Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 11

Q: 29. Why is the Son of God called "Jesus", that is a Savior?
A: Because he saves us, and delivers us from our sins; and likewise, because we ought not to seek, neither can find salvation in any other.

Q: 30. Do such then believe in Jesus the only Savior, who seek their salvation and welfare of saints, of themselves, or anywhere else?
A: They do not; for though they boast of him in words, yet in deeds they deny Jesus the only deliverer and Savior; for one of these two things must be true, that either Jesus is not a complete Savior; or that they, who by a true faith receive this Savior, must find all things in him necessary to their salvation.

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Let the saints be joyful in glory, let them sing aloud on their beds, let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two edged sword in their hand, to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples; to bind the kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron. Psalm 149:5-8