12; Rom. 8:14-17; Gal. 4:6; Eph. 1:5, 6.

Question 34 - Why do you call Him our Lord?

Answer - Because He has ransomed us, body and soul,¹ from all our sins, not with silver or gold but with His precious blood,² and has freed us from all the power of the devil to make us His own possession.³

¹ I Cor. 6:20; I Tim. 2:5, 6. ² I Peter 1:18, 19. ³ Col. 1:13, 14; Heb. 2:14, 15.