Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Heidelberg Q13 - Daily increase of debt

We saw in Q12 that god WILL have his justice satisfied, so we have to either make satisfaction ourselves or find someone who can.  This leads us directly to Q13:
Q13. Can we ourselves then make this satisfaction? A: By no means; but on the contrary we daily increase our debt. Scripture Proofs: Job 9:2-3, Job 15:15-19, Ps.130:3, Matt.6:12, Matt.18:25, Matt16:26
So, it's NOT going to be us that makes satisfaction for our own sins.  We can't.  What could a man trade to God in order to buy his soul out of hock? (Matt 16:26b)

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