Q. 63. What! do not our good works merit, which yet God will reward in this and a future life?

Question. What! do not our good works merit, which yet God will reward in this and a future life?

Answer. This reward is not of merit (Luke 17;10): but of grace (Eph. 1;6).

Proofs.

[proof-1] Luke 17;10.—When ye shall have done all these things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.— Rom. 11;35, 36.—Rom. 11;6.
[proof-2] Eph. 1;6.—To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.— Ps. 103;13.—1 Cor. 15;10.