This Assurance of Pardon originally appeared in "Hard Sayings—Week 3: Be Perfect."
Assurance of Pardon
What confidence do we have that we are forgiven?
That without any ability to make ourselves right before God,
Out of sheer grace,
God grants us perfect satisfaction.
He credits us with righteousness and the holiness of Christ.
It is as if we had never sinned nor been sinners,
As if we had been as perfectly obedient as Christ was obedient for us.
This we accept with a believing heart as a gift from God.
—Based on the Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A 60, Translation © 2011, Faith Alive Christian Resources. Used by permission
