Question 2

How many things are necessary for thee to know, that thou, enjoying this comfort, mayest live and die happy?

Three: First , how great my sins and miseries are (Rom. 7;24); Second , how I may be delivered from all my sins and miseries (Matt. 11;28); Third , how I shall express my gratitude to God for such deliverance (Ps. 116;12).

Scripture references for paragraph 1

Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.

Romans 7:24
24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

Romans 3:23
23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 6:23
23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Matthew 11:28
28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

John 3:16
16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 1:12
12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

Psalms 116:12
12How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?

2 Corinthians 9:15
15Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

Psalms 50:15
15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

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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