Jan
19
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On January 19, 1563, the Heidelberg Catechism was published. This is the catechism that we have been using in our morning worship over the past few months to help us to understand the teaching of the Apostles’ Creed. Even those who know very little about the Heidelberg Catechism probably have hear its famous opening question:
Question - What is thy only comfort in life and death?
Answer - That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him.
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