Displays articles in our confessions
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 7 – 22. Q. WHAT THEN MUST A CHRISTIAN BELIEVE?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 7 – 23. Q. WHAT ARE THESE ARTICLES?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 8 – 24. Q. HOW ARE THESE ARTICLES DIVIDED?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 8 – 25. Q. SINCE THERE IS BUT ONE GOD,1 WHY DO YOU SPEAK OF THREE: FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 9 – 26. Q. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE WHEN YOU SAY: “I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER, ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH”?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 10 – 27. Q. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 10 – 28. Q. HOW DOES THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S CREATION AND PROVIDENCE HELP US?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 11 – 29. Q. WHY IS THE SON OF GOD CALLED “JESUS” MEANING “SAVIOR”?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 11 – 30. Q. DO THOSE WHO LOOK FOR THEIR SALVATION AND SECURITY IN SAINTS, IN THEMSELVES, OR ELSEWHERE REALLY BELIEVE IN THE ONLY SAVIOR JESUS?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 12 – 31. Q. WHY IS HE CALLED “CHRIST” MEANING “ANOINTED”?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 12 – 32. Q. BUT WHY ARE YOU CALLED A CHRISTIAN?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 13 – 33. Q. WHY IS HE CALLED GOD’S “ONLY BEGOTTEN SON” WHEN WE ALSO ARE GOD’S CHILDREN?
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 7 – 22. Q. WHAT THEN MUST A CHRISTIAN BELIEVE?
A. Everything God promises us in the gospel.1 That gospel is summarized for us in the articles of our Christian faith- a creed beyond doubt, and confessed throughout the world.
Biblical References:
1 Matt. 28:18-20; John 20:30-31
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 7 – 23. Q. WHAT ARE THESE ARTICLES?
A. I believe in God, the Father, almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and was buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; I believe a holy catholic church, the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 8 – 24. Q. HOW ARE THESE ARTICLES DIVIDED?
A. Into three parts: God the Father and our creation; God the Son and our deliverance; God the Holy Spirit and our sanctification.
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 8 – 25. Q. SINCE THERE IS BUT ONE GOD,1 WHY DO YOU SPEAK OF THREE: FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT?
A. Because that is how God has revealed himself in his Word:2 these three distinct persons are one, true, eternal God.
Biblical References:
1 Deut. 6:4; 1 Cor. 8:4, 6
2 Matt. 3:16-17; 28:18-19; Luke 4:18 (Isa. 61:1); John 14:26; 15:26; 2 Cor. 13:14; Gal. 4:6; Tit. 3:5-6 GOD THE FATHER
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 9 – 26. Q. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE WHEN YOU SAY: “I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER, ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH”?
A. That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who out of nothing created heaven and earth and everything in them,1 who still upholds and rules them by his eternal counsel and providence,2 is my God and Father because of Christ his Son.3 I trust him so much that I do not doubt he will provide whatever I need for body and soul,4 and he will turn to my good whatever adversity he sends me in this sad world.5 He is able to do this because he is almighty God;6 he desires to do this because he is a faithful Father.7
Biblical References:
1 Gen. 1 & 2; Ex. 20:11; Ps. 33:6; Isa. 44:24; Acts 4:24; 14:15
2 Ps. 104; Matt. 6:30; 10:29; Eph. 1:11
3 John 1:12-13; Rom. 8:15-16; Gal. 4:4-7; Eph. 1:5
4 Ps. 55:22; Matt. 6:25-26; Luke 12:22-31
5 Rom. 8:28
6 Gen. 18:14; Rom. 8:31-39
7 Matt. 7:9-11
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 10 – 27. Q. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD?
A. Providence is the almighty and ever present power of God1 by which he upholds, as with his hand, heaven and earth and all creatures,2 and so rules them that leaf and blade, rain and drought, fruitful and lean years, food and drink, health and sickness, prosperity and poverty-3 all things, in fact, come to us not by chance4 but from his fatherly hand.5
Biblical References:
1 Jer. 23:23-24; Acts 17:24-28
2 Heb. 1:3
3 Jer. 5:24; Acts 14:15-17; John 9:3; Prov. 22:2
4 Prov. 16:33
5 Matt. 10:29
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 10 – 28. Q. HOW DOES THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S CREATION AND PROVIDENCE HELP US?
A. We can be patient when things go against us,1 thankful when things go well,2 and for the future we can have good confidence in our faithful God and Father that nothing will separate us from his love.3 All creatures are so completely in his hand that without his will they can neither move nor be moved.4
Biblical References:
1 Job 1:21-22; James 1:3
2 Deut. 8:10; 1 Thess. 5:18
3 Ps. 55:22; Rom. 5:3-5; 8:38-39
4 Job 1:12; 2:6; Prov. 21:1; Acts 17:24-28 GOD THE SON
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 11 – 29. Q. WHY IS THE SON OF GOD CALLED “JESUS” MEANING “SAVIOR”?
A. Because he saves us from our sins.1 Salvation cannot be found in anyone else; it is futile to look for any salvation elsewhere.2
Biblical References:
1 Matt. 1:21; Heb. 7:25
2 Isa. 43:11; John 15:5; Acts 4:11-12; 1 Tim. 2:5
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 11 – 30. Q. DO THOSE WHO LOOK FOR THEIR SALVATION AND SECURITY IN SAINTS, IN THEMSELVES, OR ELSEWHERE REALLY BELIEVE IN THE ONLY SAVIOR JESUS?
A. No. Although they boast of being his, by their deeds they deny the only savior and deliverer, Jesus.1 Either Jesus is not a perfect savior, or those who in true faith accept this savior have in him all they need for their salvation.2 1 1 Cor. 1:12-13; Gal. 5:4
Biblical References:
2 Col. 1:19-20; 2:10; 1 John 1:7
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 12 – 31. Q. WHY IS HE CALLED “CHRIST” MEANING “ANOINTED”?
A. Because he has been ordained by God the Father and has been anointed with the Holy Spirit1 to be our chief prophet and teacher2 who perfectly reveals to us the secret counsel and will of God for our deliverance;3 our only high priest4 who has set us free by the one sacrifice of his body,5 and who continually pleads our cause with the Father;6 and our eternal king7 who governs us by his Word and Spirit, and who guards us and keeps us in the freedom he has won for us.8
Biblical References:
1 Luke 3:21-22; 4:14-19 (Isa. 61:1); Heb. 1:9 (Ps. 45:7)
2 Acts 3:22 (Deut. 18:15)
3 John 1:18; 15:15
4 Heb. 7:17 (Ps. 110:4)
5 Heb. 9:12; 10:11-14
6 Rom. 8:34; Heb. 9:24
7 Matt. 21:5 (Zech. 9:9)
8 Matt. 28:18-20; John 10:28; Rev. 12:10-11
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 12 – 32. Q. BUT WHY ARE YOU CALLED A CHRISTIAN?
A. Because by faith I am a member of Christ1 and so I share in his anointing.2 I am anointed to confess his name,3 to present myself to him as a living sacrifice of thanks,4 to strive with a good conscience against sin and the devil in this life,5 and afterward to reign with Christ over all creation for all eternity.6 1 1 Cor. 12:12-27
Biblical References:
2 Acts 2:17 (Joel 2:28); 1 John 2:27
3 Matt. 10:32; Rom. 10:9-10; Heb. 13:15
4 Rom. 12:1; 1 Pet. 2:5, 9
5 Gal. 5:16-17; Eph. 6:11; 1 Tim. 1:18-19
6 Matt. 25:34; 2 Tim. 2:12
Heidelberg Catechism Lords 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.1 We, however, are adopted children of God- adopted by grace through Christ.2 1 1 John 1:1-3, 14, 18; Heb. 1
Biblical References:
2 John 1:12; Rom. 8:14-17; Eph. 1:5-6