Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 2 (Questions 3-5)

HEIDELBERG CATECHISM LORD’S DAY 2

Q&A 3
Q. From where do you know your sins and misery?
A. From the law of God.

Q&A 4
Q. What does God’s law require of us?
A. Christ teaches us this in a summary in Matthew 22: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.

Q&A 5
Q. Can you keep all this perfectly?
A. No, I am inclined by nature to hate God and my neighbor.