Are both the word and the sacraments then intended to focus our faith on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross as the only ground of our salvation?
Text: CRC/RCA 2011 · Read it at the source
Yes! In the gospel the Holy Spirit teaches us and by the holy sacraments confirms that our entire salvation rests on Christ’s one sacrifice for us on the cross.
Scripture proofs
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- Rom. 6:3; 1 Cor. 11:26; Gal. 3:27