LD3: Unless We Are Born Again

In Lord’s Day 3 of the Heidelberg Catechism in a Year, we confront one of the most pressing questions of our age: Did God make us this way?

Walking back to Eden, we see that humanity was created good, upright, and for God’s glory—but in Adam’s fall, our nature became bent toward sin. The Catechism holds together both our dignity as image-bearers and our deep corruption after the fall, reminding us that we are not morally neutral, but in desperate need of grace.

This episode explores original sin, total depravity, and why Scripture insists that our only hope is not self-improvement, but new birth by the Spirit of God. As Paul contrasts Adam and Christ, we are led from misery to mercy—from condemnation to adoption—until we find our comfort in the righteousness of Christ alone.

Our great hope is this: unless we are born again, we cannot live as we were made to live—but because God acts first, we may now call Him Abba, Father.