Lords Day 16C, Q43. For me to live is Christ!
We have been looking at Lord’s Day 16, in the Heidelberg Catechism. Let’s move on now to think about how we, as believers, face the inevitable, the end of this physical life, and the certainty that one day we will die. It’s the situation that Paul was in when he wrote his letter to the Philippians, and declared, “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” In this podcast we concentrate on the first clause - “For me to live…” What will you be thinking about on YOUR death bed? Will your thoughts be occupied with Christ, or regrets that the life you enjoyed will soon be over? Our catechist asks, Q.43. What further benefit do we receive from the sacrifice and death of Christ on the cross? The answer is: That by His power our old man is with Him crucified, slain, and buried; so that the evil lusts of the flesh may no more reign in us, but that we may offer ourselves unto Him a sacrifice of thanksgiving.
We call that ‘sanctification’ - living for Jesus, as long as this life lasts, prepared at any time to leave this earth, and go to be with him forever.
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