Its Spiritual Necessity (2)

We ended our previous article on this sub-topic by stating: “Only the pure, Reformed conception gives the correct answer to the question: Why is Christian living necessary at all?”  In this article we shall try to give that answer. That conversion and good works are necessary, that a child of God must live a Christian life, that unless we do so we cannot call ourselves Christian, is plain from Scripture and the Reformed confessions.  In Lord’s Day 32 of our Heidelberg Catechism, we read:...