OC | Question 20-21

20. Are all saved through Christ just as all were lost through Adam?

No. Only those are saved who by true faith are grafted into Christ and accept all his blessings.53

^ 53. Matt. 7:14; John 3:16, 18, 36; Rom. 11:16-21

21. What is true faith?

True faith is not only a knowledge and conviction that everything God reveals in his Word is true;54 it is also a deeprooted assurance,55 created in me by the Holy Spirit56 through the gospel,57 that, out of sheer grace earned for us by Christ,58 not only others, but I too,59 have had my sins forgiven, have been made forever right with God, and have been granted salvation.60

^ 54. John 17:3, 17; Heb. 11:1-3; James 2:19
^ 55. Rom. 4:18-21; 5:1; 10:10; Heb. 4:14-16
^ 56. Matt. 16:15-17; John 3:5; Acts 16:14
^ 57. Rom. 1:16; 10:17; 1 Cor. 1:21
^ 58. Rom. 3:21-26; Gal. 2:16; Eph. 2:8-10
^ 59. Gal. 2:20
^ 60. Rom. 1:17; Heb. 10:10