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Heidelberg Catechism – Questions 40-42 (Lord’s Day 16)

Q40: Why was it necessary for Christ to suffer “death”?

A: Because the justice and truth of God required that satisfaction for our sins could be made in no other way than by the death of the Son of God.

Q41: Why was He “buried”?

A: To show thereby that He was really dead.

Q42: Since, then, Christ died for us, why must we also die?

A: Our death is not a satisfaction for our sin, but only a dying to sin and an entering into eternal life.

 

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