Heidelberg Catechism Text, Proof Texts, and Appropriate Hymns Questions 61 – 80 (copy)

Question 61

Why sayest thou, that thou art righteous by faith only?

Answer

Not that I am acceptable to God, on account of the worthiness of my faith; but because only the satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ, is my righteousness before God; (a) and that I cannot receive and apply the same to myself any other way than by faith only. (b)

a Jesus Christ is Made to Me All I Need https://youtu.be/FpoEWEb7dJI

Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know Hendon https://youtu.be/VIncbagdovU

b Spirit of Faith, Come Down Bealoth https://youtu.be/j_w8mgd7sFI

(a) 1 Corinthians 1:30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

1 Corinthians 2:2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

(b) 1 John 5:10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.

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24. Lord’s Day

Question 62

But why cannot our good works be the whole, or part of our righteousness before God?

Answer

Because, that the righteousness, which can be approved of before the tribunal of God, must be absolutely perfect, (a) and in all respects conformable to the divine law; and also, that our best works in this life are all imperfect and defiled with sin. (b)

a The Law of God is Good And Wise Retreat – alt https://youtu.be/nO5YrW-pLeA

b See the Leaves Around Us Falling Stuttgart https://youtu.be/TEo6rec2iCM

(a) Galatians 3:10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Deuteronomy 27:26 “Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.”

(b) Isaiah 64:6 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

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Question 63

What! do not our good works merit, which yet God will reward in this and in a future life?

Answer

This reward is not of merit, but of grace. (a)

a Teach Me, My God and King Gerar https://youtu.be/z0n_fUOJaj0

(a) Luke 17:10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

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Question 64

But does not this doctrine make men careless and profane?

Answer

By no means: for it is impossible that those, who are implanted into Christ by a true faith, should not bring forth fruits of thankfulness. (a)

a Almighty God, Thy Word is Cast Dunfermline -alt https://youtu.be/SNCmifhMdRw

Sun of My Soul, Thou Savior Dear Evening Prayer https://youtu.be/72tMcY1onp0

(a) Matthew 7:18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

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Of The Sacraments

25. Lord’s Day

Question 65

Since then we are made partakers of Christ and all his benefits by faith only, whence does this faith proceed?

Answer

From the Holy Ghost, (a) who works faith in our hearts by the preaching of the gospel, and confirms it by the use of the sacraments. (b)

a Not What These Hands Have Done St Bride https://youtu.be/Nh2t7YaaulU

Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing Sicilian Mariners https://youtu.be/4tHIwADzfco

Dearest Jesus, We Are Here Liebster Jesu – Bach https://youtu.be/jyVCj88hfeg

Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus Geibel https://youtu.be/sQRYRCl0b7Y

b Far, Far Away, in Heathen Darkness Dwelling Go Ye Into All the World https://youtu.be/WciOBhjH0qw

Lord, Thy Word Abideth St Cyprian https://youtu.be/0r8_XWGgLUM

(a) Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

Ephesians 6:23 Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.”

Philippians 1:29 …For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him…

(b) Matthew 28:19-20 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

1 Peter 1:22-23 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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Question 66

What are the sacraments?

Answer

The sacraments are holy visible signs and seals, appointed of God for this end, that by the use thereof, he may the more fully declare and seal to us the promise of the gospel, viz., that he grants us freely the remission of sin, and life eternal, for the sake of that one sacrifice of Christ, accomplished on the cross. (a)

a Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme Manoah https://youtu.be/ULn2Uvf7Cns

Where High the Heavenly Temple Stands Brookfield https://youtu.be/vqTFd9PTn8g

Hail, Thou Bright and Sacred Morn Morning https://youtu.be/j1z2279mzgk

Lord, Speak to Me, That I May Speak Gratitude https://youtu.be/0drFTyOQHPo

O My Distrustful Heart Zella https://youtu.be/C2FyjQaHU6c

(a) Genesis 17:11 You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

Romans 4:11 And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

Deuteronomy 30:6 The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

Leviticus 6:25 “Say to Aaron and his sons: ‘These are the regulations for the sin offering: The sin offering is to be slaughtered before the Lord in the place the burnt offering is slaughtered; it is most holy.’

Hebrews 9:7-9, 24 But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. 8 The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. 9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence.

Ezekiel 20:12 Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the Lord made them holy.

Isaiah 6:6-7 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”

Isaiah 54:9 “To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again.”

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Question 67

Are both word and sacraments, then, ordained and appointed for this end, that they may direct our faith to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, as the only ground of our salvation? (a)

Answer

Yes, indeed: for the Holy Ghost teaches us in the gospel, and assures us by the sacraments, that the whole of our salvation depends upon that one sacrifice of Christ which he offered for us on the cross.

a Do we No Know That Solemn Word

Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness St Crispin https://youtu.be/sxJ_4HToBVM

(a) Romans 6:3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

Galatians 3:27 …for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

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Question 68

How many sacraments has Christ instituted in the new covenant, or testament?

Answer

Two: namely, holy baptism, and the holy supper.

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Of Holy Baptism

26. Lord’s Day

Question 69

How art thou admonished and assured by holy baptism, that the one sacrifice of Christ upon the cross is of real advantage to thee?

Answer

Thus: That Christ appointed this external washing with water, (a) adding thereto this promise, (b) that I am as certainly washed by his blood and Spirit from all the pollution of my soul, that is, from all my sins, (c) as I am washed externally with water, by which the filthiness of the body is commonly washed away.

a We Have Heard The Joyful Sound Salvation https://youtu.be/N9cs2dxIJG0

b Twas the Commission of Our Lord

See How Great a Flame Aspires Culford https://youtu.be/WxOC9tssJ18

He That Believes and is Baptized Es ist das Heil https://youtu.be/xx0J604UMME

Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove Arlington https://youtu.be/j9aj-cUdk24

Baptized into Thy Name Most Holy Der beste Freund https://youtu.be/ZB6nMCuLxLA

c O Lord, While We Confess the Worth St Bernard https://youtu.be/5QJZdmlMNvM

On Jordan’s Banks the Baptist’s Cry Winchester New https://youtu.be/4Ixc96i_Bc8

There’s a Voice in the Wilderness Crying Hereford – Heine https://youtu.be/sb_QJwDrxJY

(a) Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…

(b) Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

Matthew 3:11 “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

Mark 16:16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

John 1:33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

Romans 6:3-4 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

(c) 1 Peter 3:2 …and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ…

Mark 1:4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Luke 3:3 He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

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Question 70

What is it to be washed with the blood and Spirit of Christ?

Answer

It is to receive of God the remission of sins, freely, for the sake of Christ’s blood, which he shed for us by his sacrifice upon the cross; (a) and also to be renewed by the Holy Ghost, and sanctified to be members of Christ, that so we may more and more die unto sin, and lead holy and unblamable lives. (b)

a Jerusalem the Golden Jerusalem the Golden https://youtu.be/k9zaPQpDIGo

Glory Be to God the Father Worchester https://youtu.be/sifUvJaPfjc

Have You Been to Jesus Are You Washed in the Blood https://youtu.be/DEVr_64YKsg

There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood Cleansing Fountain https://youtu.be/lddCsGT2eN4

God of All Power, and Truth, and Grace Janes https://youtu.be/_Bo6dWe5CcE

b Lift high

Blessed Jesus, hereafter

What a wonderous change

Creator Spirit, By Whose Aid All Ehr und Lob https://youtu.be/50_Up9y60Qc

Jesus, Mighty King in Zion

This is the Day the Lord Has Made Downs https://youtu.be/03NhFfn2v3k

(a) Hebrews 12:24 …to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

1 Peter 1:2 …who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

Revelation 1:5 …and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood…

Revelation 7:14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”

Zechariah 13:1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.”

Ezekiel 36:25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.

(b) John 1:33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

John 3:5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit…”

1 Corinthians 6:11 And that is what some of you were. 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.

1 Corinthians 12:13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

Colossians 2:12 …having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

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Question 71

Where has Christ promised us, that he will as certainly wash us by his blood and Spirit, as we are washed with the water of baptism?

Answer

In the institution of baptism, which is thus expressed: “Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost”, And “he that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not, shall be damned.”, This promise is also repeated, where the scripture calls baptism “the washing of regenerations” and the washing away of sins.

a Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise Hendon https://youtu.be/IsHmHnS9mRw

A Hymn of Glory Let us Sing Bowen https://youtu.be/w3Q0_-y2Gxk

Today Thy Mercy Call Us Anthes https://youtu.be/otCJNropyIc

Thy Works, Not Mine, O Christ St John https://youtu.be/2e9Gb29YsZQ

a Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Mark 16:16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Acts 22:16 ‘And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’

Titus 3:5 …he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit…

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27. Lord’s Day

Question 72

Is then the external baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?

Answer

Not at all: (a) for the blood of Jesus Christ only, and the Holy Ghost cleanse us from all sin. (b)

a See How Great a Flame Aspires Culford https://youtu.be/WxOC9tssJ18

Christ the Lord is Risen Again Christus ist erstanden https://youtu.be/7Sul732bRMw

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Love Divine https://youtu.be/6TzbgkBdnL8

b Walk in the Light; So Shalt Thou Know Heidelberg – TWH https://youtu.be/AXEUQdQwzFY

More Love to Thee, O Christ Propior Deo https://youtu.be/C9-q-3tO6rc

(a) Matthew 3:11 “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

1 Peter 3:21 …and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God.[a] It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ…

Ephesians 5:26-27 …to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

(b) 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

1 Corinthians 6:11 And that is what some of you were. 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.

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Question 73

Why then does the Holy Ghost call baptism “the washing of regeneration,” and “the washing away of sins”?

Answer

God speaks thus not without great cause, to-wit, not only thereby to teach us, that as the filth of the body is purged away by water, so our sins are removed by the blood and Spirit of Jesus Christ; (a) but especially that by this divine pledge and sign he may assure us, that we are spiritually cleansed from our sins as really, as we are externally washed with water. (b)

a Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine! Assurance https://youtu.be/gCh7RP9hKCA

From All Thy Saints in Warfare Ewing https://youtu.be/ptmhnOHwchM

b With afflictions great and sore

Christ, From Whom All Blessings Flow Hendon https://youtu.be/kxEbt3SbdGw

(a) Revelation 1:5 …and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood…

Revelation 7:14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”

1 Corinthians 6:11 And that is what some of you were. 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.

(b) Mark 16:16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Galatians 3:27 …for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

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Question 74

Are infants also to be baptized?

Answer

Yes: for since they, as well as the adult, are included in the covenant and church of God; (a) and since redemption from sin (b) by the blood of Christ, and the Holy Ghost, the author of faith, is promised to them no less than to the adult; (c) they must therefore by baptism, as a sign of the covenant, be also admitted into the christian church; and be distinguished from the children of unbelievers (d) as was done in the old covenant or testament by circumcision, (e) instead of which baptism is instituted (f) in the new covenant.

a How Large the Promise, How Divine Lambert Street https://youtu.be/hUE1f4wjqUI

b See Israel’s Gentle Shepherd Stand Soho https://youtu.be/lgtw4z_NsYs

c the great forrunner of the morn

now let our mournful songs

Joys Are Flowing Like a River Blessed Quietness https://youtu.be/0zTG_7srJxw

d Come, Blessed Spirit Grace Church https://youtu.be/W8nbxXppJJI

e Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme Manoah https://youtu.be/ULn2Uvf7Cns

f Bread of Heaven On Thee We Feed Bread of Heaven https://youtu.be/2ltEUyxk_4w

(a) Genesis 17:7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

(b) Matthew 19:14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

(c) Luke 1:15 …for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.

Psalm 22:10 From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

Isaiah 44:1-3 “But now listen, Jacob, my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen. 2 This is what the Lord says— he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.

Acts 2:39 “The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

(d) Acts 10:47 “Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.”

(e) Genesis 17:14 “Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

(f) Colossians 2:11-13 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,

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Of The Holy Supper Of Our Lord Jesus Christ

28 Lord’s Day

Question 75

How art thou admonished and assured in the Lord’s Supper, that thou art a partaker of that one sacrifice of Christ, accomplished on the cross, and of all his benefits?

Answer

Thus: That Christ has commanded me and all believers, to eat of this broken bread, and to drink of this cup, in remembrance of him, adding these promises: (a) first, that his body was offered and broken on the cross for me, and his blood shed for me, as certainly as I see with my eyes, the bread of the Lord broken for me, and the cup communicated to me; and further, that he feeds and nourishes my soul to everlasting life, with his crucified body and shed blood, as assuredly as I receive from the hands of the minister, and taste with my mouth the bread and cup of the Lord, as certain signs of the body and blood of Christ.

a Twas on That Night Rockingham Old https://youtu.be/_UAZzqNK620

According to Thy Gracious Word Dalehurst https://youtu.be/bYdVQh5ToSw

Bread of the World is Mercy Broken Sacrament https://youtu.be/iIFRlpq7n6c

Jesus Invites His Saints Dennis https://youtu.be/Nq67Rj_u2FU

Let Us Break Bread Together Communion Spiritual https://youtu.be/WO5SYsNC-Hw

Spirit of the Living God Fall Fresh on Me https://youtu.be/ifYPextv37s

(a) Matthew 26:26-28 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” 27 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 14:22-24 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.” 23 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 24 “This is my blood of the[a] covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them.

Luke 22:19-20 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.”

1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.

1 Corinthians 11:23-25 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

1 Corinthians 12:13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

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Question 76

What is it then to eat the crucified body, and drink the shed blood of Christ?

Answer

It is not only to embrace with believing heart all the sufferings and death of Christ and thereby to obtain the pardon of sin, and life eternal; (a) but also, besides that, to become more and more united to his sacred body, (b) by the Holy Ghost, who dwells both in Christ and in us; so that we, though Christ is in heaven (c) and we on earth, are notwithstanding “flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone” (d) and that we live, and are governed forever by one spirit, (e) as members of the same body are by one soul.

a Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Picardy https://youtu.be/2WbAxoSjUqA

b thee we adore, o hidden savior

c O’er the Gloomy Hills of Darkness Coronae https://youtu.be/nxVfz5FulMk

d Come Down, O Love Divine Down Ampney https://youtu.be/2v5wvJbvVQQ

O Love Divine and Golden Blairgowrie https://youtu.be/QogTBqhGSjI

Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts Abends https://youtu.be/nSOSUP0ro0s

Abide with Me: Fast Falls the Eventide Eventide https://youtu.be/gLg1iA6gnT0

Be Thou My Vision Slane https://youtu.be/SvIBlJD0exs

by you blessed word obeying

e Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele https://youtu.be/QNjnn0eZ9qw

lord in thy presence

Help Us Help Each Other, Lord Byzantium https://youtu.be/ummUax4Y6sc

(a) John 6:35, 40, 47-54 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.” 47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

52 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

(b) John 6:55-56 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.

(c) Colossians 3:1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Acts 3:21 Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.

1 Corinthians 11:26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

(d) Ephesians 3:16 …I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being…

Ephesians 5:29-30, 32 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body. 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.

1 Corinthians 6:15, 17, 19 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own…

1 John 3:24 The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

1 John 4:13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.

John 14:23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.”

(e) John 6:56-58 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”

John 15:1-6 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.

Ephesians 4:15-16 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

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Question 77

Where has Christ promised that he will as certainly feed and nourish believers with his body and bleed, as they eat of this broken bread, and drink of this cup?

Answer

In the institution of the supper, which is thus expressed: (a)“The Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and: said: eat, this is my body, which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying: this cup is the new testament in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For, as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till he come.”

This promise is repeated by the holy apostle Paul, where he says “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.”

a According to Thy Gracious Word Martyrdom https://youtu.be/TIdvsV5vbp8

Bread of the World, in Mercy Broken Rendez a Dieu https://youtu.be/ZfOhSocAtAE

Now, My Tongue, the Mystery Telling St Thomas https://youtu.be/u-OCgS5h1v4

Jesus is Gone Above the Skies Ward https://youtu.be/6_5UAAr4IcE

Jesus Invites His Saints State Street https://youtu.be/3CszP_M4ic0

(a) 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

Matthew 26:26-28 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”

27 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 14:22-24 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.”

23 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 24 “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them.

Luke 22:19-20 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.”

1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.

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29 Lord’s Day

Question 78

Do then the bread and wine become the very body and blood of Christ?

Answer

Not at all: (a) but as the water in baptism is not changed into the blood of Christ, neither is the washing away of sin itself, being only the sign and confirmation thereof appointed of God; (b) so the bread in the Lord’s supper is not changed into the very body of Christ; (c) though agreeably to the nature and properties of sacraments, (d) it is called the body of Christ Jesus.

a Let Us Break Bread Together Communion Spiritual https://youtu.be/WO5SYsNC-Hw

b Jesus, From Whom All Blessing Flow Long https://youtu.be/Aa6xnh7WyWs

Not What My Hands Have Done Leonminster https://youtu.be/WgfCm25lYTg

c For the Bread, Which Thou Hast Broken Agape https://youtu.be/Xqp_LVpnFg8

Come, Risen Lord, and Deign to be Our Guest Edsall https://youtu.be/Kpz2QbwDcOg

d Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme Manoah https://youtu.be/ULn2Uvf7Cns

The Day of Resurrection Salvatori – alt https://youtu.be/Ya7-sEmr82c

Christ the Lord is Risen Again Orientis Partibus https://youtu.be/cF7XdknMw78

Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me Toplady https://youtu.be/zPFhwh6uGVw

(a) Matthew 26:29 “I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

(b) Ephesians 5:26 …to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word…

Titus 3:5 …he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit…

(c) Mark 14:24 “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them.

1 Corinthians 10:16-17, 26-28 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf. 26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”

27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.

(d) Genesis 17:10-11, 14, 19 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. 14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.” 19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Exodus 12:11, 13, 27, 43, 48 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped. 43 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the regulations for the Passover meal: “No foreigner may eat it. 48 “A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the Lord’s Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised male may eat it.

Exodus 13:9 This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.

1 Peter 3:21 …and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ…

1 Corinthians 10:1-4 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food 4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

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Question 79

Why then doth Christ call the bread “his body”, and the cup “his blood”, or “the new covenant in his blood”; and Paul the “communion of body and blood of Christ”?

Answer
Christ speaks thus, not without great reason, namely, not only thereby to teach us, that as bread and wine support this temporal life, so his crucified body and shed blood are the true meat and drink, whereby our souls are fed to eternal life; (a) but more especially by these visible signs and pledges to assure us, that we are as really partakers of his true body and blood by the operation of the Holy Ghost as we receive by the mouths of our bodies these holy signs in remembrance of him; (b) and that all his sufferings and obedience are as certainly ours, as if we had in our own persons suffered and made satisfaction for our sins to God.

a Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness Schmuecke Dich https://youtu.be/bUpXCPJfxfY

b Thou, Who at thy First Eucharist Sacramentum Unitatis https://youtu.be/DL6PHzWqMy0

(a) John 6:51, 55 “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.

b) 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.

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30. Lord’s Day

Question 80

What difference is there between the Lord’s supper and the popish mass?

Answer

The Lord’s supper testifies to us, that we have a full pardon of all sin by the only sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which he himself has once accomplished on the cross; (a) and, that we by the Holy Ghost are ingrafted into Christ, (b) who, according to his human nature is now not on earth, but in heaven, at the right hand of God his Father, (c) and will there be worshipped by us. (d) But the mass teaches, that the living and dead have not the pardon of sins through the sufferings of Christ, unless Christ is also daily offered for them by the priests; and further, that Christ is bodily under the form of bread and wine, and therefore is to be worshipped in them; so that the mass, at bottom, is nothing else than a denial of the one sacrifice and sufferings of Jesus Christ, and an accursed idolatry. (e)

a And Now, O Father, Mindful of the Love Unde Et Memores https://youtu.be/t1GwkkONURg

I Gave My Life to Thee Old 120^th https://youtu.be/4miOTYjcSmc

Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin Stella – alt https://youtu.be/13XKYFql4dQ

Go to Dark Gethsemane Calvary – Rosenmuller https://youtu.be/HjTiUBQYJYM

At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing St George’s Windsor https://youtu.be/4r3G2UsQVZc

That Solemn Night Before His Death Arlington – alt https://youtu.be/4bdJtF4aBro

b I Come to the Garden Alone In the Garden https://youtu.be/fLkoIgKX98Q

For the Bread, Which Thou Hast Broken Cross of Jesus https://youtu.be/Y-aQtUdkmSI

c Rejoice, The Lord is King Resurrection https://youtu.be/RIZgPfXs6NM

Son of God, Eternal Savior Supplication https://youtu.be/xXGzbHep0iU

Jesus Christ is Risen Today Llanfair https://youtu.be/PtK2d4ykxWs

d O Lord of Heaven and Earth and Sea Es ist kein Tag https://youtu.be/5x5vMZFkBqM

Jesus, Where’er Thy People Meet Hebron https://youtu.be/pzh95GzviM4

Alleluia, Sing to Jesus Hyfrydol https://youtu.be/d3URj7YwJJU

Once In Royal David’s City Irby https://youtu.be/Fpy0j_HUzQ4

How Happy Every Child of Grace Alida https://youtu.be/JJcPLODNh34

While Through This World We Roam Gerar https://youtu.be/oqLARZT2i9U

Stand Up, and Bless the Lord Bucklands https://youtu.be/4JJir04am50

Safely Through Another Week Sabbath https://youtu.be/fxOQxdqEbHs

e Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go Eisenach – alt2 https://youtu.be/S66J0L_8_J8

My Hope is Built on Nothing Less Confidence https://youtu.be/aHf-EbBPn7E

(a) Hebrews 7:27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.

Hebrews 9:12, 25-28 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. 25 Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26 Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

Hebrews 10:10, 12-14 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

John 19:30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Matthew 26:28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Luke 22:19-20 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

(b) Corinthians 6:17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

1 Corinthians 10:16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

(c) Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

Hebrews 8:1-2 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2 and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.

John 20:17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

(d) Matthew 6:20-21 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

John 4:21-24 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

Luke 24:52 Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

Acts 7:55-56 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

Colossians 3:1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Philippians 3:20-21 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

1 Thessalonians 1:10 …and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

Hebrews 9:6-10 When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. 7 But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. 8 The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. 9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. 10 They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

(e) Hebrews 9:26 Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Hebrews 10:12, 14,19-31 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God… 14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. 19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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