Heidelberg Catechism, Question 13
Question 13
Can we ourselves then make this satisfaction?
By no means (Job 9;2, 3); but on the contrary we daily increase our debt (Matt. 6;12).
Scripture references for paragraph 1
Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.
Job 9:22“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
Job 9:33If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
Matthew 16:2626What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Psalms 130:33If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Matthew 6:1212And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Genesis 6:55Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
Psalms 19:1212Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
Romans 2:55But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
Source and edition
Heidelberg Catechism. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879
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