Righteous Before God
Rodney Kleyn's exposition of Lord's Day 23 of the Heidelberg Catechism explores the doctrine of justification by faith alone, answering the vital question of how believers are declared righteous before God through Christ's imputed righteousness. This catechism-based instruction demonstrates how faith in Christ's satisfaction and holiness—received not through works but by grace alone—constitutes the believer's justification and eternal inheritance.
Lord's Day 23 Question 59. But what doth it profit thee now that thou believest all this? Answer. That I am righteous in Christ, before God, and an heir of eternal life. Question 60. How art thou righteous before God? Answer. Only by a true faith in Jesus Christ; so that, though my conscience accuse me that I have grossly transgressed all the commandments of God, and kept none of them, and am still inclined to all evil; notwithstanding, God, without any merit of mine, but only of mere...
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