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The Heidelberg Catechism, written in 1563, is a cherished Reformed confession that teaches core Christian doctrines through a question-and-answer format. It guides believers in understanding their faith, offering comfort and clarity. This article is part of our ongoing series exploring each Lord’s Day. Read the full series here. Lord’s Day 20 (Questions 53–55) focuses on…
Jesus, in Mark 12:18–27, confronts the Sadducees’ denial of resurrection with a powerful truth: God’s covenant ensures life beyond death. Quoting Exodus 3, He declares, “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob… He is not God of the dead, but of the living” (Mark 12:26–27). The Sadducees,…
As Jesus was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.’ “ Mark 10:17–18, ESV Among the most memorable…
Therefore, he alone has duly denied himself who has so totally resigned himself to the Lord that he permits every part of his life to be governed by God’s will. He who will be thus composed in mind, whatever happens, will not consider himself miserable nor complain of his lot with ill will toward God.
It is said of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, “beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he declared unto his disciples in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself,” Luke 24: 27. It is therefore manifest that Moses, and the Prophets, and all the Scriptures, do give testimony unto him and his glory. This is the line of life and light which runs through the whole Old Testament; without the conduct whereof we can understand nothing aright therein: and the neglect hereof is that which makes many as blind in reading the books of it as are the Jews, – the veil being upon their minds. It is faith alone, discovering the glory of Christ, that can remove that veil of darkness which covers the minds of men in reading the Old Testament, as the apostle declares, 2 Cor. 3: 14-16. I shall, therefore, consider briefly some of those ways and means whereby the glory of Christ was represented unto believers under the Old Testament.
Last month, we took a survey of the various views on how we should understand Genesis 1.26[1]Fesko, J.V. Last Things First: Unlocking Genesis 1-3 with the Chris of Eschatology. (Christian Focus Publications, 2007), pp. 40-45. Those views were (1) The heavenly court view; (2) The plural of majesty view; and (3) The Trinity view. Of…
In this issue we begin to look at Dr J.V. Fesko’s brief treatment of Genesis 1.26 found in his excellent book, Last Things First. There are two major questions packed into this little phrase: (1) why does God speak in the plural and (2) what does it mean to be in the image of God? Understanding the nature of God will assist in the definition of God’s image. In other words, Is God triune, and Does the image of God in man reflect God’s triunity?