Title: Forgiven and Freed

Speaker: Rev. Jason Van Bemmel

Series: Heidelberg Catechism Devos

Date: January 3, 2026

Our second devotional in the Heidelberg Catechism, covering the second part of Question #1 -

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.