The Scandal of John

Описание: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life."
John 3:16
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Rev. Ryan refers to Lord’s Day 23 of the Heidelberg Catechism. For your reference, the text is provided below.
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Heidelberg Catechism Questions 59, 60, and 61.

Q 59. What good does it do you, however, to believe all this?
A. In Christ I am right with God and heir to life everlasting.
Habakkuk 2:4; John 3:36; Romans 1:17; Romans 5:1,2.

Q 60. How are you right with God?
A. Only by true faith in Jesus Christ. Even though my conscience accuses me of having grievously sinned against all God’s commandments and of never having kept any of them, and even though I am still inclined toward all evil, nevertheless, without my deserving it at all, out of sheer grace, God grants and credits to me the perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ, as if I had never sinned nor been a sinner, as if I had been as perfectly obedient as Christ was obedient for me. All I need to do is to accept this gift of God with a believing heart.
Genesis 15:6; John 3:18; Acts 16:30,31; Romans 3:9,10,21-28; Romans 4:3-5,24,25; Romans 7:23; 2 Corinthians 5:17-19,21; Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 2:8,9; Philippians 3:8-11; Titus 3:4,5; 1 John 2:1,2.

Q 61. Why do you say that by faith alone you are right with God?
A. It is not because of any value my faith has that God is pleased with me. Only Christ’s satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness make me right with God. And I can receive this righteousness and make it mine in no other way than by faith alone.
Romans 10:10; 1 Corinthians 1:30,31; 1 John 5:10-12.