How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation?

Westminster Shorter Catechism

How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation?

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Question 91
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Westminster Shorter Catechism

Westminster Shorter Catechism

How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation?

Questions
Question 91

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How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation?

Answer

The sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not from any virtue in them, or in him that doth administer them; but only by the blessing of Christ,[1] and the working of his Spirit in them that by faith receive them.[2]

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