What We Believe by Pastor Doug

Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 29 - Communion = togetherness!   Questions and answers: 78.        Q – Are the bread and wine changed into the real body and blood of Christ? A – No.   Just as the water of baptism is not changed into Christ’s blood and does not itself wash away sins but is simply God’s sign and assurance, so too the bread of the Lord’s Supper is not changed into the actual body of Christ even though it is called body of Christ in keeping with the nature and language of sacraments.   79.        Q – Why then does Christ call the bread His body and the cup His blood, or the new covenant in His blood?   (Paul uses the words, a participation in Christ’s body and blood.) A – Christ has good reason for these words.   He wants to teach us that as bread and wine nourish our temporal life, so too His crucified body and poured-out blood truly nourish our souls for eternal life.   But more important, He wants to assure us, by this visible sign and pledge, that we, throu

Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 28 - The Lord's Supper - it is His table - it is free!   Questions from the Heidelberg Catechism for Lord's Day 28: 75.      How does the Lord’s Supper remind you and assure you that you share in Christ’s one sacrifice on the cross and in all His gifts? A – In this way:   Christ has commanded me and all believers to eat this broken bread and to drink this cup.   With this command He gave this promise:   First, as surely as I see with my eyes the bread of the Lord broken for me and the cup given to me, so surely His body was offered and broken for me and His blood poured out for me on the cross.   Second, as surely as I receive from the hand of the one who serves, and taste with my mouth the bread and cup of the Lord, given me as sure signs of Christ’s body and blood, so surely He nourishes and refreshes my soul for eternal life with His crucified body and poured-out blood.   76.       Q – What does it mean to eat the crucified body of C

Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 27 - baptism part 2: LOOK! I’ve been baptized and I want to follow Jesus!  

Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 26 - baptism part 1  

Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 25 - We need to REMEMBER!