| Q & A 1 | Q. 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; 1 John 2:2 ^5 John 8:34-36; Heb. 2:14-15; 1 John 3:1-11 ^6 John 6:39-40; John 10:27-30; 2 Thess. 3:3; 1 Pet. 1:5 ^7 Matthew 10:29-31; Luke 21:16-18 ^8 Rom. 8:28 ^9 Rom. 8:15-16; 2 Cor. 1:21-22; 2 Cor. 5:5; Eph. 1:13-14 ^10 Rom. 8:1-17
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| Q & A 2 | Q. 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; Acts 10:43 ^3 Matthew 5:16; Rom. 6:13; Eph. 5:8-10; 2 Tim. 2:15; 1 Peter 2:9-10 |