WLC 59

Q59. Who are made partakers of redemption through Christ?

Redemption is certainly applied, and effectually communicated, to all those for whom Christ hath purchased it; who are in time by the Holy Ghost enabled to believe in Christ according to the gospel.

Proof texts

• Eph. 1:13-14 — [13] In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, [14] who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
• John 6:37,39 — [37] All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. [39] And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
• John 10:15-16 — [15] just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. [16] And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
• Eph. 2:8 — [8] For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
• 2 Cor. 4:13 — [13] Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited Eph. 1:13-14 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. 5 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
3. WSC Q31 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
4. WSC Q32 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

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