by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 17, 2015 | Catechism
Q17 // Into what state did the fall bring mankind? A // The fall brought mankind into a state of sin and misery. Genesis 3:16-19, 23; Romans 3:16; Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:1 Q18 // What is the sinfulness of that state into which man fell? A // The sinfulness of the...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 10, 2015 | Catechism
Q15 // What was the sin by which our first parents fell from the state in which they were created? A // The sin by which our first parents fell from the state in which they were created, was their eating the fruit that God had forbidden. Genesis 3:6 Q16 // Did all...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 3, 2015 | Catechism
Q13 // Did our first parents continue in the state in which they were created? A // Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the state in which they were created by sinning against God. Genesis 3.6-8; Genesis 3.13; 2 Corinthians 11.3...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 2, 2015 | Weekly Words
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Nov 25, 2015 | Weekly Words
My heart is glad that you are my father Adopted to you as sons and daughters And your love endures As you said it would, and my heart sings Teach me the sound of your voice With the faith to respond, to love you Teach me to follow you close With the faith you bestow,...