Melville Divinity Hall
Q. 61 · Lord’s Day 23

Why do you say that through faith alone you are righteous?

Text: CRC/RCA 2011 · Read it at the source

Not because I please God by the worthiness of my faith. It is because only Christ’s satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness make me righteous before God, and because I can accept this righteousness and make it mine in no other way than through faith.

Scripture proofs
1
1 Cor. 1:30-31
2
Rom. 10:10; 1 John 5:10-12