LORD’S DAY 17 45. What benefit do we receive from the resurrection of Christ? First, by His resurrection He has overcome death, that He might make us partakers of the righteousness which He has obtained for us by His death. Second, by His power we are also now raised up to a new life. Third, […]

LORD’S DAY 16 40. Why was it necessary for Christ to suffer “death”? Because the justice and truth of God required that satisfaction for our sins could be made in no other way than by the death of the Son of God. 41. Why was He “buried”? To show thereby that He was really dead.

LORD’S DAY 15 37. What do you understand by the word “suffered”? That all the time He lived on earth, but especially at the end of His life, He bore, in body and soul, the wrath of God against the sin of the whole human race; in order that by His suffering, as the only

LORD’S DAY 14 35. What is the meaning of “conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary”? That the eternal Son of God, who is and continues true and eternal God, took upon Himself the very nature of man, of the flesh and blood of the virgin Mary, by the operation of the

LORD’S DAY 13 33. Why is Christ called God’s “only begotten Son,” since we also are the children of God? Because Christ alone is the eternal and natural Son of God; but we are children adopted of God, by grace, for His sake. 34. Why do you call Him “our Lord”? Because He has redeemed