Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 7 (Questions 20-23)

Question 20: Are all men, then, saved by Christ just as they perished through Adam?

Question 20: Are all men, then, saved by Christ just as they perished through Adam? No. Only those are saved who by a true faith are grafted into Christ and accept all his benefits.

Question 20: Nangangahulugan ba na ang lahat ng mga tao na napahamak kay Adan ay ligtas naman kay Cristo? Hindi,sila lamang na nakaugnay sa Kanya, at tumanggap ng lahat ng Kanyang biyaya sa pamamagitan ng tunay na pananampalataya.

Matthew 7:14 CSB

How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.

John 1:12 CSB

But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name,

John 3:16 CSB

For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:18 CSB

Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

John 3:36 CSB

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who rejects the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

Romans 11:16–21 CSB

Now if the firstfruits are holy, so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches. Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree, do not boast that you are better than those branches. But if you do boast—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you. Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” True enough; they were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but beware, because if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.

Question 21: What is true faith?

Question 21: What is true faith? True faith is a sure knowledge whereby I accept as true all that God has revealed to us in his Word. At the same time it is a firm confidence that not only to others, but also to me, God has granted forgiveness of sins, everlasting righteousness, and salvation, out of mere grace, only for the sake of Christ’s merits. This faith the Holy Spirit works in my heart by the gospel.

Question 21: Ano nga ba ang tunay na pananampalataya? Ang tunay na pananampalataya ay tiyak na kaalaman na kung saan ay tinatanggap kong totoo ang lahat ng inihayag ng Diyos sa atin sa Kanyang Salita. At saka ito rin ay matatag na paninindigan na hindi lamang sa iba kundi pati ako ay pinagkalooban ng Diyos ng kapatawaran ng mga kasalanan, walang hanggang katuwiran at kaligtasan buhat lamang sa biyaya at alang-alang lamang sa kabutihang dulot ni Cristo. Ang pananampalatayang ito ay isinasakatuparan ng Banal na Espiritu sa aking puso sa pamamagitan ng Ebanghelyo.

John 17:3 CSB

This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent—Jesus Christ.

John 17:17 CSB

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

Hebrews 11:1–3 CSB

Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen. For by this our ancestors were approved. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.

James 2:19 CSB

You believe that God is one. Good! Even the demons believe—and they shudder.

Romans 4:18–21 CSB

He believed, hoping against hope, so that he became the father of many nations according to what had been spoken: So will your descendants be. He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body to be already dead (since he was about a hundred years old) and also the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He did not waver in unbelief at God’s promise but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, because he was fully convinced that what God had promised, he was also able to do.

Romans 5:1 CSB

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 10:10 CSB

One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.

Hebrews 4:16 CSB

Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.

Galatians 2:20 CSB

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Romans 1:17 CSB

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.

Hebrews 10:10 CSB

By this will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all time.

Romans 3:20–26 CSB

For no one will be justified in his sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law. But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, attested by the Law and the Prophets. The righteousness of God is through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe, since there is no distinction. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. God presented him as the mercy seat by his blood, through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his restraint God passed over the sins previously committed. God presented him to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so that he would be just and justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

Galatians 2:16 CSB

and yet because we know that a person is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus. This was so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will be justified.

Ephesians 2:8–10 CSB

For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—not from works, so that no one can boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.

Acts 16:14 CSB

A God-fearing woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.

Romans 1:16 CSB

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.

Romans 10:17 CSB

So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:21 CSB

For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of what is preached.

Question 22: What, then, must a Christian believe?

Question 22: What, then, must a Christian believe? All that is promised us in the gospel, which the articles of our catholic and undoubted Christian faith teach us in a summary.

Question 22: Kung gayon, ano nga ba ang dapat na panampalatayanan ng isang Kristiyano? Lahat ng ipinangako sa atin sa ebanghelyo, na siyang itinuturo sa atin ng mga artikulo ng ating laganap at walang-alinlangang pananampalatayang Kristiyano sa binuod na pamaraan.

Matthew 28:19 CSB

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

John 20:30–31 CSB

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Question 23: What are these articles?

I. I believe in God the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.

II. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only-begotten Son, our Lord; he was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell. On the third day he arose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

III. I believe in the Holy Spirit; I believe a holy catholic Christian church, the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.

Anu-ano ang mga artikulong ito?

Sumasampalataya ako sa Diyos Amang makapangyarihan sa lahat na lumalang ng langit at lupa.

Ako’y sumasampalataya kay Jesu-Cristo, Kanyang Bugtong na Anak at ating Panginoon; na ipinaglihi sa kapangyarihan ng Banal na Espiritu at isinilang ng birheng si Maria, nagdusa sa sa ilalim ng paglilitis ni Poncio Pilato, ipinako sa krus, namatay at inilibing; nanaog Siya sa impiyerno; sa ikatlong araw ay nabuhay na muli mula sa mga patay; umakyat Siya sa langit at naluklok sa kanang kamay ng Diyos Amang makapangyarihan sa lahat; mula roon ay babalik Siyang muli upang hatulan ang mga buhay at ang mga patay.

Ako’y sumasampalataya sa Banal na Espiritu, sa Banal na Iglesyang Laganap, sa kapulungan ng mga banal, sa kapatawaran ng mga kasalanan, sa muling pagkabuhay ng katawan, at sa buhay na walang hanggan.