Heidelberg Catechism

Question 30. Do those who seek their salvation and well-being in saints, in themselves, or anywhere else, also believe in Jesus the only Saviour?

Answer: No, they do not, because though they boast of him in words, in their deeds they deny Jesus the only deliverer and Saviour. (a) For one of these two things must be true: either those who by true faith receive this Saviour must find in him all that is necessary for their salvation, or Jesus is not a complete Saviour. (b)

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a. 1 Corinthians 1:12-13

What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

      1 Corinthians 1:30-31

And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

      Galatians 5:4

You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace..

b. Hebrews 12:2

… looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

     Colossians 1:19-20

For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

     Colossians 2:10

… and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.

     1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.