The Heidelberg Catechism puts things in perspective:
Question 62: But why cannot our good works be the whole, or part, of our righteousness before God?
Answer: Because, the righteousness which can be approved of before the
tribunal of God, must be absolutely perfect, and in all respects
conformable to the divine law; and also, that our best works in this
life are all imperfect and defiled with sin.
“At the cross”, says Gerhard Forde, “God stormed the last bastion of
the self, the last presumption that you were going to do something for
him.” Genuine freedom awaits all who stop trusting in their own work and
start trusting in Christ’s work.
This is why so many
Christians do not experience true freedom. The importance of their
performance has been pounded into their brain by the church. As a result
they live in fear and anxiety and never walk in freedom. If you want
true freedom you must stop trusting in yourself and realize that even
the very best you can do is tainted with sin and falls far short of
God's righteousness. God wants you to trust him.
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Monday, April 4, 2011
What Enables You To Endure Life And Face Death Unafraid?
1. Q. What is your only comfort in life and death?
A. 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 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, wherefore by his Holy Spirit he also assures me of eternal life, and makes me heartily willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him
2. Q. How many things are necessary for you to know, that you in this comfort may live and die happily?
A. Three; the first, how great my sins and misery are; the second, how I am delivered from all my sins and misery; the third, how I am to be thankful to God for such deliverance.
From The Heidelberg Catechism
Kevin DeYoung in his book, "The Good News We Almost Forgot" which is an excellent study of the Heidelberg Catechism asked the question, "What enables you to endure life and face death unafraid?" How we answer that question says a lot about us and what we are trusting in. Does your answer have anything to do with something you do, or have done or is your faith in Christ alone?
A. 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 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, wherefore by his Holy Spirit he also assures me of eternal life, and makes me heartily willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him
2. Q. How many things are necessary for you to know, that you in this comfort may live and die happily?
A. Three; the first, how great my sins and misery are; the second, how I am delivered from all my sins and misery; the third, how I am to be thankful to God for such deliverance.
From The Heidelberg Catechism
Kevin DeYoung in his book, "The Good News We Almost Forgot" which is an excellent study of the Heidelberg Catechism asked the question, "What enables you to endure life and face death unafraid?" How we answer that question says a lot about us and what we are trusting in. Does your answer have anything to do with something you do, or have done or is your faith in Christ alone?
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