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Confession of Faith Chapter 33: Of the Last Judgment 1. God hath appointed a day, wherein he will judge the world, in righteousness, by Jesus Christ, 3 to whom all power and judgment is given of the Father. 4 In which day, not only the apostate angels shall be judged, 5 but likewise all persons that have lived upon earth shall appear before the tribunal of Christ, to give an account of their thoug...

Confession of Faith Chapter 32: Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead 3. The bodies of the unjust shall, by the power of Christ, be raised to dishonor: the bodies of the just, by his Spirit, unto honor; and be made conformable to his own glorious body. 1 Acts 24:15 having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the...

Confession of Faith Chapter 32: Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead 2. At the last day, such as are found alive shall not die, but be changed: 5 and all the dead shall be raised up, with the selfsame bodies, and none other (although with different qualities), which shall be united again to their souls forever. 6 Larger Catechism Q 87. What are we to believe concern...

Shorter Catechism Q 37. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death? A. The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness, 1 and do immediately pass into glory; 2 and their bodies, being still united to Christ, 3 do rest in their graves, till the resurrection. 4 Larger Catechism Q 85. Death being the wages of sin, why are not the righteous delivered from death, seeing...

Confession of Faith Chapter 32: Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead 1. The bodies of men, after death, return to dust, and see corruption: 1 but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them: 2 the souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, w...

Larger Catechism Q 84. Shall all men die? A. Death being threatened as the wages of sin, 1 it is appointed unto all men once to die; 2 for that all have sinned. 3 Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (ESV) Hebrews 9:27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, (ESV) Romans 5:12 Therefore,...

Confession of Faith Chapter 31: Of Synods and Councils 4. Synods and councils are to handle, or conclude nothing, but that which is ecclesiastical: and are not to intermeddle with civil affairs which concern the commonwealth, unless by way of humble petition in cases extraordinary; or, by way of advice, for satisfaction of conscience, if they be thereunto required by the civil magistrate. 1 Luke 1...

Confession of Faith Chapter 31: Of Synods and Councils 3. All synods or councils, since the Apostles' times, whether general or particular, may err; and many have erred. Therefore they are not to be made the rule of faith, or practice; but to be used as a help in both. 1 Ephesians 2:20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, Acts 17:11 Now...

Confession of Faith Chapter 31: Of Synods and Councils 2. It belongeth to synods and councils, ministerially to determine controversies of faith, and cases of conscience; to set down rules and directions for the better ordering of the public worship of God, and government of his church; to receive complaints in cases of maladministration, and authoritatively to determine the same: which decrees an...

Confession of Faith Chapter 31: Of Synods and Councils 1. For the better government, and further edification of the church, there ought to be such assemblies as are commonly called synods or councils: 1 and it belongeth to the overseers and other rulers of the particular churches, by virtue of their office, and the power which Christ hath given them for edification and not for destruction, to appo...

Confession of Faith Chapter 30: Of Church Censures 4. For the better attaining of these ends, the officers of the church are to proceed by admonition; suspension from the sacrament of the Lord's Supper for a season; and by excommunication from the church; according to the nature of the crime, and demerit of the person. 1 1 Thessalonians 5:12 We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among y...

Confession of Faith Chapter 30: Of Church Censures 3. Church censures are necessary, for the reclaiming and gaining of offending brethren, for deterring of others from the like offenses, for purging out of that leaven which might infect the whole lump, for vindicating the honor of Christ, and the holy profession of the gospel, and for preventing the wrath of God, which might justly fall upon the c...

Confession of Faith Chapter 30: Of Church Censures 2. To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed; by virtue whereof, they have power, respectively, to retain, and remit sins; to shut that kingdom against the impenitent, both by the Word, and censures; and to open it unto penitent sinners, by the ministry of the gospel; and by absolution from censures, as occasion shall requi...

Confession of Faith Chapter 30: Of Church Censures 1. The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his church, hath therein appointed a government, in the hand of church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. 1 Isaiah 9:6-7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,...

Larger Catechism Q 177. Wherein do the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper differ? A. The sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper differ, in that baptism is to be administered but once, with water, to be a sign and seal of our regeneration and ingrafting into Christ, 1 and that even to infants; 2 whereas the Lord's Supper is to be administered often, in the elements of bread and wine,...

Larger Catechism Q 176. Wherein do the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper agree? A. The sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper agree, in that the author of both is God; 1 the spiritual part of both is Christ and his benefits; 2 both are seals of the same covenant, 3 are to be dispensed by ministers of the gospel, and by none other; 4 and to be continued in the church of Christ until...

Larger Catechism Q 175. What is the duty of Christians, after they have received the sacrament of the Lord's Supper? A. The duty of Christians, after they have received the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, is seriously to consider how they have behaved themselves therein, and with what success; 1 if they find quickening and comfort, to bless God for it, 2 beg the continuance of it, 3 watch against...

Larger Catechism Q 174. What is required of them that receive the sacrament of the Lord's Supper in the time of the administration of it? A. It is required of them that receive the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, that, during the time of the administration of it, with all holy reverence and attention they wait upon God in that ordinance, 1 diligently observe the sacramental elements and actions, 2...

Larger Catechism Q 173. May any who profess the faith, and desire to come to the Lord's Supper, be kept from it? A. Such as are found to be ignorant or scandalous, notwithstanding their profession of the faith, and desire to come to the Lord's Supper, may and ought to be kept from that sacrament, by the power which Christ hath left in his church, 1 until they receive instruction, and manifest thei...

Larger Catechism Q 172. May one who doubteth of his being in Christ, or of his due preparation, come to the Lord's Supper? A. One who doubteth of his being in Christ, or of his due preparation to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, may have true interest in Christ, though he be not yet assured thereof; 1 and in God's account hath it, if he be duly affected with the apprehension of the want of it,...

Shorter Catechism Q 97. What is required to the worthy receiving of the Lord's supper? A. It is required of them that would worthily partake of the Lord's Supper, that they examine themselves of their knowledge to discern the Lord's body, of their faith to feed upon him, of their repentance, love, and new obedience; lest, coming unworthily, they eat and drink judgment to themselves. 1 Larger Catec...

Confession of Faith Chapter 29: Of the Lord's Supper 8. Although ignorant and wicked men receive the outward elements in this sacrament; yet, they receive not the thing signified thereby; but, by their unworthy coming thereunto, are guilty of the body and blood of the Lord, to their own damnation. Wherefore, all ignorant and ungodly persons, as they are unfit to enjoy communion with him, so are th...

Confession of Faith Chapter 29: Of the Lord's Supper 7. Worthy receivers, outwardly partaking of the visible elements, in this sacrament, 5 do then also, inwardly by faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally but spiritually, receive, and feed upon, Christ crucified, and all benefits of his death: the body and blood of Christ being then, not corporally or carnally, in, with, or unde...

Confession of Faith Chapter 29: Of the Lord's Supper 6. That doctrine which maintains a change of the substance of bread and wine, into the substance of Christ's body and blood (commonly called transubstantiation) by consecration of a priest, or by any other way, is repugnant, not to Scripture alone, but even to common sense, and reason; overthroweth the nature of the sacrament, and hath been, and...

Confession of Faith Chapter 29: Of the Lord's Supper 5. The outward elements in this sacrament, duly set apart to the uses ordained by Christ, have such relation to him crucified, as that, truly, yet sacramentally only, they are sometimes called by the name of the things they represent, to wit, the body and blood of Christ; 1 albeit, in substance and nature, they still remain truly and only bread...