Heidelberg Catechism, Week 1

On Sundays, I am going to post the Heidelberg Catechism as a means to help myself (and maybe my readers) prepare for the LORD's Day and Sunday Worship.  Here's a Link to the entire Confession.  Please note that the letters at the end indicate Scripture references for each point of the Confession. 

1. Lord's Day

Question 1. What is thy only comfort in life and death?
Answer.
That I with body and soul, both in life and death, (a)
am not my own, (b)
but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; (c)
who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, (d)
and delivered me from all the power of the devil; (e)
and so preserves me (f)
that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; (g)
yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, (h)
and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, (i)
and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him. (j)

(a) Rom.14:7,8.
(b) 1 Cor.6:19.
(c) 1 Cor.3:23; Tit.2:14.
(d) 1 Peter 1:18,19; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 2:2,12.
(e) Heb.2:14; 1 John 3:8; John 8:34,35,36.
(f) John 6:39; John 10:28; 2 Thess.3:3;1 Pet 1:5.
(g)Matt.10:29-31; Luke 21:18.
(h) Rom.8:28.
(i) 2 Cor.1:20-22; 2 Cor.5:5;Eph.1:13,14; Rom.8:16.
(j) Rom.8:14; 1 John 3:3. 

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

(a) Matt.11:28-30; Luke 24:46-48; 1 Cor.6:11; Tit.3:3-7.
(b) John 9:40, 41; John 15:22.
(c) John 17:3; Acts 4:12; Acts 10:43.
(d) Ephesians 5:8, 9, 10, 11; 1 Peter 2:9,10; Rom.6:1,2,12,13.