Resurrection Benefits
Rodney Kleyn expounds Lord's Day 17 of the Heidelberg Catechism, defending the historical, bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ against modern skepticism and explaining its threefold benefit for believers: the overcoming of death, our resurrection to new life, and the assurance of our own future resurrection. This catechism-based article emphasizes the centrality of Christ's resurrection to the gospel message and refutes symbolic or mythical interpretations by grounding the doctrine in Scripture's testimony.
Heidelberg Catechism, Lord's Day 17 Question 45. What doth the resurrection of Christ profit us? Answer. First, by His resurrection He has overcome death, that He might make us partakers of that righteousness which He had purchased for us by His death; secondly, we are also by His power raised up to a new life; and lastly, the resurrection of Christ is a sure pledge of our blessed resurrection. This Lord's Day brings us to the first of the four steps of Christ's exaltation. Following His...
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