Heidelberg Catechism, Question 36
Question 36
What profit dost thou receive by Christ’s holy conception and nativity?
That he is our Mediator (1 Tim. 2;5); and with his innocence and perfect holiness covers, in the sight of God, my sins (Rev. 1;5); wherein I was conceived and brought forth (Ps. 51;5).
Scripture references for paragraph 1
Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.
1 Timothy 2:55For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Hebrews 12:2424to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Hebrews 8:66Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
Hebrews 9:1515Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Revelation 1:55and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
Hebrews 7:2626Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Psalms 51:55Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
John 3:66Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
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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