Our Only Eternal Comfort

Introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism and the opening of the First Question:

Q: What is your only comfort in life and in death?

A. That I am not my own, but belong body and soul,
both in life and in death, to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ.
He has fully paid for all my sins with His precious blood,
and has set me free from all the power of the devil.
He also preserves me in such a way that
without the will of my heavenly Father
not a hair can fall from my head;
indeed, all things must work together for my salvation.

Therefore, by His Holy Spirit,
He also assures me of eternal life
and makes me heartily willing and ready
from now on to live for Him.