Sermons on the Heidelberg Catechism
Sermon #33 “Holy Baptism and the Promise of the Gospel”
Lord’s Day 26—Questions #69, #70, and #71
Now that we’ve heard about the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, we now focus on the other of the two Christian
sacraments, Holy Baptism. We’ll see that God’s children are partakers of full remission of sin; what it means to
be washed; and what baptism signifies and seals—under these three points:
1. The Essence of this Promise
2. The Components of this Promise
3. The Certainty of this Promise