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Heidelberg Catechism (Q. 1)
Zacharias Ursinus & Caspar Olevianus · 1563
The tender opening question of the Heidelberg Catechism on the believer's only comfort in life and death.
Q. 1. What is your only comfort in life and in death?#
A. That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ.#
He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from all the power of the devil. He also preserves me in such a way that without the will of my heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, all things must work together for my salvation.#
Therefore, by his Holy Spirit he also assures me of eternal life and makes me heartily willing and ready from now on to live for him.#