Creeds & Confessions

Return to Confessions page Part 1: What man ought to believe (Q1-90) Man’s chief End, Revelation, and Scripture (Q1-5) God (Q6-11) God’s Decrees (Q12-14) Creation (Q15-17) Providence (Q18-20) The Covenant of Life, the Fall and Judgment (Q21-29) The Covenant of Grace (Q30-35) The Mediator of the Covenant of Grace (Q36-45) The Work of the Mediator (Q46-56) The Benefits of the Mediator’s Work (Q57-90) Part 2: What duty God requires of Man (Q91-196) Obedience to God’s Revealed Will (Q91-97) Introduction to…

Return to Confessions Page FIRST HEAD OF DOCTRINE-Of Divine Predestination   Article 1: As all men have sinned in Adam, lie under the curse, and are deserving of eternal death, God would have done no injustice by leaving them all to perish, and delivering them over to condemnation on account of sin, according to the words of the apostle, Romans 3:19 ,”that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.” And verse 23:”for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” And Romans 6:23:”for…

Return to Confessions Page Article 1: That there is One Only God. We all believe with the heart, and confess with the mouth, that there is one only simple and spiritual Being, which we call God; and that he is eternal, incomprehensible, invisible, immutable, infinite, almighty, perfectly wise, just, good, and the overflowing fountain of all good. Article 2: By what means God is made known unto us. We know him by two means: first, by the creation, preservation and government of…

Return to Confessions Page Confession of Faith TOC text and formatting from http://opc.org/wcf.html Of the Holy Scripture Of God, and of the Holy Trinity Of God’s Eternal Decree Of Creation Of Providence Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof Of God’s Covenant with Man Of Christ the Mediator Of Free Will Of Effectual Calling Of Justification Of Adoption Of Sanctification Of Saving Faith Of Repentance unto Life Of Good Works Of the Perseverance of the Saints…

Return to Confessions Page Heidelberg Catechism formatting and text copied from http://www.all-of-grace.org/heidelberg.html Lord’s Day 1 1. Q. What is your only comfort in life and death? A. That I, with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; who with his precious blood has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of…