Themes on Lord’s Day 1

Clarence Stam

The Gospel of Jesus Christ concerning the only comfort of the Church.

1. The certain expressed concerning the reality of this comfort.
2. The knowledge required for the joy of this comfort.

Wes Bredenhof

Our only comfort in life and death comes from the Triune God

1. God the Father preserves us
2. God the Son redeems us
3. God the Holy Spirit assures us and sanctifies us

R.H. Bremmer

The love-song about our only comfort.

1. Christ bought me
2. Christ keeps me
3. Christ gives me eternal life.

Keith Davis

Here God’s children find comfort in belonging to Jesus Christ

1. It is an essential comfort
2. It is an exclusive comfort
3. It is an accessible comfort

K. Dijk

The only comfort in life and death.

1. The comforter
2. The comforted

The universal character of the only comfort

1. In Christ
2. For the Christian

Reuben Bredenhof

In the Triune God is our full comfort.

1. The totality of the Son’s ownership
2. The perfection of the Father’s care
3. The completeness of the Spirit’s work

George VanPopta

The only comfort in life and death: belonging to Christ body and soul.

1. Its personal nature.
2. Its exclusive character.
3. Its assurance and effects.

B. Holwerda

There is only one comfort: exclusive Christianity which remains aware of what God revealed as the only truth concerning:

1. Misery
2. Deliverance
3. Gratitude

J. Kok

The only comfort

1. Revealed in Holy Scripture
2. Prepared by Christ
3. Brought by the Holy Spirit
4. Enjoyed in life and death
5. Obtained by faith