# “How are you righteous before God?” — The Heidelberg Catechism

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- Published: 2013-09-23T12:00:21-05:00
- Author: tollelege

**60. Q. How are you righteous before God?**

**A.** Only by true faith in Jesus Christ.[1]

Even though my conscience accuses me of having grievously sinned against all God’s
commandments, of never having kept any of them,[2] and of still being inclined toward
all evil,[3] nevertheless, without any merit of my own,[4] out of sheer grace,[5]
God grants and credits to me the perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness
of Christ,[6] as if I had never sinned nor been a sinner, and as if I had been as
perfectly obedient as Christ was obedient for me. [7]

All I need to do is accept this gift with a believing heart.[8]

> [1] Rom. 3:21-28; Gal. 2:16; Eph. 2:8, 9; Phil. 3:8-11. [2] Rom. 3:9, 10. [3] 
> Rom. 7:23. [4] Deut. 9:6; Ezek. 36:22; Tit. 3:4, 5. [5] Rom. 3:24; Eph. 2:8. [
> 6] Rom. 4:3-5; II Cor. 5:17-19; I John 2:1, 2. [7] Rom. 4:24, 25; II Cor. 5:21.[
> 8] John 3:18; Acts 16:30, 31; Rom. 3:22.

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## Comments

### By: marty

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2013/09/23/how-are-you-righteous-before-god-the-heidelberg-catechism-3/comment-page-1/#comment-6710
- Published: 2013-09-23T19:05:26-05:00

Amen.