Heidelberg Catechism, Question 43
Question 43
What further benefit do we receive from the sacrifice and death of Christ on the cross?
That by virtue thereof our old man is crucified (Rom. 6;6), dead (Rom. 6;8), and buried with him (Rom. 6;4); that so the corrupt inclinations of the flesh may no more reign in us (Rom. 6;14); but that we may offer ourselves unto him a sacrifice of thanksgiving (Rom. 6;13),
Scripture references for paragraph 1
Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.
Romans 6:66We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Galatians 5:2424Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Romans 6:88Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
Romans 6:1111So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:33For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
Romans 6:44We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
Colossians 2:1212And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Romans 6:1414For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
1 Thessalonians 5:55For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
Romans 6:1313Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
Romans 12:11Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Psalms 51:1717The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
2 Corinthians 5:1515And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
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Heidelberg Catechism. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879
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