Our Lord (HC 34)
/To call Jesus “our Lord” is to confess he is the God of Israel who saves his people from sin and bondage.
Sons, Begotten and Adopted (HC 33)
/As adopted sons, we are granted all that Jesus has earned as an obedient son, as a gift, by grace.
The Messiah, Our Prophet (HC 31)
/When we say that Jesus is the Christ—we are confessing that he has been called to an office and part of that is to reveal God to us in word and indeed as our great Prophet.
The Comfort of Providence (HC 27-28)
/Being God’s children means trusting him in all things, knowing that nothing can happen to us that he does not determine is for our good.
Our Father (HC 26)
/To call God our Father is to confess that we belong to him as children a Father, that we are his heirs and that he loving cares for and provides for us.
The Trinity (HC 24-25)
/The one true God of the Bible exists in three persons—the Father who decrees salvation, the Son who accomplishes salvation, and the Spirit who applies that salvation to the elect.
The Substance of True Faith (HC 22-23)
/The articles of the Christian faith, without which you no longer have a Christian faith, are summarized in the Apostles' Creed.
What Is True Faith (HC 21)
/True saving faith means accepting God’s word as not just true, but true for you so that it affects your life.
Are All Saved? (HC 20)
/Only those who are no longer in Adam, but are now in Christ by faith will be saved on the Last Day.
The Mediator (HC 18-19)
/The scriptures reveal that Jesus Christ is the long-awaited Redeemer who is both God and man and redeems his people from their sin.
Why the God-man? (HC 15-17)
/The substitute must be a man so that he can die and that in the place of sinful men and he must be God so that he can bear the crushing fullness of his own wrath.
Unsuitable Substitutes (HC 13-14)
/No mere animal or sinful man can be offered as substitute for the debt we owe to God for our sins.
Satisfying Justice (HC 12)
/God’s justice is a good thing and it requires that every sin be punished, but this can be done by a substitute.
The Problem of Justice (HC 11)
/God is merciful, but he is more—his mercy does not negate his justice, but must sweetly comply with it.
The Justice of God (HC 10)
/God’s just character requires that he punish sin—both in this life and in the next.
The Justness of God (HC 9)
/Because man is responsible for his own slavery to sin, God is still just to require perfect obedience from him.
The Impartation of Sin (HC 8)
/Each of us inherits a corrupted nature from Adam that affects each of the aspects of the image of God.
The Imputation of Sin (HC 7)
/Because Adam was acting on behalf of all mankind, we are all responsible for the consequences of his sin.