Comfort in Knowing We are His

A sermon on this beautiful credal confession of the Heidelberg Catechism.

HEIDELBERG CATECHISM Lord's Day 1

Question 1. 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 Savior Jesus Christ; who, with
his precious blood, hath 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.

Question 2. How many things are necessary for thee to know, that
thou, enjoying this comfort, mayest live and die happily?
Answer. Three; the first, how great my sins and miseries are; the
second, how I may be delivered from all my sins and miseries; the
third, how I shall express my gratitude to God for such
deliverance.

I. To Whom we do not Belong
II. To Whom we do Belong
III. The Comfort in Believing This