Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 32 (Questions 86-87)
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Review structure of catechism. Question 2.
True Christian thankfulness, therefore, which is here taught, is an acknowledgement and profession of our gracious deliverance, through Christ, from sin and death, and a sincere desire to avoid sin, and every thing that might offend God, and to conform the life according to his will; to desire, expect, and receive all good things from God alone, by a true faith, and to render thanks for the benefits received.
Content of Part 3 (Gratitude/Thanksgiving)
True Conversion (LD 32-33)
Obedience (The Ten Commandments, LD 34-44)
Prayer (The Lord’s Prayer, LD 45-52)
Question 86. Since we have been delivered from our misery by grace alone through Christ, without any merit of our own, why must we yet do good works?
Question 86. Since we have been delivered from our misery by grace alone through Christ, without any merit of our own, why must we yet do good works?
Because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, also renews us by his Holy Spirit to be his image, so that with our whole life we may show ourselves thankful to God for his benefits, and he may be praised by us. Further, that we ourselves may be assured of our faith by its fruits, and that by our godly walk of life we may win our neighbours for Christ.
Tanong 86. Dahil tayo nga ay iniligtas na sa ating kapighatian sa tulong ng biyaya lamang sa pamamagitan ni Cristo, at hindi ayon sa anumang ginawa natin, bakit kinakailangan pa rin nating gumawa ng mga mabubuting gawa?
Tanong 86. Dahil tayo nga ay iniligtas na sa ating kapighatian sa tulong ng biyaya lamang sa pamamagitan ni Cristo, at hindi ayon sa anumang ginawa natin, bakit kinakailangan pa rin nating gumawa ng mga mabubuting gawa?
Sapagkat si Cristo, matapos Niya tayong tubusin sa pamamagitan ng Kanyang dugo ay binabago rin tayo sa pamamagitan ng Kanyang Banal na Espiritu upang maging kawangis Niya, nang sa gayon sa pamamagitan ng ating buong buhay ay maipakita natin na tayo nga ay nagpapasalamat sa Diyos para sa lahat ng Kanyang biyaya, at nang Siya ay purihin natin. Higit pa rito, na tayo mismo ay makatiyak sa ating pananampalataya sa pamamagitan ng mga bunga nito, at nang sa pamamagitan ng ating maka-Diyos na pamumuhay ay maakit natin ang ating kapwa kay Cristo.
Why must the redeemed still do good works?
Why must the redeemed still do good works?
1. Response to redemption
1. Response to redemption
Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
2. Renewing work of the Spirit
2. Renewing work of the Spirit
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
3. The glory of God
3. The glory of God
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
1 Cor 6:19-20
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
4. Assurance of faith
4. Assurance of faith
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
5. Witness to unbelievers
5. Witness to unbelievers
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct.
Question 87. Can those be saved who do not turn to God from their ungrateful and impenitent walk of life?
Question 87. Can those be saved who do not turn to God from their ungrateful and impenitent walk of life?
By no means. Scripture says that no unchaste person, idolater, adulterer, thief, greedy person, drunkard, slanderer, robber, or the like shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Tanong 87. Maliligtas ba yung mga taong hindi nagbabalik-loob sa Diyos mula sa kanilang pamumuhay na walang pagkilala sa Diyos at walang pagsisisi?
Tanong 87. Maliligtas ba yung mga taong hindi nagbabalik-loob sa Diyos mula sa kanilang pamumuhay na walang pagkilala sa Diyos at walang pagsisisi?
Hindi maari sa anumang paraan. Sinasabi ng Kasulatan na walang malaswang tao, sumasamba sa diyos-diyosan, mangangalunya, sakim, lasenggo, maninirang-puri, magnanakaw o sinumang gaya ng mga ito ang magmamana ng kaharian ng Diyos.
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.