Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
Q. 220 But how can you apply the promised grace to yourself through faith when you have been stained in so many ways by so many sins?
A. First, because God has thus revealed his mercy, that he desires to forgive all the sins of the believer, no matter how many and how great. Second, because the merit of Christ is infinitely greater than all sins, not only mine but also those of all people. Third, because God commands me to believe in Christ, no matter how much I have sinned. And, at the same time, he affirms that not to believe is a greater sin than any other that could be committed by anyone. Therefore, just because I have offended my God with so many and such great sins, I ought not to add this, by far the greatest of all sins, so that I ungratefully trample on God’s mercy and the blood of his Son which was shed for me.
For the reference, see Zacharias Ursinus on grace triumphing over sin.
A. First, because God has thus revealed his mercy, that he desires to forgive all the sins of the believer, no matter how many and how great. Second, because the merit of Christ is infinitely greater than all sins, not only mine but also those of all people. Third, because God commands me to believe in Christ, no matter how much I have sinned. And, at the same time, he affirms that not to believe is a greater sin than any other that could be committed by anyone. Therefore, just because I have offended my God with so many and such great sins, I ought not to add this, by far the greatest of all sins, so that I ungratefully trample on God’s mercy and the blood of his Son which was shed for me.
For the reference, see Zacharias Ursinus on grace triumphing over sin.
