Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 44 113. Q. What is required in the tenth commandment? A. That there should never enter our heart even the least inclination or thought contrary to any commandment of God, but that we should always hate sin with our whole heart and find satisfaction and joy in all righteousness. 114. …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 33 88. Q. How many parts are there to the true repentance or conversion of man? A. Two: the dying of the old self and the birth of the new. 89. Q. What is the dying of the old self? A. Sincere sorrow over our sins and more and more …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 32 86. Q. Since we are redeemed from our sin and its wretched consequences by grace through Christ without any merit of our own, why must we do good works? A. Because just as Christ has redeemed us with his blood he also renews us through his Holy Spirit according …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 24 62. Q. But why cannot our good works be our righteousness before God, or at least a part of it? A. Because the righteousness which can stand before the judgment of God must be absolutely perfect and wholly in conformity with the divine Law. But even our best works …
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