Displays articles in our confessions
A. No, God created man with the ability to keep the law.1 Man, however, tempted by the devil,2 in reckless disobedience,3 robbed himself and all his descendants of these gifts.4…
Read the ArticleA. Yes,1 unless we are born again, by the Spirit of God.2 Biblical References: 1 Gen. 6:5; 8:21; Job 14:4; Isa. 53:6…
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A. From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, in Paradise.1 This fall has so poisoned our nature2…
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A. No. God created man good1 and in his own image,2 that is, in true righteousness and holiness,3 so that he might…
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A. No.1 I have a natural tendency to hate God and my neighbor.2 Biblical References: 1 Rom. 3:9-20, 23; 1 John 1:8,…
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A. Christ teaches us this in summary in Matthew 22– You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart ,…
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A. The law of God tells me.1 Biblical References: 1 Rom. 3:20; 7:7-25
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A. Three things: first, how great my sin and misery are;1 second, how I am set free from all my sins and…
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A. That I am not my own,1 but belong- body and soul, in life and in death-2 to my faithful Savior Jesus…
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The Heidelberg Catechism was written in Heidelberg at the request of Elector Frederick III, ruler of the most influential German province, the…
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