Heidelberg Catechism Q60 Westminster Larger Catechism Q77 Gospel Gold – Pastor Patrick Hines Podcast

Q & A 60
Q. How are you righteous before God?

A. Only by true faith in Jesus Christ.1

Even though my conscience accuses me

of having grievously sinned against all God’s commandments,
of never having kept any of them,2
and of still being inclined toward all evil,3

nevertheless,

without any merit of my own,4
out of sheer grace,5

God grants and credits to me
the perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ,6

as if I had never sinned nor been a sinner,
and as if I had been as perfectly obedient

as Christ was obedient for me.7

All I need to do
is accept this gift with a believing heart.8

1 Rom. 3:21-28; Gal. 2:16; Eph. 2:8-9; Phil 3:8-11
2 Rom. 3:9-10
3 Rom. 7:23
4 Tit. 3:4-5
5 Rom. 3:24; Eph. 2:8
6 Rom. 4:3-5 (Gen. 15:6); 2 Cor. 5:17-19; 1 John 2:1-2
7 Rom. 4:24-25; 2 Cor. 5:21
8 John 3:18; Acts 16:30-31

Q. 70. What is justification?
A. Justification is an act of God’s free grace unto sinners, in which he pardoneth all their sins, accepteth and accounteth their persons righteous in his sight; not for any thing wrought in them, or done by them, but only for the perfect obedience and full satisfaction of Christ, by God imputed to them, and received by faith alone.

Rom. 3:22, 24-25; Rom. 4:5; 2 Cor. 5:19, 21; Rom. 3:22, 24-25, 27-28; Titus 3:5, 7; Eph. 1:7; Rom. 5:17-19; Rom. 4:6-8; Acts 10:43; Gal. 2:16; Phil. 3:9.