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Lord’s Day 32

Q86. Since we have been delivered from our misery by grace through Christ without any merit of our own, why then should we do good works?

Because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, is also restoring us by his Spirit into his image, so that with our whole lives we may show that we are thankful to God for his benefits, so that he may be praised through us, so that we may be assured of our faith by its fruits, and so that by our godly living our neighbors may be won over to Christ.

Scripture Proofs — King James Version

1

Romans 6:13

Romans 12:1–2

1 Peter 2:5–10

2

Matthew 5:16

1 Corinthians 6:19–20

“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”

3

Matthew 7:17–18

Galatians 5:22–24

2 Peter 1:10–11

4

Matthew 5:14–16

Romans 14:17–19

1 Peter 2:12

1 Peter 3:1–2

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Test Yourself · Q86

Since we have been delivered from our misery by grace through Christ without any merit of our own, why then should we do good works?