The Christian’s Only Comfort in Life and Death

Heidelberg Catechism: 1. Lord’s Day

Question 1.

What is thy only comfort in life and death?

Answer:

That I with body and soul, both in life and death,¹ am not my own, ² but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; ³ who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, ⁴ and delivered me from all the power of the devil;⁵ and so preserves me ⁶ that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; ⁷ yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, ⁸ and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, ⁹ and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him. ¹⁰

¹ Rom.14:7,8.
² 1 Cor.6:19.
³ 1 Cor.3:23; Tit.2:14.
⁴ 1 Pet.1:18,19; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 2:2,12.
⁵ Heb.2:14; 1 John 3:8; John 8:34-36.
⁶ John 6:39; John 10:28; 2 Thess.3:3; 1 Pet.1:5.
⁷ Matt.10:29-31; Luke 21:18.
⁸ Rom.8:28.
⁹ 2 Cor.1:20-22; 2 Cor.5:5; Eph.1:13,14; Rom.8:16.
¹⁰ Rom.8:14; 1 John 3:3.

taken from: The Heidelberg Catechism, A.D. 1563. Click here to read more about this catechism.

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