Heidelberg Catechism, Question 45
Question 45
What does the resurrection of Christ profit us?
First: by his resurrection he hath overcome death (Rom. 6;9), that he might make us partakers of that righteousness which he had purchased for us by his death (Rom. 4;25). Secondly, we are also by his power raised up to a new life (Rom. 6;4). And lastly, the resurrection of Christ is a sure pledge of our blessed resurrection (1 Cor. 15;20).
Scripture references for paragraph 1
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Romans 6:99For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
Colossians 2:1515And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
1 Corinthians 15:54-5754When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
55“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
Hebrews 2:1414Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
Romans 4:2525He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
1 Corinthians 15:1717And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
1 Corinthians 15:1818Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
Titus 2:66In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
2 Corinthians 5:2121God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of 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.
Colossians 2:1313When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
1 Peter 1:33Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
2 Timothy 1:1010And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
1 Corinthians 15:2020But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1 Thessalonians 4:1414For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
Romans 8:1111And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
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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