Assurance: Surely He Took Up Our Pain

• Isaiah 53:4-6

• Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 1, Q&A 2; Lord’s Day 23, Q&A 59; Lord’s Day 32, Q&A 86
• Belgic Confession, Article 22
• Our World Belongs to God, Paragraph 25

When we receive God’s pardon, we find ourselves at peace with him and at rest again. When the benefits of Christ are made ours, “They are more than enough to absolve us of our sins” and we need no longer look “for anything apart from him” (Belgic Confession, Article 22). We have “freedom from sin’s dominion” (Our World Belongs to God, paragraph 25) and we understand that we are “set free from all [our] sins and misery…” (Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 1, Question and Answer 2). We are “righteous before God and heir to everlasting life” (Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 23, Question and Answer 59).