Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 1

Q.What is your only comfortin life and death?A.That I am not my own, 1but belong with body and soul,both in life and in death, 2to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ. 3He has fully paid for all my sinswith his precious blood, 4and has set me freefrom all the power of the devil. 5He also preserves me in such a way 6that without the will of my heavenly Fathernot a hair can fall from my head; 7indeed, all things must work togetherfor my salvation. 8Therefore, by his Holy Spirithe also assures meof eternal life 9and makes me heartily willing and readyfrom now on to live for him. 101.1 Cor 6:19, 20.2.Rom 14:7-9.3.1 Cor 3:23; Tit 2:14.4.1 Pet 1:18, 19; 1 Jn 1:7; 2:2.5.Jn 8:34-36; Heb 2:14, 15; 1 Jn 3:8.6.Jn 6:39, 40; 10:27-30; 2 Thess 3:3; 1 Pet 1:5.7.Mt 10:29-31; Lk 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 8:14.2.Q.What do you need to knowin order to live and diein the joy of this comfort?A.First,how great my sins and misery are; 1second,how I am deliveredfrom all my sins and misery; 2third,how I am to be thankful to Godfor such deliverance. 31.Rom 3:9, 10; 1 Jn 1:10.2.Jn 17:3; Acts 4:12; 10:43.3.Mt 5:16; Rom 6:13; Eph 5:8-10; 1 Pet 2:9, 10www.hrcfmaine.com