OF THE SACRAMENTS LORD’S DAY 25 65. Since then we are made partakers of Christ and all His benefits by faith only, where does this faith come from? From the Holy Spirit, who works faith in our hearts by the preaching of the gospel, and confirms it by the use of the holy sacraments. 66. […]

LORD’S DAY 24 62. But why cannot our good works be the whole or part of our righteousness before God? Because the righteousness which can stand before the judgment seat of God must be perfect throughout and entirely conformable to the divine law, but even our best works in this life are all imperfect and

LORD’S DAY 23 59. What does it help you now, that you believe all this? That I am righteous in Christ before God, and an heir of eternal life. 60. How are you righteous before God? Only by true faith in Jesus Christ; that is, although my conscience accuses me, that I have grievously sinned

LORD’S DAY 22 57. What comfort does the “resurrection of the body” afford you? That not only my soul after this life shall be immediately taken up to Christ its Head; but also, that this my body, raised by the power of Christ, shall be reunited with my soul, and made like the glorious body

LORD’S DAY 21 54. What do you believe concerning the “holy catholic church”? That, out of the whole human race, from the beginning to the end of the world, the Son of God, by His Spirit and Word, gathers, defends, and preserves for Himself to everlasting life a chosen communion in the unity of the