4. I am a lost and condemned creature; I am in the power of sin, death, and the devil. _Who can help me in this misery and redeem and save me?_ Surely not I myself. How could I deliver myself from these mighty enemies? I have nothing with which I might atone for my sins or remove God's wrath and curse. Neither can any other man help me, powerful and wise though he may be. _All_ men are lost and condemned creatures, just as helpless as I am. _There is only One who is able to help and redeem us, Jesus Christ, our Lord._ He is the _God-man._ He could conquer these fearful enemies, sin, death, and the devil. He is the _almighty God._ He alone among men is without sin, and therefore not in the power of the devil. He can redeem me, _and He has redeemed me._ In order to redeem the world, the Son of God became man, humbled Himself, and suffered and died. Thankfully I confess _that Christ has redeemed me, that He is my Lord._ 5. I confess that Christ, my Lord, has redeemed me. But not only me did He redeem, but _all men,_ from Adam up to the last man that will be born before the Day of Judgment. God loved the _world,_ all _mankind,_ and He so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son to redeem and save the world. All men are lost and condemned creatures, all are under God's wrath and in the power of sin, and our Savior Himself said: _"The Son of Man is come to save that which was lost."_ Matt. 18,11. John the Baptist pointed to Him and said: _"Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."_ John 1,29. _"He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."_ 1 John 2,2. Christ, my Lord, has redeemed all mankind, and therefore I know that it is most certainly true: _He has redeemed also me._ REMEMBER:-- 1. _Without Christ, my Lord, I am a lost and condemned creature. I am without God and hope in this world, separated from God and under the sentence of damnation._ 2. _By nature I am in the power of sin, death, and the devil. I belong to Satan's kingdom. Sin, death, and the devil were my masters._ 3. _In this dreadful distress no man was able to help me. Only Christ could redeem me, for He is the God-man; and He has redeemed me and all the world._ MEMORIZE:-- _He that committeth sin is of the devil._ 1 John 3,8. _The Son of Man is come to save that which was lost._ Matt. 18,11. _Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world._ John 1,29. _He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world._ 1 John 2,2. QUESTIONS.