I’m not sure now when we will start again through the Westminster Shorter Catechism. So for this week, we will use the Heidelberg Catechism again.

Q.2. What must you know to live and die in the joy of this comfort?

A. Three things:

  first, how great my sin and misery are;

  second, how I am set free from all my sins and misery;

  third, how I am to thank God for such deliverance.

Heidelberg question two is the outline for the rest of the catechism. We need to know about sin and our need for a Saviour before we can be saved. It then explains what God has done for us in the person and work of Jesus Christ, and then it expains the law, and how we can please God by our obedience.