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Part III: Gratitude

Lord's Day 32
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86   Q. We have been delivered
from our misery
by God's grace alone through Christ
and not because we have earned it:
why then must we still do good?
A. To be sure, Christ has redeemed us by his blood.
But we do good because
   Christ by his Spirit is also renewing us to be like himself,
   so that in all our living
   we may show that we are thankful to God
      for all he has done for us,1
   and so that he may be praised through us.2

And we do good
   so that we may be assured of our faith by its fruits,3
   and so that by our godly living
      our neighbors may be won over to Christ.4

1 Rom. 6:13; 12:1-2; 1 Pet. 2:5-10
2 Matt. 5:16; 1 Cor. 6:19-20
3 Matt. 7:17-18; Gal. 5:22-24; 2 Pet. 1:10-11
4 Matt. 5:14-16; Rom. 14:17-19; 1 Pet. 2:12; 3:1-2
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87   Q. Can those be saved
who do not turn to God
from their ungrateful
and impenitent ways?
A. By no means.
Scripture tells us that
   no unchaste person,
   no idolater, adulterer, thief,
   no covetous person,
   no drunkard, slanderer, robber,
   or the like
   is going to inherit the kingdom of God.1

1 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:1-20; 1 John 3:14
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