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
Read the ArticleHeidelberg Catechism Lords Day 21 – 56. Q. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE CONCERNING “THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS”?
A. I believe that God, because of Christ”s atonement, will never hold against me any of my sins1 nor my sinful nature…
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 21 – 55. Q. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY “THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS”?
A. First, that believers one and all, as members of this community, share in Christ and in all his treasures and gifts.1…
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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…
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 22 – 57. Q. HOW DOES “THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY” COMFORT YOU?
A. Not only my soul will be taken immediately after this life to Christ its head,1 but even my very flesh, raised…
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 21 – 54. Q. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE CONCERNING “THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH”?
A. I believe that the Son of God, through his Spirit and Word,1 out of the entire human race,2 from the beginning…
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 19 – 50. Q. WHY THE NEXT WORDS: “AND SITTETH AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD”?
A. Christ ascended to heaven, there to show that he is head of his church,1 and that the Father rules all things…
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 18 – 49. Q. HOW DOES CHRIST’S ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN BENEFIT US?
A. First, he pleads our cause in heaven in the presence of his Father.1 Second, we have our own flesh in heaven-…
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Heidelberg Catechism Lords Day 18 – 46. Q. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SAYING, “HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN”?
A. That Christ, while his disciples watched, was lifted up from the earth to heaven1 and will be there for our good2…
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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…
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