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#BC21 Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell? The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam’s first sin, the want of original righteousness, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called origin...
#WSC21 Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect? The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ who, being the eternal Son of God, became man and so was, and continueth to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person, forever.
#WLC21 Did man continue in that estate wherein God at first created him? Our first parents being left to the freedom of their own will, through the temptation of Satan, transgressed the commandment of God in eating the forbidden fruit; and thereby fell from the estate of i...
#HC21 What is true faith? True faith is a sure knowledge whereby I accept as true all that God has revealed to us in His Word. At the same time it is a firm confidence that not only to others, but also to me, God has granted f...
#AOC21 What is Faith? It is not only a knowledg, whereby I surely assent to all things which God hath revealed unto us in his Word, but also an hassured trust kindled in my heart by the Holy Ghost, through the Gospel, wher...
#GC21 Now repeat the first part? "I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth."
#BC22 What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell? All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever.
#WSC22 How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man? Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body and a reasonable soul being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the virgin Mary, and born of her yet without s...
#WLC22 Did all mankind fall in that first transgression? The covenant being made with Adam as a public person, not for himself only, but for his posterity, all mankind descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in that firs...
#HC22 What, then, must a Christian believe? All that is promised us in the Gospel, which the articles of our catholic and undoubted Christian faith teach us in a summary.
#AOC22 What are those things which are necessary for a Christian man to believe? All things which are promised us in the Gospel: the sum whereof is briefly comprised in the Articles of the Catholick and undoubted Faith of all true Christians, commonly called the Creed. I believe i...
#GC22 Why do you call Him Father? It is with reference to Christ who is His eternal Word, begotten of Him before time, and being sent into this world was demonstrated and declared to be His Son. But since God is the Father of Jesus Ch...
#BC23 Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery? God having out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring the...
#WSC23 What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer? Christ, as our Redeemer, executeth the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation.
#WLC23 Into what estate did the fall bring mankind? The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.
#HC23 What are these articles? III.1.I believe in God the Father almighty, III.1. Creator of heaven and earth. III.2.I believe in Jesus Christ, III.2.His only begotten Son, our Lord; III.3.He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, III.3...
#AOC23 Into how many parts is this Creed divided? Into three: the first of the eternal Father, and our Creation: the second of the Son and our Redemption: the third of the Holy Ghost, and our Sanctification.
#GC23 In what sense do you mean that He is Almighty? That does not mean that He has a power which He does not exercise, but that He disposes all things by His Providence, governs the world by His will, ruling all as it seems good to Him.
#BC24 Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect? The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ; who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was and continueth to be God and man in two distinct natures, and one person for ever.
#WSC24 How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet? Christ executeth the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by his Word and Spirit the will of God for our salvation.
#WLC24 What is sin? Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, any law of God, given as a rule to the reasonable creature.
#HC24 How are these articles divided? Into three parts: the first is about God the Father and our creation; the second about God the Son and our redemption; the third about God the Holy Spirit and our sanctification.
#AOC24 Seing there is but one only substance of God, why namest thou those three, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost? Because God hath so manifested himself in his Word, that these three distinct Persons are that one true everlasting God.
#GC24 You mean that the power of God is not idle, but consider rather that His hand is always engaged in working, so that nothing is done except through Him, with His permission and His decree? It is so.
#BC25 How did Christ, being the Son of God become man? Christ the Son of God became man by taking to himself a true body, and a reasonable soul; being conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and born of her, yet without s...
#WSC25 How doth Christ execute the office of a priest? Christ executeth the office of a priest, in his once offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice and reconcile us to God and in making continual intercession for us.
#WLC25 Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell? The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consisteth in the guilt of Adam’s first sin, the want of that righteousness wherein he was created, and the corruption of his nature, whereby he is ut...
#HC25 Since there is only one God, why do you speak of three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? Because God has so revealed Himself in His Word[2] that these three distinct persons are the one, true, eternal God.
#AOC25 What believest thou when thou sayest, I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and Earth? I believe the everlasting Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, who made of nothing Heaven and Earth, with all that are in them; who likewise upholdeth and governeth the same by his eternal Counsel and Pro...
#GC25 Why do you add that He is Creator of heaven and earth? Because He has manifested Himself to us by works [Ps 104; Rom 1:20] we ought to seek Him in them. Our mind cannot comprehend His essence. But the world is for us like a mirror in which we may contempl...

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