Displays articles in our confessions
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 22 – 58. Q. HOW DOES THE ARTICLE CONCERNING “LIFE EVERLASTING” COMFORT YOU?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 23 – 59. Q. WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO YOU, HOWEVER, TO BELIEVE ALL THIS?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 23 – 60. Q. HOW ARE YOU RIGHT WITH GOD?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 23 – 61. Q. WHY DO YOU SAY THAT BY FAITH ALONE YOU ARE RIGHT WITH GOD?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 24 – 62. Q. WHY CAN’T THE GOOD WE DO MAKE US RIGHT WITH GOD, OR AT LEAST HELP MAKE US RIGHT WITH HIM?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 24 – 63. Q. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT THE GOOD WE DO DOESN’T EARN ANYTHING WHEN GOD PROMISES TO REWARD IT IN THIS LIFE AND THE NEXT?1
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 24 – 64. Q. BUT DOESN’T THIS TEACHING MAKE PEOPLE INDIFFERENT AND WICKED?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 25 – 65. Q. IT IS BY FAITH ALONE THAT WE SHARE IN CHRIST AND ALL HIS BLESSINGS: WHERE THEN DOES THAT FAITH COME FROM?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 25 – 66. Q. WHAT ARE SACRAMENTS?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 25 – 67. Q. ARE BOTH THE WORD AND THE SACRAMENTS THEN INTENDED TO FOCUS OUR FAITH ON THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS AS THE ONLY GROUND OF OUR SALVATION?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 25 – 68. Q. HOW MANY SACRAMENTS DID CHRIST INSTITUTE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT?
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 26 – 69. Q. HOW DOES BAPTISM REMIND YOU AND ASSURE YOU THAT CHRIST’S ONE SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS IS FOR YOU PERSONALLY?
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 22 – 58. Q. HOW DOES THE ARTICLE CONCERNING “LIFE EVERLASTING” COMFORT YOU?
A. Even as I already now experience in my heart the beginning of eternal joy,1 so after this life I will have perfect blessedness such as no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no man has ever imagined: a blessedness in which to praise God eternally.2
Biblical References:
1 Rom. 14:17
2 John 17:3; 1 Cor. 2:9
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 23 – 59. Q. WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO YOU, HOWEVER, TO BELIEVE ALL THIS?
A. In Christ I am right with God and heir to life everlasting.1
Biblical References:
1 John 3:36; Rom. 1:17 (Hab. 2:4); Rom. 5:1-2
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 23 – 60. Q. HOW ARE YOU RIGHT WITH GOD?
A. Only by true faith in Jesus Christ.1 Even though my conscience accuses me of having grievously sinned against all God”s commandments and of never having kept any of them,2 and even though I am still inclined toward all evil,3 nevertheless, without my deserving it at all,4 out of sheer grace,5 God grants and credits to me the perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ,6 as if I had never sinned nor been a sinner, as if I had been as perfectly obedient as Christ was obedient for me.7 All I need to do is to accept this gift of God with a believing heart.8
Biblical References:
1 Rom. 3:21-28; Gal. 2:16; Eph. 2:8-9; Phil 3:8-11
2 Rom. 3:9-10
3 Rom. 7:23
4 Tit. 3:4-5
5 Rom. 3:24; Eph. 2:8
6 Rom. 4:3-5 (Gen. 15:6); 2 Cor. 5:17-19; 1 John 2:1-2
7 Rom. 4:24-25; 2 Cor. 5:21
8 John 3:18; Acts 16:30-31
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 23 – 61. Q. WHY DO YOU SAY THAT BY FAITH ALONE YOU ARE RIGHT WITH GOD?
A. It is not because of any value my faith has that God is pleased with me. Only Christ”s satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness make me right with God.1 And I can receive this righteousness and make it mine in no other way than by faith alone.2 1 1 Cor. 1:30-31
Biblical References:
2 Rom. 10:10; 1 John 5:10-12
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 24 – 62. Q. WHY CAN’T THE GOOD WE DO MAKE US RIGHT WITH GOD, OR AT LEAST HELP MAKE US RIGHT WITH HIM?
A. Because the righteousness which can pass God”s scrutiny must be entirely perfect and must in every way measure up to the divine law.1 Even the very best we do in this life is imperfect and stained with sin.2
Biblical References:
1 Rom. 3:20; Gal. 3:10 (Deut. 27:26)
2 Isa. 64:6
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 24 – 63. Q. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT THE GOOD WE DO DOESN’T EARN ANYTHING WHEN GOD PROMISES TO REWARD IT IN THIS LIFE AND THE NEXT?1
A. This reward is not earned; it is a gift of grace.2
Biblical References:
1 Matt. 5:12; Heb. 11:6
2 Luke 17:10; 2 Tim. 4:7-8
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 24 – 64. Q. BUT DOESN’T THIS TEACHING MAKE PEOPLE INDIFFERENT AND WICKED?
A. No. It is impossible for those grafted into Christ by true faith not to produce fruits of gratitude.1
Biblical References:
1 Luke 6:43-45; John 15:5 THE SACRAMENTS
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 25 – 65. Q. IT IS BY FAITH ALONE THAT WE SHARE IN CHRIST AND ALL HIS BLESSINGS: WHERE THEN DOES THAT FAITH COME FROM?
A. The Holy Spirit produces it in our hearts1 by the preaching of the holy gospel,2 and confirms it through our use of the holy sacraments.3
Biblical References:
1 John 3:5; 1 Cor. 2:10-14; Eph. 2:8
2 Rom. 10:17; 1 Pet. 1:23-25
3 Matt. 28:19-20; 1 Cor. 10:16
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 25 – 66. Q. WHAT ARE SACRAMENTS?
A. Sacraments are holy signs and seals for us to see. They were instituted by God so that by our use of them he might make us understand more clearly the promise of the gospel, and might put his seal on that promise.1 And this is God”s gospel promise: to forgive our sins and give us eternal life by grace alone because of Christ”s one sacrifice finished on the cross.2
Biblical References:
1 Gen. 17:11; Deut. 30:6; Rom. 4:11
2 Matt. 26:27-28; Acts 2:38; Heb. 10:10
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 25 – 67. Q. ARE BOTH THE WORD AND THE SACRAMENTS THEN INTENDED TO FOCUS OUR FAITH ON THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS AS THE ONLY GROUND OF OUR SALVATION?
A. Right! In the gospel the Holy Spirit teaches us and through the holy sacraments he assures us that our entire salvation rests on Christ”s one sacrifice for us on the cross.1
Biblical References:
1 Rom. 6:3; 1 Cor. 11:26; Gal. 3:27
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 25 – 68. Q. HOW MANY SACRAMENTS DID CHRIST INSTITUTE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT?
A. Two: baptism and the Lord”s supper.1
Biblical References:
1 Matt. 28:19-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26 BAPTISM
Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 26 – 69. Q. HOW DOES BAPTISM REMIND YOU AND ASSURE YOU THAT CHRIST’S ONE SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS IS FOR YOU PERSONALLY?
A. In this way: Christ instituted this outward washing1 and with it gave the promise that, as surely as water washes away the dirt from the body, so certainly his blood and his Spirit wash away my soul”s impurity, in other words, all my sins.2
Biblical References:
1 Acts 2:38
2 Matt. 3:11; Rom. 6:3-10; 1 Pet. 3:21