2. How many things are necessary for you to know, that in this comfort you may live and die blessedly?
Three things:1 the first, how great my sin and misery is;2 the second, how I am redeemed from all my sins and misery;3 the third, how I am to be thankful to God for such redemption.4
1 Luke 24:46,47. 1 Cor 6:11. Titus 3:3-7.
2 John 9:41. John 15:22.
3 John 17:3.
4 Eph 5:8-11. 1 Pet 2:9-12. Rom 6:11-14.
* Rom 7:24, 25.
* Gal 3:13.
* Col 3:17.
Heidelberg Catechism (1563)
R. Scott Clark
R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He is professor emeritus of church history and historical theology at Westminster Seminary California, where he taught for 29 years. He also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007 and the Heidelcast since 2009.
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