Lord’s Day 1Questions 1–2
Reformed Church in America English, 1879
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1879 Reformed Church in America Q&A text with inline proof references. Source: Wikisource scan transcription.
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What is thy only comfort in life and death?
That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 6;20); who with his precious blood hath fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil (1 John 1;7); and so preserves me that, without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head (John 10;28, 29); yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation (Rom. 8;28); and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, he also assures me of eternal life (Rom. 8;16,) and makes me sincerely willing and ready henceforth to live unto him (Phil. 2;13).
How many things are necessary for thee to know, that thou, enjoying this comfort, mayest live and die happy?
Three: First, how great my sins and miseries are (Rom. 7;24); Second, how I may be delivered from all my sins and miseries (Matt. 11;28); Third, how I shall express my gratitude to God for such deliverance (Ps. 116;12).