Guilt • Grace • Gratitude
An Illustrated Edition of the Heidelberg Catechism
Sin’s Wages
Lord’s Day 5
Q.
Since, then, by the righteous judgment of God we deserve temporal and eternal punishment, how may we escape this punishment and be again received into favor?
A.
God wills that His justice be satisfied;therefore, we must make full satisfaction to that justice, either by ourselves or by another.