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Heidelberg Catechism – Questions 43-44 (Lord’s Day 16)

Q43: What further benefit do we receive from the sacrifice and death of Christ on the cross?

A: That by His power our old man is with Him crucified, slain, and buried; so that the evil lusts of the flesh may no more reign in us, but that we may offer ourselves unto Him a sacrifice of thanksgiving.

Q44: Why is it added: “He descended into hell”?

A: That in my greatest temptations I may be assured that Christ my Lord, by His inexpressible anguish, pains, and terrors, which He suffered in His soul on the cross and before, has redeemed me from the anguish and torment of hell.

 

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