The Heidelberg Catechism

Holding forth the Word of Life
— Philippians 2:16a (KJV)

Lord’s Day 2

Q3: From where do you know your sins and misery?

From the law of God.1

Scripture References (hover over or tap to see verses)

Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7-25

Q4: What does God’s law require of us?

Christ teaches us this in a summary in Matthew 22:

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.1 This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.2

Scripture References (hover over or tap to see verses)

Deuteronomy 6:5
Leviticus 19:18

Q5: Can you keep all this perfectly?

No,1 I am inclined by nature

to hate God and my neighbour.2

Scripture References (hover over or tap to see verses)

Romans 3:10, 23; 1 John 1:8, 10
Genesis 6:5; Genesis 8:21; Jeremiah 17:9; Romans 7:23; Romans 8:7; Ephesians 2:3; Titus 3:3

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