12. Q. Since, then, by the righteous judgment of God we deserve temporal and eternal punishment, is there no way by which we may escape that punishment and be again received into favor? A. God will have his justice satisfied; therefore we must make full satisfaction to the same, either by ourselves, or by another.
13. Q. But can we ourselves make this satisfaction? A. By no means; on the contrary, we daily increase our debt.
14. Q. Can there be found anywhere a mere creature able to satisfy for us? A. None; for, first, God will not punish any other creature for the sin which man has committed; and, further, no mere creature can sustain the burden of God’s eternal wrath against sin, and deliver others from it.
15. Q. What manner of mediator and deliverer, then, must we seek? A. One who is a true and righteous man, and yet more powerful than all creatures; that is, one who is withal true God.
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Dr. Frank H. Walker
A Sin Offering Heidelberg Catechism Covenant Reformed Church
Pastor Walker earned a B.A. at Covenant College, an M.Div. at the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church, and a Th.M. and Ph.D. at Whitefield Theological Seminary. His dissertation topic was “The Theological Sources of Zacharias Ursinus as Reflected in the...
