The Heidelberg Catechism
Lord's Day 2
Q. 3 From where do you know your sins and misery?
From the law of God.[1]
- Rom. 3:20; 7:7-25
Q. 4 What does God's law require of us?
Christ teaches us this in a summary in Matthew 22: You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.[1] This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.[2]
- Deut. 6:5
- Lev. 19:18
Q. 5 Can you keep all this perfectly?
No,[1] I am inclined by nature to hate God and my neighbour.[2]
- Rom. 3:9-20, 23; 1 John 1:8, 10
- Gen. 6:5; Jer. 17:9; Rom. 7:23-24; 8:7; Eph. 2:1-3; Titus 3:3