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Heidelberg Catechism, Question 10

Question 10

Will God suffer such disobedience and rebellion to go unpunished?

By no means, but is terribly displeased with our original (Eph. 2;3), as well as actual sins (Ps. 7;11); and will punish them in his just judgment temporally (Gen. 19;24), and eternally (Heb. 9;27); as he hath declared, “Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them” (Gal. 3;10).

Scripture references for paragraph 1

Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.

Ephesians 2:3

3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

Romans 5:12

12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

Psalms 51:5-7

5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Psalms 7:11

11God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.

Psalms 5:5

5The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

Romans 1:18

18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Genesis 19:24

24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

Genesis 6:12-17

12And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

13Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

15And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

16You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

Psalms 55:23

23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Deuteronomy 28:15

15If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Hebrews 9:27

27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

Luke 16:23

23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

John 3:36

36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

Isaiah 66:24

24“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”

Revelation 14:11

11And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

Matthew 25:41

41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 25:46

46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Galatians 3:10

10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Source and edition

Heidelberg Catechism. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879

Public Domain (historic text); CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikisource transcription). Source transcription.

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