How many things are necessary for you to know, that in this comfort you may live and die happily?

Heidelberg Catechism

Question 2. How many things are necessary for you to know, that in this comfort you may live and die happily?

Answer. Three things:[1] First, the greatness of my sin and misery.[2] Second, how I am redeemed from all my sins and misery.[3] Third, how I am to be thankful to God for such redemption.[4]

[1] Lk 24:46-47; Rom 7:24-25; 1 Cor 6:11; Tit 3:3-7;
[2] Jn 9:41, 15:22; Rom 3:9-10; 1 Jn 1:10;
[3] Jn 17:3; Acts 4:12, 10:43; Gal 3:13;
[4] Mt 5:16; Rom 6:13; Eph 5:8-11; Col 3:17; 1 Pt 2:9-12