Lord’s Day 17, Chapter 1: The Fact of Christ’s Resurrection (1)

Q. 45. What doth the resurrection of Christ profit us? A. First, that 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. Strikingly brief is the chapter of the Catechism on the resurrection of our Lord from the dead. No less than eight questions and answers were...