The document provides an overview of key points from The Heidelberg Catechism, a 16th century theological text. It discusses three main topics: (1) Man's original dignity as being created in God's image, (2) Man's radical corruption and depravity due to sin, and (3) Man's eternal condemnation and destiny without Christ. The document emphasizes how understanding our sin and misery highlights our need for redemption and salvation that is only found in Jesus Christ.

1. “Fic it, Daddy. Fic it”

2. We live in a broken world.

3. Why is it that life
doesn’t often work?

4. ‘11
Rediscovering the Good News
that We Dare Not Forget!

5. The Heidelberg
Catechism (1563)
129 questions and answers
52 Lord’s Day Readings

6. The Good News
We Almost
Forgot:
Rediscovering
the Gospel in a
16 th Century
Catechism by
Kevin DeYoung.

9. The Structure of the Catechism
Q3 – Q11 Man’s Misery
(Guilt)
Q12 – Q85 Man’s Deliverance
(Grace)
Q86 – Q129 Man’s Response
(Gratitude)

10. “We desperately need
to understand
something of the
magnitude of sin, of
evil, and of gross wickedness in
this world if we are to
appreciate our redemption.

11. God's love, grace, and
mercy shine all the
brighter against the
awful reality of evil.”
The better we understand our
misery – the more thankful we
will be for our deliverance!

14. Man is uniquely created
(Man’s dignity)

15. Genesis 1:26-27
Then God said, “Let us make
mankind in our image, in our
likeness . . .So God created
mankind in his own image, in
the image of God he created
them; male and female he
created them.

16. Made in God’s image
God is a personal being –
so is man!
God is a moral being –
so is man!
God is a spiritual being –
so is man!

17. Man is uniquely created
(Man’s dignity)

18. Man is radically corrupted
(Man’s depravity)

19. Genesis 2:16-17
And the LORD God commanded
the man, “You are free to eat
from any tree in the garden; but
you must not eat from the tree
of the knowledge of good and
evil, for when you eat from it
you will certainly die.”

20. Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the
fruit of the tree was good for food
and pleasing to the eye, and also
desirable for gaining wisdom, she
took some and ate it. She also
gave some to her husband, who
was with her, and he ate it.

22. Radical corruption
radix = root (heart)

23. Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all
things and beyond cure. Who
can understand it?

24. Ephesians 2:3
Like the rest (of humanity), we
were by nature objects of
wrath.

25. Radical corruption:
1. Though it terribly distorts
and twists the image of God, it
does not destroy it.

26. Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of
man, by man shall his blood be
shed; for in the image of God
has God made man.

27. Beit-Shean, Israel

28. Radical corruption:
1. Though it terribly mars the
image of God, it does not
destroy it.
2. It is a universal condition
effecting all, no exceptions!

29. Romans 3:10-12
There is no one righteous, not
even one; there is no one who
understands; there is no one who
seeks God. All have turned
away, they have together become
worthless; there is no one who
does good, not even one.

30. “Our fundamental
problem is not bad
parents, bad schools, bad
friends or bad
circumstances. Our fundamental
problem is a bad heart. And every
single one of us is born into the
world with it.” (DeYoung)

31. Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin entered
the world through one man. . .
Adam
When Adam
“original sin” sinned we all
sinned!

32. Thomas Jefferson

33. “As Adam’s children and
heirs, we think his
thoughts and imitate his
actions by instinct, without
even having met him.”
(Michael Horton)

34. Man is uniquely created
(Man’s dignity)

35. Man is radically corrupted
(Man’s depravity)

36. Man is eternally condemned
(Man’s destiny)

37. Q10. Will God permit
such disobedience
and rebellion to go
unpunished?

38. A. Certainly not. He is
terribly angry about the
sin we are born with as well as
the sins we personally
commit. As a just judge He
punishes them now and in
eternity. He has declared:

39. A. “Cursed is everyone
who does not continue to
do everything written in the
Book of the Law.”
(Galatians 3:10;
Deuteronomy 27:26)

40. Hebrews 9:27
Just as people are destined to
die once, and after that to face
judgment.

41. Q11. But isn’t God
also merciful?

42. A. God is certainly
merciful, but he is also
just. His justice demands
that sin, committed against His
supreme majesty, be punished
with the supreme penalty –
eternal punishment of body
and soul.

43. 2 Thessalonians 1:6-7
God is just: He will pay back
trouble to those who trouble you
and give relief to you who are
troubled, and to us as well. This
will happen when the Lord Jesus
is revealed from heaven in blazing
fire with his powerful angels.

44. 2 Thessalonians 1:8
He will punish those who do not
know God and do not obey the
gospel of our Lord Jesus.

45. 2 Thessalonians 1:9-10a
They will be punished with
everlasting destruction and shut
out from the presence of the Lord
and from the glory of his might
on the day he comes to be
glorified.

47. Isaiah 53:5
But he was pierced for our
transgressions, he was crushed
for our iniquities; the
punishment that brought us
peace was on him, and by his
wounds we are healed.

48. Isaiah 53:6
We all, like sheep, have gone
astray, each of us has turned to
our own way; and the LORD
has laid on him the iniquity of
us all.

49. Man is uniquely created
(Man’s dignity)

50. Man is radically corrupted
(Man’s depravity)

51. Man is eternally condemned
(Man’s destiny)

53. ‘11
One Substitute is all who is
needed!
Lord’s Day Readings # 5-6
(Questions #12-19)

54. 1. Examine your soul. Is Jesus
Christ your savior? There is no
one else who can save you from
the judgment we all deserve!

55. 2. In light of the coming
judgment of God, what are
you doing to show others
God’s mercy in Christ?