>As we came to Question #12 and #13 this morning, me and the boys have made a turn from discussing human misery to discussing deliverance.Question #12: According to God's righteous judgment we deserve punishment both in this world and forever after: how then can we escape this punishment and return to God's favor?Answer: God requires … Continue reading >Catechism #12 & 13

>Question #10: Will God permit such disobedience and rebellion to go unpunished?Answer: Certainly not. He is terribly angry about the sin we are born with as well as the sins we personally commit. As a just judge he punishes them now and in eternity. He has declared: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to … Continue reading >Catechism #10 & 11

>Q. But doesn't God do us an injustice by requiring in his law what we are unable to do? A. No, God created humans with the ability to keep the law. They, however, tempted by the devil, in reckless disobedience, robbed themselves and all their descendants of these gifts. (Gen. 1:31; Eph. 4:24, Gen. 3:13; … Continue reading >Catechism #9

>Q. But are we so corrupt that we are totally unable to do any good and inclined toward all evil? A. Yes, unless we are born again, by the Spirit of God. (Gen. 6:5; 8:21; Job 14:4; Isa. 53:6; John 3:3-5)

>Question #7: Then where does this corrupt human nature come from?Answer: From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, in Paradise. This fall has so poisoned our nature that we are born sinners— corrupt from conception on.(Gen. 3, Rom. 5:12, 18-19, Ps. 51:5)