LORD’S DAY 30 80. What difference is there between the Lord’s Supper and the popish Mass? The Lord’s Supper testifies to us, that we have full forgiveness of all our sins by the one sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which He Himself once accomplished on the cross; and that by the Holy Spirit we are ingrafted […]

LORD’S DAY 29 78. Do then the bread and the wine become the real body and blood of Christ? No, but as the water in baptism is not changed into the blood of Christ, nor becomes the washing away of sins itself, being only the divine token and assurance thereof; so also in the Lord’s

OF THE HOLY SUPPER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST LORD’S DAY 28 75. How is it signified and sealed to you in the Holy Supper that you partake of the one sacrifice of Christ on the cross and all His benefits? Thus: that Christ has commanded me and all believers to eat of this broken

LORD’S DAY 27 72. Is then the outward washing with water itself the washing away of sins? No, for only the blood of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit cleanse us from all sin. 73. Why then does the Holy Spirit call baptism the “washing of regeneration” and the “washing away of sins”? God speaks

OF HOLY BAPTISM LORD’S DAY 26 69. How is it signified and sealed to you in Holy Baptism, that you have part in the one sacrifice of Christ on the cross? Thus: that Christ instituted this outward washing with water and joined to it this promise: that I am washed with His blood and Spirit