April 2015

LORD’S DAY 18 49. What benefit do we receive from Christ’s ascension into heaven? First, that He is our Advocate in the presence of His Father in heaven.1 Second, that we have our flesh in heaven as a sure pledge, that He as the Head, will also take us, His members, up to Himself.2 Third, that He sends us His Spirit as an earnest,3 by whose power we seek those things which are above, where Christ sits at the right hand of God, and not things on the earth.4 [1] 1 Jn. 2:1; Rom. 8:34. [2] Jn. 14:2; 20:17; Eph. 2:6. [3] Jn. 14:16; ActsRead More →

LORD’S DAY 17 45. What benefit do we receive from the “resurrection” of Christ? First, by His resurrection He has overcome death, that He might make us partakers of the righteousness which He has obtained for us by His death.1 Second, by His power we are also now raised up to a new life.2 Third, the resurrection of Christ is to us a sure pledge of our blessed resurrection.3 [1] 1 Cor. 15:15,17, 54–55. Rom. 4:25; 1 Pet. 1:3–4, 21. [2] Rom. 6:4; Col. 3:1–4; Eph. 2:5. [3] 1 Cor. 15:12; Rom. 8:11; *1 Cor. 15:20–21. 46. What do you understand by the words “HeRead More →

LORD’S DAY 16 40. Why was it necessary for Christ to suffer “death”? Because the justice and truth1 of God required that satisfaction for our sins could be made in no other way than by the death of the Son of God.2 [1] Gen. 2:17. [2] Heb. 2:9; *Rom. 6:23. 41. Why was He “buried”? To show thereby that He was really dead.1 [1] Matt. 27:59–60; Jn. 19:38–42; Acts 13:29. 42. Since, then, Christ died for us, why must we also die? Our death is not a satisfaction for our sin, but only a dying to sin and an entering into eternal life.1 [1] Jn.Read More →

LORD’S DAY 15 37.  What do you understand by the word “suffered”? That all the time He lived on earth, but especially at the end of His life, He bore, in body and soul, the wrath of God against the sin of the whole human race;1 in order that by His suffering, as the only atoning sacrifice,2 He might redeem our body and soul from everlasting damnation, and obtain for us the grace of God, righteousness, and eternal life. [1] 1 Pet. 2:24; Isa. 53:12. [2] 1 Jn. 2:2; 4:10; Rom. 3:25–26; *Ps. 22:14–16; *Matt. 26:38; *Rom. 5:6. 38.  Why did He suffer “under PontiusRead More →

LORD’S DAY 14 35.  What is the meaning of “conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary?” That the eternal Son of God, who is1 and continues true and eternal God,2 took upon Himself the very nature of man, of the flesh and blood of the virgin Mary,3 by the operation of the Holy Spirit;4 so that He might also be the true seed of David,5 like unto His brethren in all things,6 except for sin.7 [1] Jn. 1:1; Rom. 1:3–4. [2] Rom. 9:5. [3] Gal. 4:4; Jn. 1:14. [4] Matt. 1:18–20; Lk. 1:35. [5] Ps. 132:11. [6] Phil. 2:7. [7] Heb. 4:15;Read More →