### Title: *Secure in Christ: What is Your Only Comfort?* #### Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 59: **Q:** What good does it do you, however, to believe all this? **A:** In Christ I am righteous before God and heir to life everlasting. — #### Devotional **Scripture Reading:** Romans 5:1-2 *”Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, … Read more
**Youth Devotional: Our Comfort in Eternal Life** **Scripture Reading:** *Romans 8:38-39* “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in … Read more
The Heidelberg Catechism, Question 58, which asks: “What comfort do you receive from the article about the life everlasting?” The answer is: “Since I now already feel in my heart the beginning of eternal joy, I shall after this life possess perfect blessedness, such as no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart … Read more
**Devotional: “The Comfort of the Resurrection”** **Scripture Reading:** 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 **Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A 57:** *Question 57: What comfort does the resurrection of the body offer you?* *Answer: Not only will my soul be taken immediately after this life to Christ its head, but also my very flesh, raised by the power of Christ, will … Read more
#### Scripture Reading “Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.” – Psalm 32:1 (NIV) #### Heidelberg Catechism Question 56 **Q:** What do you believe concerning “the forgiveness of sins”? **A:** I believe that God, because of Christ’s satisfaction, will no more remember my sins, nor my sinful nature, against which … Read more
**Scripture Reading:** 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 **Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 55:** – **Q:** What do you understand by “the communion of saints”? – **A:** First, that believers one and all, as members of Christ the Lord, have communion with him and share in all his treasures and gifts. Second, that each one must feel himself or herself … Read more
Question 54 of the Heidelberg Catechism, which asks: “What do you believe concerning ‘the holy catholic church’?” The answer given is: “I believe that the Son of God, through his Spirit and Word, out of the entire human race, from the beginning of the world to its end, gathers, protects, and preserves for himself, a … Read more
Here’s the question and answer for Question 53 of the Heidelberg Catechism: **Question 53: What do you believe concerning “the Holy Spirit”?** **Answer:** *First, that the Spirit, with the Father and the Son, is eternal God. Second, that the Spirit is given also to me,so that, through true faith, he makes me share in Christ … Read more
Scripture Reference: “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” — 2 Corinthians 5:10 Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 52: Q. How does Christ’s return to judge the living and the … Read more
### Teen Devotional: Christ’s Exaltation and Our Confidence **Heidelberg Catechism Question 51:** *How does this glory of Christ, our head, benefit us?* **Answer:** *First, through his Holy Spirit he pours out his gifts from heaven upon us his members. Second, by his power he defends us and keeps us safe from all enemies.* — #### … Read more