Q&A 1 Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death? A. That I am not my own, but belong— body and soul, 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 the tyranny of the

Exodus 15 - The Psalm by the Sea

Q&A 29 Q. Why is the Son of God called “Jesus,” meaning “savior”? A. Because he saves us from our sins. Salvation cannot be found in anyone else; it is futile to look for any salvation elsewhere.

Exodus 14 - Why Are You Crying to the LORD?

Exodus 12 - Word Made Visible Sacraments help you see what God sees.

Exodus 10:21-11:10 - Darkness That Can Be Felt God called you out of the darkness and into His wonderful light.

Exodus 6 - Saved to See God saved you so that you can see and know Him.

Q&A 65 Q. It is by faith alone that we share in Christ and all his blessings: where then does that faith come from? A. The Holy Spirit produces it in our hearts by the preaching of the holy gospel, and confirms it through our use of the holy sacraments.

A. It is not because of any value my faith has that God is pleased with me. Only Christ’s satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness make me right with God. And I can receive this righteousness and make it mine in no other way than by faith alone.

Q&A 61 Q. Why do you say that by faith alone you are right with God?

Psalm 16 - Your Only Portion Take refuge in the LORD - He will keep you safe.

All I need to do is to accept this gift of God with a believing heart.

nevertheless, without my deserving it at all, out of sheer grace, God grants and credits to me the perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ, as if I had never sinned nor been a sinner, as if I had been as perfectly obedient as Christ was obedient for me.

Even though my conscience accuses me of having grievously sinned against all God’s commandments and of never having kept any of them, and even though I am still inclined toward all evil,

A. Only by true faith in Jesus Christ.

Q&A 60 Q. How are you right with God?

Exodus 5 - Driven By Ignorance Public opinion rarely corresponds with God's truth.

it is also a deep-rooted assurance, created in me by the Holy Spirit through the gospel, that, out of sheer grace earned for us by Christ, not only others, but I too, have had my sins forgiven, have been made forever right with God, and have been granted salvation.

A. True faith is not only a knowledge and conviction that everything God reveals in his Word is true;

Q&A 21 Q. What is true faith?

Exodus 4 - Undomesticated Deity God doesn't fit in the boxes we like to put Him in.