Question 33
Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else?
Galatians 2:16
Know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Prayer
Lord God, help us, we pray, to glory in Christ. Help us not to glory in our own faith, our own feelings, our own knowledge, our own prayers, our own goodness, our own works—but to glory in nothing but Christ. Everything necessary for salvation is found in Christ, and yet we do not exalt him and glory in him enough. Teach us to know more and more of our merciful and mighty Savior. Amen.
Derived and adapted from John Charles Ryle in Holiness (Lightning Source, 2001), 115.
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