Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
When commenting on Heidelberg Catechism, Lord's Day 5, Theodorus VanderGroe stated that:
The instructor’s great objective and goal is to show all men the way in which they, in life and in death, can attain to a blessed comfort and peace for their souls. To this end, he teaches us that one essentially needs a true, thorough, spiritual, and experiential knowledge of the following three essential matters: 1) the magnitude of our sins and misery; 2) the true way of salvation, or the true means of deliverance; and 3) how one who has been delivered and set free by the Lord should show gratitude and live unto God.
Theodorus VanderGroe, The Christian’s Only Comfort in Life and Death: An Exposition of the Heidelberg Catechism, trans. Bartel Elshout, ed. Joel R. Beeke (1838-44; 2 vols, Grand Rapids MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2016), 1: 58.
The instructor’s great objective and goal is to show all men the way in which they, in life and in death, can attain to a blessed comfort and peace for their souls. To this end, he teaches us that one essentially needs a true, thorough, spiritual, and experiential knowledge of the following three essential matters: 1) the magnitude of our sins and misery; 2) the true way of salvation, or the true means of deliverance; and 3) how one who has been delivered and set free by the Lord should show gratitude and live unto God.
Theodorus VanderGroe, The Christian’s Only Comfort in Life and Death: An Exposition of the Heidelberg Catechism, trans. Bartel Elshout, ed. Joel R. Beeke (1838-44; 2 vols, Grand Rapids MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2016), 1: 58.