The Suffering of Christ
This article by Rodney Kleyn provides a detailed exposition of Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 15, which addresses Christ's suffering and its redemptive significance. Through careful meditation on questions 37-39, Kleyn emphasizes both the physical and spiritual dimensions of Christ's passion—particularly His bearing of God's wrath and the curse of sin—and its role as the propitiatory sacrifice for our justification and deliverance from eternal judgment.
Heidelberg Catechism, Lord's Day 15 Question 37. What dost thou understand by the words, "He suffered"? Answer. That He, all the time that He lived on earth, but especially at the end of His life, sustained in body and soul the wrath of God against the sins of all mankind; that so by His passion, as the only propitiatory sacrifice, He might redeem our body and soul from everlasting damnation, and obtain for us the favor of God, righteousness and eternal life. Question 38. Why did He suffer...
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