Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 31 83. Q. What is the office of the keys? A. The preaching of the holy and Christian discipline. By these two means the kingdom of heaven is opened to believers and shut against unbelievers. 84. Q. How is the kingdom of heaven opened and shut by the preaching of …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 11 29. Q. Why is the Son of God called JESUS, which means SAVIOUR? A. Because he saves us from our sins, and because salvation is to be sought or found in no other. 30. Q. Do those who seek their own salvation and well-being from saints, by their own …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 7 20. Q. Will all men, then, be saved through Christ as they became lost through Adam? A. No. Only those who, by true faith, are incorporated into him and accept all his benefits. 21. Q. What is true faith? A. It is not only a certain knowledge by which …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 6 16. Q. Why must he be a true and righteous man? A. Because God’s righteousness requires that man who has sinned should make reparation for sin, but the man who is himself a sinner cannot pay for others. 17. Q. Why must he at the same time be true …
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