Lord’s Day 22
Q58. How does the article concerning life everlasting comfort you?
Even as I already now experience in my heart the beginning of eternal joy, so after this life I will have perfect blessedness such as no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no human heart has ever imagined: a blessedness in which to praise God eternally.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
Romans 14:17
“For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”
John 17:3
“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”
John 17:24
“Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.”
1 Corinthians 2:9
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”
Modernized Commentary — Zacharias Ursinus (1616)
Question
58. What comfort do you draw from the article of "life everlasting?"
Answer. That since I already feel in my heart the beginning of eternal joy, I know that after this life I will inherit perfect salvation, which "eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man" to conceive; and that I will praise God in it forever.