HC Q14 — Can there be found anywhere, one, who is a mere creature, ab

*Lord's Day 5*

Question

Can there be found anywhere, one, who is a mere creature, able to satisfy for us?

Answer

None; for, first, God will not punish any other creature for the sin which man has committed; (a) and further, no mere creature can sustain the burden of God's eternal wrath against sin, so as to deliver others from it. (b) (a) Ezek.18:4; Gen.3:17; Heb.2:14-17. (b) Nah.1:6; Ps.130:3.

Edges

• part_of source-manifest/hc
• precedes catechism-qa/hc-015

Source

• source-manifest/hc — Heidelberg Catechism (1563) (PD, RCUS 1863)
• evidence_grade: D_doctrinal_textbook