The Heidelberg Catechism

Question 1

What is thy only comfort in life and death?

Answer

That I with body and soul, both in life and death, (a) am not my own, (b) but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; (c) who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, (d) and delivered me from all the power of the devil; (e) and so preserves me (f) that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; (g) yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, (h) and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, (I) and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him. (j)

a Lord, Speak to Me, That I May Speak Canonbury https://youtu.be/7mLa0Z2YM4U

Built on the Rock the Church Doth Stand Kirken den er et https://youtu.be/D118w1Uuoug

The Lord is King! Lift up Thy Voice Church Triumphant https://youtu.be/1qsOKYZjDxE

I Will Sing of My Redeemer My Redeemer https://youtu.be/Z-J2BCsP0OI

Jesus, Priceless Treasure Jesu, Meine Freude https://youtu.be/O1BbBsa9O6U

Would You be Free From the Burden of Sin There is Power in the Blood https://youtu.be/WXJhVXK9p_k

To God Be the Glory To God be the Glory https://youtu.be/eIN2mbzTnmw

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name Coronation https://youtu.be/UuWn5zpheFE

O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing Azmon https://youtu.be/AgV_dQQN5cU

I Bind Unto Myself Today St Patrick https://youtu.be/VX0Au21A6Yw

Thine Forever, God of Love Vienna https://youtu.be/SlDY5afn8HM

Yield Not to Temptation Yield Not to Temptation https://youtu.be/Y3ZrEV4UTYc

All my Hope on God is Founded Michael https://youtu.be/XhPqiaS9gKI

Why Should I Feel Discouraged His Eye is on the Sparrow https://youtu.be/08FA5-HF2Vk

God Moves in a Mysterious Way Dundee https://youtu.be/aa9YkymQQgk

Standing on the Promises Standing on the Promises https://youtu.be/G4EYBaN_LeY

Gracious Spirit, Dove Divine Mercy https://youtu.be/5MFKir3C0z8

Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound Arlington https://youtu.be/j12shkzoqwk

Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine! Assurance https://youtu.be/gCh7RP9hKCA

Come, Gracious Spirit, Heavenly Dove Good Shepherd https://youtu.be/EwJpwjnZUzg

How Happy Every Child of Grace Alida https://youtu.be/JJcPLODNh34

(a) Romans 14:7-8 For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

(b) 1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

(c) 1 Corinthians 3:23 and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.

Titus 2:14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

(d) 1 Peter 1:18 – 19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

1 John 2:2, 12 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. 12 I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.

(e) Hebrews 2:14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—

1 John 3:8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.

John 8:34-36 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

(f) John 6:39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.

John 10:28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

1 Peter 1:5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

(g) Matthew 10:29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Luke 21:18 But not a hair of your head will perish.

(h) Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

(I) 2 Corinthians 1:20-22 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. 21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

2 Corinthians 5:5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

Ephesians 1:13-14 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.

Romans 8:16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

(j) Romans 8:14For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.

1 John 3:3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

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Question 2

How many things are necessary for thee to know, that thou, enjoying this comfort, mayest live and die happily?

Answer

Three; (a) the first, how great my sins and miseries are; (b) the second, how I may be delivered from all my sins and miseries; (c) the third, how I shall express my gratitude to God for such deliverance. (d)

a: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say Evan https://youtu.be/LfWZcRTIzaQ

O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing Arlington https://youtu.be/uIbnLW-UN04

More Love to Thee, O Christ More Love to Thee https://youtu.be/K2zULTlKnOg

By Grace I am an Heir of Heaven Neumark – alt https://youtu.be/_j9OqVBW4bo

b: Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies Lux Prima https://youtu.be/EOc1b9XxIpE

For Ever With the Lord Carlisle https://youtu.be/Td1AMOapv4o

c: How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds Evan https://youtu.be/KG3sxdW6ZeI

O Sing A Song of Bethlehem Kingsfold https://youtu.be/nRXvyIjWEHQ

d: Walk in the Light; So Shalt Thou Know Manoah https://youtu.be/IDOlUfvEYaM

Christ is Made the Sure Foundation Regent Square https://youtu.be/gVUtouTsWXU

O Jesus, I Have Promised Angel’s Story https://youtu.be/zpBqddKKziE

(a) Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Luke 24:46-48 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these.”

1 Corinthians 6:11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Titus 3:3-7 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

(b) John 9:41 Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”

John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

(c) John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Acts 4:12 “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

Acts 10:43 “All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

(d) Ephesians 5:8-11 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. 11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

1 Peter 2:9-10 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Romans 6:1-2, 12-13 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.

The First Part – Of The Misery Of Man

2. Lord’s Day

Question 3

Whence knowest thou thy misery?

Answer

Out of the law of God. (a)

a: God’s Holy Law, Transgressed Boylston https://youtu.be/GzJg-eavFU8

(a) Romans 3:20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.

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Question 4

What does the law of God require of us?

Answer

Christ teaches us that briefly, Matt. 22:37-40, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first and the great commandment; and the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”

a: Spirit of God, Descend Upon my Heart Morecambe https://youtu.be/MIOwwihkVSQ

Lord, I Want to Be a Christian I Want to Be a Christian https://youtu.be/c0-_yjPSBq4

Judge Eternal, Throned in Splendor Bis willkommen https://youtu.be/HCW3uDM5SPU

Love Came Down at Christmas Christmastide https://youtu.be/IaVaWfGkKKA

Hark, My Soul, It is the Lord! Campian https://youtu.be/5DaE5Bnub_8

(a) Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Leviticus 19:18 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

Luke 10:27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

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Question 5

Canst thou keep all these things perfectly?

Answer

In no wise; (a) for I am prone by nature to hate God and my neighbor.(b)

a Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me Coberly https://youtu.be/x9DBAYb9vuY

Lead, Kindly Light Lux Benigna https://youtu.be/z6QaKyWrpww

b Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin Christ the Friend https://youtu.be/ZnZGtWJFuj8

Lord, We Confess Our Numerous Faults St Flavian https://youtu.be/-WQWgCgJtiY

All Mankind Fell in Adam’s Fall Wenn wir in hochsten Noten https://youtu.be/x1DAKgvkk48

Sing to the Lord of Harvest Greenland https://youtu.be/pry-rVnMfMI

Open, Lord, My Inward Ear Hymn to Joy https://youtu.be/9Ffk83OlGxg

Approach, My Soul, the Mercy Seat Contemplation https://youtu.be/a5QNkYnFbPw

a) Romans 3:10,20,23 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; 20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin. 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…

1 John 1:8,10 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

(b) Romans 8:7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

Ephesians 2:3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

Titus 3:3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

Genesis 6:5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.

Genesis 8:21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.

Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Romans 7:23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.

3. Lord’s Day

Question 6

Did God then create man so wicked and perverse?

Answer

By no means; but God created man good, (a) and after his own image, (b) in true righteousness and holiness, that he might rightly know God his Creator, heartily love him and live with him in eternal happiness to glorify and praise him. (c)

a All Things Bright and Beautiful All Things Bright and Beautiful https://youtu.be/MIBfzG1PuDc

b Of the Father’s Love Begotten Divinum Mysterium https://youtu.be/DHhlpan7V-I

c At the Name of Jesus King’s Weston https://youtu.be/s7SaXnUjUhg

Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness Confidence https://youtu.be/HHnfbs4rGr0

Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee Evan alt 2 https://youtu.be/fA5sGjRs1yg

(a) Genesis 1:31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

(b) Genesis 1:26 – 27 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

(c) Colossians 3:9 – 10 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

Ephesians 4:23 – 24 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

2 Corinthians 3:18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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Question 7

Whence then proceeds this depravity of human nature?

Answer

From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, in Paradise; (a) hence our nature is become so corrupt, that we are all conceived and born in sin. (b)

a This is My Father’s World Terra Beata https://youtu.be/ThlHAfnCUAA

Praise to the Holiest in the Height Billing https://youtu.be/yDTk8xLizUo

b Show Pity, Lord, O Lord Forgive Abends https://youtu.be/Ax78InbnlxY

(a) Genesis 3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”

10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

16 To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” 20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.

21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. 22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

Romans 5:12,18 – 19 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— 18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

(b) Psalm 51:5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Genesis 5:3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.

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Question 8

Are we then so corrupt that we are wholly incapable of doing any good, and inclined to all wickedness?

Answer

Indeed we are; (a) except we are regenerated by the Spirit of God. (b)

a Come, Ye Thankful People, Come Spanish Hymn https://youtu.be/eU_y_ct8_os

Breathe on Me, Breath of God Trentham https://youtu.be/ZAPLYPHXOn4

Lord, We are Vile, Conceived in Sin Uxbridge https://youtu.be/MVJisUWXz9E

Like Sheep We Went Astray Aylesbury https://youtu.be/HgTSt-ytULw

b The Church’s One Foundation Aurelia https://youtu.be/yyjNfP9yTs0

Spirit of Faith, Come Down Bealoth https://youtu.be/j_w8mgd7sFI

Be Thou My Vision Slane https://youtu.be/SvIBlJD0exs

(a) Genesis 8:21The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.

John 3:6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

Genesis 6:5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.

Job 14:4 Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!

Job 15:14, 16 “What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous? 16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water!

Isaiah 53:6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

(b) John 3:3, 5 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” 5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.”

1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.

4. Lord’s Day

Question 9

Does not God then do injustice to man, by requiring from him in his law, that which he cannot perform?

Answer

Not at all; (a) for God made man capable of performing it; but man, by the instigation of the devil, (b) and his own willful disobedience, (c) deprived himself and all his posterity of those divine gifts.

a Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness Eucharist https://youtu.be/NMiGMpcKRhQ

c Praise to the Holiest in the Height Chorus Angelorum https://youtu.be/6PUE1OM-Mtc

Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound New Brittan https://youtu.be/Tq1qMwpvzZM

Deep in the Dust Before Thy Throne Forest https://youtu.be/ZebjbuYp-Tc

(a) Ephesians 4:24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Ecclesiastes 7:29 This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.

(b) John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

2 Corinthians 11:3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

Genesis 3:4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.

(c) Genesis 3:6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—

Genesis 3:13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

1 Timothy 2:13-14 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.

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Question 10

Will God suffer such disobedience and rebellion to go unpunished?

Answer

By no means; but is terribly displeased (a) with our original as well as actual sins; and will punish them in his just judgment temporally and eternally, (b) as he has declared, “Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things, which are written in the book of the law, to do them.” (c)

a

b Lord, In the Morning Southwell https://youtu.be/CBnFbineHU0

Lord, How Secure My Conscience Was Saturnia https://youtu.be/Q4DS_dkdWZk

God the All Terrible Russian Hymn https://youtu.be/EJ38qmcf6j0

O for a Closer Walk with God Ballerma https://youtu.be/hGyBrtvyhsI

Thy Ceaseless Unexhausted Love Heber – alt https://youtu.be/FrtSqBy1Ydk

Take My Life and Let it Be Hollingside https://youtu.be/YzHETVigOT4

Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus Pleading Savior https://youtu.be/6WQDAvHzQ78

c The Law of God is Good And Wise Erhalt uns, Herr https://youtu.be/l4ahM5vfv8w

(a) Genesis 2:17 “but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—

(b) Psalm 5:5 The arrogant cannot stand in your presence. You hate all who do wrong;

Psalm 50:21 When you did these things and I kept silent, you thought I was exactly like you. But I now arraign you and set my accusations before you. 

Nahum 1:2 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his foes and vents his wrath against his enemies. 

Exodus 20:5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me…

Exodus 34:7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”

Romans 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness

Ephesians 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.

Hebrews 9:27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,

(c) Deuteronomy 27:26 “Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

Galatians 3:10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

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Question 11

Is not God then also merciful?

Answer

God is indeed merciful, (a) but also just; (b) therefore his justice requires, that sin which is committed against the most high majesty of God, be also punished with extreme, that is, with everlasting punishment of body and soul.

a There’s a Wideness In God’s Mercy In Babilone https://youtu.be/zihZdIGQX8k

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Veni emmanuel https://youtu.be/MyLWOz9k1AY

b O Lord my God, in Thee do I Evan https://youtu.be/pxSz8WZGRVg

Thou Hidden Love of God New 113^th https://youtu.be/Fp9XUp3aouc

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty Nicaea https://youtu.be/cGg7MGYt8GQ

O Jehovah, Hear my Words Rehoboth https://youtu.be/R5sN1whet3s

Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven Lauda anima https://youtu.be/L9X400-8h_A

(a) Exodus 34:6-7 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”

Exodus 20:6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

(b) Psalm 7:9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure—you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.

Exodus 20:5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me

Exodus 23:7 Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Exodus 34:7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.

Psalm 5:5-6 The arrogant cannot stand in your presence. You hate all who do wrong; 6 you destroy those who tell lies. The bloodthirsty and deceitful you, Lord, detest.

Nahum 1:2-3 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his foes and vents his wrath against his enemies. 3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.

The Second Part – Of Man’s Deliverance

5. Lord’s Day

Question 12

Since then, by the righteous judgment of God, we deserve temporal and eternal punishment, is there no way by which we may escape that punishment, and be again received into favor?

Answer

God will have his justice satisfied: (a) and therefore we must make this full satisfaction, either by ourselves, or by another. (b)

a A Charge to Keep I Have St Thomas https://youtu.be/7QJc29zXcmg

How Firm a Foundation Adeste Fideles https://youtu.be/iJeOYsyh3Tc

The Gospel of Thy Grace The Gospel of Thy Grace https://youtu.be/yLUg4Z7lpBo

O Jesus, I Have Promised Day of Rest https://youtu.be/QKastxqgPnI

b Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Beecher https://youtu.be/r2AVh40fSV4

(a) Genesis 2:17 “but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

Exodus 20:5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me

Exodus 23:7 Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Ezekiel 18:4 or everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.

Matthew 5:26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

2 Thessalonians 1:6 God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you

Luke 16:2 So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’

(b) Romans 8:3-4 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

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Question 13

Can we ourselves then make this satisfaction?

Answer

By no means; but on the contrary we daily increase our debt. (a)

a Lord, from the Depths to Thee I Cried Song 67 https://youtu.be/4of2yXZbvdY

Our Father Dear, Who Art in Heaven Wavertree https://youtu.be/p3C5NTqX2QQ

Shall the Vile Race of Flesh and Blood Windham – alt2 https://youtu.be/eAtR-Nl34rU

Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed Camp Meeting https://youtu.be/AT1XkfvtVAA

Jesus Calls Us; o’er the Tumult Halton Holgate https://youtu.be/zvoVTgQnbnE

(a) Job 9:2-3 “Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God? 3 Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.

Job 15:15-16 If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes, 16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water!

Job 4:18-19 If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error, 19 how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!

Psalm 130:3 If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Matthew 18:25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

Matthew 16:26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

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Question 14

Can there be found anywhere, one, who is a mere creature, able to satisfy for us?

Answer

None; for, first, God will not punish any other creature for the sin which man has committed; (a) and further, no mere creature can sustain the burden of God’s eternal wrath against sin, so as to deliver others from it. (b)

a Joy to the World Antioch https://youtu.be/CuBOR–0a_o

O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High Coutances https://youtu.be/be3HMRh-1ig

b I’ll Praise my Maker While I’ve Breath Monmouth https://youtu.be/LjHLCwK6Nk8

Out of the Deep I Call Boylston https://youtu.be/SvyO8Dw16Ts

(a) Ezekiel 18:4 For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.

Genesis 3:17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.”

Hebrews 2:14-17 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. 17 For this reason he had to be made like them,[a] fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

(b) Nahum 1:6 Who can withstand his indignation? Who can endure his fierce anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; the rocks are shattered before him.

Psalm 130:3 If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

Question 15

What sort of a mediator and deliverer then must we seek for?

Answer

For one who is very man, and perfectly (a) righteous; (b) and yet more powerful than all creatures; that is, one who is also very God. (c)

a The Strife is O’er, the Battle Done Palstrina https://youtu.be/I7UFqg-EvS0

The God of Abraham Praise Yigal https://youtu.be/IDzjmW25HTg

O Perfect Life of Love Aber https://youtu.be/JetLdVHGT9k

In Christ There is No East or West Bourne https://youtu.be/apF7NpipgOY

b And Now, O Father, Mindful of the Love Unde Et Memores https://youtu.be/t1GwkkONURg

c O little Town of Bethlehem St Louis https://youtu.be/q04K1k9buXA

Wondrous King, All Glorious Arnsberg https://youtu.be/C-oO6ybsVQc

Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness Germany https://youtu.be/hbS9WR6iK4E

Soldiers of Christ, Arise Soldiers of Christ https://youtu.be/ZwsEXJzO1tM

(a) 1 Corinthians 15:21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

Jeremiah 33:16 In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it will be called: The Lord Our Righteous Savior.’

Isaiah 53:9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.

2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

(b) Hebrews 7:16, 26 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. 26 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

(c) Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Romans 9:5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.

Jeremiah 23:5-6 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteous Savior.

Luke 11:22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.

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6. Lord’s day

Question 16

Why must he be very man, and also perfectly righteous?

Answer

Because the justice of God requires that the same human nature which has sinned, should likewise make satisfaction for sin; (a) and one, who is himself a sinner, cannot satisfy for others. (b)

a Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun Park Street https://youtu.be/2BiPzQkMAyg

Welcome, Happy Morning St Alban https://youtu.be/wGnkMMHr8uI

Good Christian Men, Rejoice in dulci jubilo https://youtu.be/pRfIkGBd7ew

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded Passion Chorale https://youtu.be/EOFyq_YfLhs

Man of Sorrow What a Name Hallelujah! What a Savior https://youtu.be/hm_CwCvs4Ho

b Father of Heaven, Whose Love Profound Angelus https://youtu.be/lG4YUqA-Bn0

The King of Love My Shepherd Is Dominum regit me https://youtu.be/TxLq10lAbKk

There Is a Green Hill Far Away Meditation https://youtu.be/h9vO7yvEVPc

(a) Ezekiel 18:4, 20 For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die. 20 The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.

Romans 5:12, 15, 18 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— 15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people.

1 Corinthians 15:21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

Hebrews 2:14-16 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants.

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.

Isaiah 53:3-5, 10-11 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. 4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.

(b) Hebrews 7:26-27 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.

Psalm 49:7-8 No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them—8 the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.

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Question 17

Why must he in one person be also very God?

Answer

That he might, by the power of his Godhead (a) sustain in his human nature, (b) the burden of God’s wrath; (c) and might obtain for, and restore to us, righteousness and life. (d)

a Hark, The Herald Angels Sing Mendelssohn https://youtu.be/muTlTreWizA

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory Battle Hymn of the Republic https://youtu.be/i7RzDrbisxU

b I Lay My Sins on Jesus Miriam https://youtu.be/iKja_qFiQsQ

c O Worship the King all Glorious Above Lyons https://youtu.be/j6GgAVlZgak

From Deep Distress and Troubled Thoughts Gratitude https://youtu.be/I3IyxNQdq_8

d Look, Ye Saints, the Sight is Glorious Coronae https://youtu.be/UYn_QNABEl4

Christ the Lord is Risen Today Easter Hymn https://youtu.be/-aVbNZ3j98Q

Most Glorious Lord of Life, That on This Day Farley Castle-alt https://youtu.be/wKbkAsDSmAs

Come, Happy Souls, Approach Your God Heber https://youtu.be/qY2wDw2yryk

Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling In Babilone https://youtu.be/U3Ce0CoiFvc

Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts Baca https://youtu.be/OzOae9dtaOw

(a) Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 63:3 “I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me. I trampled them in my anger and trod them down in my wrath; their blood spattered my garments, and I stained all my clothing.”

(b) Isaiah 53:4, 11 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.

(c) Deuteronomy 4:24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Nahum 1:6 Who can withstand his indignation? Who can endure his fierce anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; the rocks are shattered before him.

Psalm 130:3 If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

(d) Isaiah 53:5, 11 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.

Acts 2:24 But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Acts 20:28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

John 1:4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

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Question 18

Who then is that Mediator, who is in one person both very God, (a) and a real (b) righteous man? (c)

Answer

Our Lord Jesus Christ: (d) “who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.” (e)

a Father, We Thank Thee Who has Planted Rendez a Dieu https://youtu.be/gS09t8g5O0g

Rejoice, the Lord is King Arthur’s Seat https://youtu.be/3Xzn5J67HfA

Free From the Law Once for All https://youtu.be/F0mKar7YboM

One Day When Heaven was Filled One Day https://youtu.be/ZmGYo4VLrAs

The Race That Long in Darkness Pined Covenanters https://youtu.be/sgNhp049xwI

Hail to the Lord’s Anointed Aurelia https://youtu.be/3keavEXHDyI

On Jordan’s Banks The Baptist’s Cry Puer Nobis https://youtu.be/trM-TualL7Q

b Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above Salve Regina Coelitum https://youtu.be/WqTJQUPpNsU

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night Christmas https://youtu.be/6xXB9RlMd3k

God of the Prophets, Bless the Prophets’ Sons Old 124^th https://youtu.be/Y8pJUnHQ9WU

When Morning Gilds the Sky Laudes Domini https://youtu.be/wtI9WMD0Az4

Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne Margaret https://youtu.be/2Pfhdlm9qJs

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name Coronation – TWH https://youtu.be/z2pxmVKdP_8

With Joy we Meditate the Grace Tappan https://youtu.be/5YB2692js4U

c A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth An Wasserflussen Babylon https://youtu.be/pl-8VjeSnSQ

Behold, a Branch is Growing Es Ist Ein Ros https://youtu.be/TPpuXNDx50Y

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Es ist ein rose https://youtu.be/4ANNRO2LjJQ

Where High the Heavenly Temple Stands Hebron https://youtu.be/oTV2ZL1s_Tk

He Lives, The Great Redeemer Lives Bernotski https://youtu.be/rOMJ5mtrsTs

My Faith Looks Up to Thee Olivet https://youtu.be/8O0qQMOZGHE

My Dear Redeemer and My Lord Federal Street https://youtu.be/v7rTuL-zfHE

Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended Ecce Jam Noctis https://youtu.be/x2MFAHkKOg4

d My Hope is Built on Nothing Less Confidence https://youtu.be/aHf-EbBPn7E

The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns St Magnus https://youtu.be/QlNpl6sukFU

Praise We the Lord This Day St George https://youtu.be/YN8aOV3xGOM

And Can it Be That I Should Gain Das Neugeborne Kindelein https://youtu.be/4ds9X516nKY

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen God rest you merry https://youtu.be/ig–7t0ELO0

e How Heavy is the Night Olmutz https://youtu.be/zhnsXHM-g04

(a) 1 John 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Romans 9:5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.

Romans 8:3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh…

Galatians 4:4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law…

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteous Savior.

Malachi 3:1 “I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty.

(b) Luke 1:42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!

Luke 2:6-7 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

Romans 1:3 regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David…

Romans 9:5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.

Philippians 2:7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

Hebrews 2:14, 16-17 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. 17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.

(c) Isaiah 53:9, 11 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. 11After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities

Jeremiah 23:5 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.

Luke 1:35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.”

John 8:46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?

Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.

Hebrews 7:26 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

1 Peter 1:19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

1 Peter 2:22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.

(d) 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus…

Hebrews 2:9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

Matthew 1:23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

1 Timothy 3:16 Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

Luke 2:11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.

(e) 1 Corinthians 1:30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

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Question 19

Whence knowest thou this?

Answer

From the holy gospel, which God himself first revealed in Paradise; (a) and afterwards published by the patriarchs (b) and prophets, (c) and represented by the sacrifices and other ceremonies of the law; (d) and lastly, has fulfilled it by his only begotten Son. (e)

a Praise the Savior Now and Ever Upp, min Tunga https://youtu.be/hFIbZmMv3c4

b Tis by the Faith Of Joys to Come Duke Street https://youtu.be/cW2LO_1nNno

c O Sacred Head, Now Wounded Herzlich tut mich https://youtu.be/XBCbsxD2RP0

Jesus, Lover of My Soul Aberystwyth https://youtu.be/979JrZs1log

O God of Love, O King of Peace Hesperus https://youtu.be/BSkZGaVZuGo

Hark! The Glad Sounds, the Savior Comes Chesterfield https://youtu.be/cs6MMorJSz0

Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness Melcombe – alt https://youtu.be/eOoj-LxfhRQ

O for a Heart to Praise My God Azmon TWH https://youtu.be/EJ2gv7ykDo4

God, Who Touchest Earth with Beauty Bullinger https://youtu.be/z_Q8uoTGadg

Great God of Wonders! All Thy Ways Pater Omnium https://youtu.be/h-gKDxdWuxA

Sometimes I Feel Discouraged Balm in Gilead https://youtu.be/pgESjHtQKRs

At the Name of Jesus St Cephas https://youtu.be/mQJaC1GPQrg

In Christ There is No East or West Gould https://youtu.be/c89K_SDtZEY

Immortal, Invisible, God only Wise St Denio https://youtu.be/dkoAfLpBBfU

d Oh, for a Faith That Will Not Shrink St Peter https://youtu.be/ryts48WUfAw

e Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness Winchester New https://youtu.be/UXR1qW51d0c

Hark, the Herald Angels Sing Herald Angels https://youtu.be/IohEkcM-AFQ

Blest Be the Dear Uniting Love Coventry alt https://youtu.be/Mq-pGY-nEbg

Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face Langran https://youtu.be/sj0XLg-fq8I

(a) Genesis 3:15 “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

(b) Genesis 22:18 “and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”

Genesis 12:3 “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

Genesis 49:10-11 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his. 11 He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

(c) Isaiah 53 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. 9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Isaiah 42:1-4 “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. 2 He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. 3 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; 4 he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his teaching the islands will put their hope.”

Isaiah 43:25 “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.”

Isaiah 49:5-6, 22-23 And now the Lord says—he who formed me in the womb to be his servant to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord and my God has been my strength—6 he says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”22 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I will beckon to the nations, I will lift up my banner to the peoples; they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their hips. 23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.”

Jeremiah 23:5-6 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteous Savior.

Jeremiah 31:32-33 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. 33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

Jeremiah 32:39-41 I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. 40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. 41 I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul.

Micah 7:18-20 Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. 19 You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. 20 You will be faithful to Jacob, and show love to Abraham, as you pledged on oath to our ancestors in days long ago.

Acts 10:43 “All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

Romans 1:2 …the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures

Hebrews 1:1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways…

Acts 3:22-24 For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you. 23 Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.’ 24 “Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets who have spoken have foretold these days.”

Acts 10:43 All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.

John 5:46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.

(d) Hebrews 10:1 The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

Colossians 2:7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

John 5:46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.

(e) Romans 10:4 Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

Galatians 4:4-5 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.

Galatians 3:24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.

Colossians 2:17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

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7. Lord’s Day

Question 20

Are all men then, as they perished in Adam, saved by Christ?

Answer

No; (a)only those who are ingrafted into him, and, receive all his benefits, by a true faith. (b)

a As With Gladness Men of Old Bernotski https://youtu.be/bOqaCUz74N4

Come, Sinners to the Gospel Feast Duke Street https://youtu.be/mNYRNK7FwRc

b Proclaim, Said Christ, My Wondrous Grace Martyrdom https://youtu.be/JCRjj4aQ-us

Come, Happy Souls, Approach Your God Marlow https://youtu.be/mkPY2sxg75E

Look, Ye Saints, the Sight is Glorious Cwm Rhondda https://youtu.be/4-4X7ZLg8C8

Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim Hanover https://youtu.be/AqdGw7qTSlU

Daughter of Zion, From the Dust Clifford https://youtu.be/NofNbph60H8

Vain are the Hopes the Sons of Men Naomi https://youtu.be/EoQQ6VnsTe8

My Soul in Sad Exile The Haven of Rest https://youtu.be/Np5PtOwWrfU

My Song is Love Unknown Rhosymedre https://youtu.be/EVVsSsKit0E

I Send the Joys of Earth Away Grostette https://youtu.be/LtVTsx8uJQk

Come, My Soul, Thy Suit Prepare Hendon https://youtu.be/gvVrqBrhbBk

(a) Matthew 7:14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Matthew 22:14 For many are invited, but few are chosen.

(b) Mark 16:16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

John 1:12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

John 3:16, 18, 36 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

Isaiah 53:11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.

Psalm 2:12 Kiss his son, or he will be angry and your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Romans 11:17, 19-20 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, 19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” 20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble.

Romans 3:22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile…

Hebrews 4:2-3 For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed. 3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.

Hebrews 5:9 and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him

Hebrews 10:39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

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