My thought for the week comes from a Catechism I've come to appreciate greatly over the last couple of years: The Heidelberg Catechism, Question 1:
1. What is your only comfort in life and in death?
That I, with body and soul, both in life and in death,1 am not my
own,2 but belong to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ,3 who with His
precious blood4 has fully satisfied for all my sins,5 and redeemed me
from all the power of the devil;6 and so preserves me7 that without the
will of my Father in heaven not a hair can fall from my head;8 indeed,
that all things must work together for my salvation.9 Wherefore, by His
Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life,10 and makes me heartily
willing and ready from now on to live unto Him.11
[1] Rom. 14:7–8. [2] 1 Cor. 6:19. [3] 1 Cor. 3:23. [4] 1 Pet.
1:18–19. [5] 1 Jn. 1:7; 2:2. [6] 1 Jn. 3:8. [7] Jn. 6:39. [8] Matt.
10:29–30; Lk. 21:18. [9] Rom. 8:28. [10] 2 Cor. 1:21–22; Eph. 1:13–14;
Rom. 8:16. [11] Rom. 8:1.
The rest of the Catechism can be found at http://rcus.org/index.php/doctrine/heidelberg-catechism
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