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Heidelberg Catechism
Lord’s Day 1
Q. 1 What is your only comfort in life and in death?
A. That I am not my own, 1
but belong—
body and soul,
in life and in death— 2
to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. 3
He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, 4
and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. 5
He also watches over me in such a way 6
that not a hair can fall from my head
without the will of my Father in heaven: 7
in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. 8
Because I belong to him,
Christ, by his Holy Spirit,
assures me of eternal life 9
and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready
from now on to live for him. 10
1 - 1 Cor. 6:19-20
2 - Rom. 14:7-9
3 - 1 Cor. 3:23; Titus 2:14
4 - 1 Pet. 1:18-19; 1 John 1:7-9; 2:2
5 - John 8:34-36; Heb. 2:14-15; 1 John 3:1-11
6 - John 6:39-40; 10:27-30; 2 Thess. 3:3; 1 Pet. 1:5
7 - Matt. 10:29-31; Luke 21:16-18
8 - Rom. 8:28
9 - Rom. 8:15-16; 2 Cor. 1:21-22; 5:5; Eph. 1:13-14
10 - Rom. 8:1-17
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Q. 2 - What must you know to live and die in the joy of this comfort?
A. Three things:
first, how great my sin and misery are;1
second, how I am set free from all my sins and misery;2
third, how I am to thank God for such deliverance.3
1 - Rom. 3:9-10; 1 John 1:10
2 - John 17:3; Acts 4:12; 10:43
3 - Matt. 5:16; Rom. 6:13; Eph. 5:8-10; 2 Tim. 2:15; 1 Pet. 2:9-10
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