HRCF Catechism

Lord's Day 33

• Matt

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Question 88

Q. Of how many parts doth the true conversion of man consist?
A. Of two parts: of the mortification of the old, and the quickening of the new man.

Footnotes

  • Rom 6:4-6. Eph. 4:22-24. Col. 3:5. 1 Cor. 5:7


Question 89

Q. What is the mortification of the old man?
A. It is a sincere sorrow of heart that we have provoked God by our sins, and more and more to hate and flee from them.

Footnotes

  • Psa. 51:3, 4, 17. Luke 15:18. Rom. 8:13. Joel 1:12, 13.Joel 2:12, 13


Question 90

Q. What is the quickening of the new man?
A. It is a sincere joy of heart in God, through Christ, and with love and delight to live according to the will of God in all good works.

Footnotes

  • Rom 5:1, 2. Rom. 14:17. Isa. 57:15
  • Rom 5:1, 2. Rom. 14:17. Isa. 57:15


Question 91

Q. But what are good works?
A. Only those which proceed from a true faith, are performed according to the law of God, and to His glory; and not such as are founded on our imaginations or the institutions of men.

Footnotes

  • Rom. 14:23
  • 1 Sam. 15:22. Lev. 18:4. Eph. 2:10
  • 1 Cor. 10:31
  • Deut. 12:32. Ezek. 20:18. Mat. 15:9