Displays articles in our confessions
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 13 – 34. Q. WHY DO YOU CALL HIM “OUR LORD”?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 14 – 35. Q. WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT HE “WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY”?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 14 – 36. Q. HOW DOES THE HOLY CONCEPTION AND BIRTH OF CHRIST BENEFIT YOU?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 15 – 37. Q. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE WORD “SUFFERED”?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 15 – 38. Q. WHY DID HE SUFFER “UNDER PONTIUS PILATE” AS JUDGE?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 15 – 39. Q. IS IT SIGNIFICANT THAT HE WAS “CRUCIFIED” INSTEAD OF DYING SOME OTHER WAY?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 16 – 40. Q. WHY DID CHRIST HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO DEATH?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 16 – 41. Q. WHY WAS HE “BURIED”?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 16 – 42. Q. SINCE CHRIST HAS DIED FOR US, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE TO DIE?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 16 – 43. Q. WHAT FURTHER ADVANTAGE DO WE RECEIVE FROM CHRIST’S SACRIFICE AND DEATH ON THE CROSS?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 16 – 44. Q. WHY DOES THE CREED ADD, “HE DESCENDED INTO HELL”?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 17 – 45. Q. HOW DOES CHRIST’S RESURRECTION BENEFIT US?
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 13 – 34. Q. WHY DO YOU CALL HIM “OUR LORD”?
A. Because- not with gold or silver, but with his precious blood-1 he has set us free from sin and from the tyranny of the devil,2 and has bought us, body and soul, to be his very own.3 1 1 Pet. 1:18-19
Biblical References:
2 Col. 1:13-14; Heb. 2:14-15
3 1 Cor. 6:20; 1 Tim. 2:5-6
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 14 – 35. Q. WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT HE “WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY”?
A. That the eternal Son of God, who is and remains true and eternal God,1 took to himself, through the working of the Holy Spirit,2 from the flesh and blood of the virgin Mary,3 a truly human nature so that he might become David”s true descendant,4 in all things like us his brothers5 except for sin.6
Biblical References:
1 John 1:1; 10:30-36; Acts 13:33 (Ps. 2:7); Col. 1:15-17; 1 John 5:20
2 Luke 1:35
3 Matt. 1:18-23; John 1:14; Gal. 4:4; Heb. 2:14
4 2 Sam. 7:12-16; Ps. 132:11; Matt. 1:1; Rom. 1:3
5 Phil. 2:7; Heb. 2:17
6 Heb. 4:15; 7:26-27
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 14 – 36. Q. HOW DOES THE HOLY CONCEPTION AND BIRTH OF CHRIST BENEFIT YOU?
A. He is our mediator,1 and with his innocence and perfect holiness he removes from God”s sight my sin-mine since I was conceived.2 1 1 Tim. 2:5-6; Heb. 9:13-15
Biblical References:
2 Rom. 8:3-4; 2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 4:4-5; 1 Pet. 1:18-19
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 15 – 37. Q. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE WORD “SUFFERED”?
A. That during his whole life on earth, but especially at the end, Christ sustained in body and soul the anger of God against the sin of the whole human race.1 This he did in order that, by his suffering as the only atoning sacrifice,2 he might set us free, body and soul, from eternal condemnation,3 and gain for us God”s grace, righteousness, and eternal life.4
Biblical References:
1 Isa. 53; 1 Pet. 2:24; 3:18
2 Rom. 3:25; Heb. 10:14; 1 John 2:2; 4:10
3 Rom. 8:1-4; Gal. 3:13
4 John 3:16; Rom. 3:24-26
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 15 – 38. Q. WHY DID HE SUFFER “UNDER PONTIUS PILATE” AS JUDGE?
A. So that he, though innocent, might be condemned by a civil judge,1 and so free us from the severe judgment of God that was to fall on us.2
Biblical References:
1 Luke 23:13-24; John 19:4, 12-16
2 Isa. 53:4-5; 2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 3:13
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 15 – 39. Q. IS IT SIGNIFICANT THAT HE WAS “CRUCIFIED” INSTEAD OF DYING SOME OTHER WAY?
A. Yes. This death convinces me that he shouldered the curse which lay on me, since death by crucifixion was accursed by God.1
Biblical References:
1 Gal. 3:10-13 (Deut. 21:23)
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 16 – 40. Q. WHY DID CHRIST HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO DEATH?
A. Because God”s justice and truth demand it:1 only the death of God”s Son could pay for our sin.2
Biblical References:
1 Gen. 2:17
2 Rom. 8:3-4; Phil. 2:8; Heb. 2:9
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 16 – 41. Q. WHY WAS HE “BURIED”?
A. His burial testifies that he really died.1
Biblical References:
1 Isa. 53:9; John 19:38-42; Acts 13:29; 1 Cor. 15:3-4
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 16 – 42. Q. SINCE CHRIST HAS DIED FOR US, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE TO DIE?
A. Our death does not pay the debt of our sins.1 Rather, it puts an end to our sinning and is our entrance into eternal life.2
Biblical References:
1 Ps. 49:7
2 John 5:24; Phil. 1:21-23; 1 Thess. 5:9-10
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 16 – 43. Q. WHAT FURTHER ADVANTAGE DO WE RECEIVE FROM CHRIST’S SACRIFICE AND DEATH ON THE CROSS?
A. Through Christ”s death our old selves are crucified, put to death, and buried with him,1 so that the evil desires of the flesh may no longer rule us,2 but that instead we may dedicate ourselves as an offering of gratitude to him.3
Biblical References:
1 Rom. 6:5-11; Col. 2:11-12
2 Rom. 6:12-14
3 Rom. 12:1; Eph. 5:1-2
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 16 – 44. Q. WHY DOES THE CREED ADD, “HE DESCENDED INTO HELL”?
A. To assure me in times of personal crisis and temptation that Christ my Lord, by suffering unspeakable anguish, pain, and terror of soul, especially on the cross but also earlier, has delivered me from the anguish and torment of hell.1
Biblical References:
1 Isa. 53; Matt. 26:36-46; 27:45-46; Luke 22:44; Heb. 5:7-10
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 17 – 45. Q. HOW DOES CHRIST’S RESURRECTION BENEFIT US?
A. First, by his resurrection he has overcome death, so that he might make us share in the righteousness he won for us by his death.1 Second, by his power we too are already now resurrected to a new life.2 Third, Christ”s resurrection is a guarantee of our glorious resurrection.3
Biblical References:
1 Rom. 4:25; 1 Cor. 15:16-20; 1 Pet. 1:3-5
2 Rom. 6:5-11; Eph. 2:4-6; Col. 3:1-4
3 Rom. 8:11; 1 Cor. 15:12-23; Phil. 3:20-21