The Guanabara Confession of 1558 concurs with the Heidelberg Catechism in teaching that the water of baptism is a sign of the blood of Christ.

Although wisdom greatly aids success, it is easily tarnished and provides no guarantees- but the foolishness of God is wiser than men.

The sacraments, like the word itself, direct our hearts to Christ.

The Lord Jesus is undeceived by flattery, unimpressed by hypocrisy, and unpierced by the horns of a deceitful dilemma.

There is no true humility and no true rest, except in Christ, who was meek and lowly in heart.

The Lutherans and the Reformed agree that justification is by faith alone.

Under the sun, wisdom is often neglected or despised, and sinners find it so easy to ruin things, that success is not guaranteed, except in the final answer to Adam's ruin, grace reigning in righteousness through Christ.

Lord's Day 22 of the Heidelberg Catechism, explaining -the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting- highlights that we have comfort in the face of death because Christ in our flesh died and rose again- a point beautifully applied by Augustine in a sermon from John 5.

Through a compelling parable and a clear Scripture, the Lord Jesus shows that in rejecting Him the religious leaders reject God and His gracious purposes.

Heidelberg Catechism Question 54