Heidelberg Catechism, Question 63
Question 63
What! do not our good works merit, which yet God will reward in this and a future life?
This reward is not of merit (Luke 17;10): but of grace (Eph. 1;6).
Scripture references for paragraph 1
Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.
Luke 17:1010So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
Romans 11:3535“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”
Romans 11:3636For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
Romans 11:66And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
Ephesians 1:66to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
Psalms 103:1313As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
1 Corinthians 15:1010But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
Source and edition
Heidelberg Catechism. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879
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