Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter by Chapter: 11. Of Justification

A class working through the Westminster Confession of Faith—one chapter a week. June 5, 2022. Elder Chuck Fultz

I. Those whom God effectually calleth, He also freely justifieth:1 not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous; not for any thing wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ’s sake alone; not by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical obedience to them,2 as their righteousness; but by imputing the obedience and satisfaction of Christ unto them, they receiving and resting on Him and His righteousness by faith; which faith they have not of themselves, it is the gift of God.3

1 Rom. 8:30, 3:24    2 Rom. 4:5–8; 2 Cor. 5:19,21; Rom. 3:22,24–25,27–28; Titus 3:5,7; Eph. 1:7; Jer. 23:6; 1 Cor. 1:30–31; Rom. 5:17–19    3 Acts 10:44; Gal. 2:16; Phil. 3:9; Acts 13:38–39; Eph. 2:7–8