Heidelberg Q4 - Summary of the Law

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So far in the Heidelburg Catechism, we have found that Jesus Christ is our only comfort in life and death (Q1), that in order to know that comfort, we must first understand our miserable state in sin (Q2), and that God gives us the Law so that we can understand our need for salvation (Q3).  Now, the Heidelberg Catechism summarizes the Law by quoting Jesus as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew.

Heidelberg Q4: What does the law of God require of us? A: Christ teaches us that briefly, Mat  22:37-40, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first and the great commandment; and the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." Scripture Proofs: Deut.6:5, Lev.19:18, Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27

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