Since we have been delivered from our misery by grace through Christ without any merit of our own, why then [if we're saved by grace] should we do good works?
Heidelberg Catechism
Since we have been delivered from our misery by grace through Christ without any merit of our own, why then [if we're saved by grace] should we do good works?
Heidelberg Catechism
Since we have been delivered from our misery by grace through Christ without any merit of our own, why then [if we're saved by grace] should we do good works?
Question
Since we have been delivered from our misery by grace through Christ without any merit of our own, why then [if we're saved by grace] should we do good works?
Answer
Because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, is also restoring us by his Spirit into his image, so that with our whole lives we may show that we are thankful to God for his benefits,1 so that he may be praised through us,2 so that we may be assured of our faith by its fruits,3 and so that by our godly living our neighbors may be won over to Christ.4