Heidelberg Catechism, Question 20
Question 20
Are all men, then, as they perished in Adam, saved by Christ?
No (Matt. 7;13, 14); only those who are ingrafted into him, and receive all his benefits by a true faith (John 3;16).
Scripture references for paragraph 1
Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.
Matthew 7:1313Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Matthew 7:1414But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Matthew 7:2121Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
John 3:3636Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
John 3:1616For 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.
2 Corinthians 5:1717Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
John 3:1818Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
John 1:1212But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
Matthew 1:2121She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
1 Corinthians 1:3030It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
Romans 11:2020That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
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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