Catechesis

New City Catechism

Question 27

Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ?

Children: No, only those who are elected by God and united to Christ by faith.

Adult: No, only those who are elected by God and united to Christ by faith. Nevertheless God in his mercy demonstrates common grace even to those who are not elect, by restraining the effects of sin and enabling works of culture for human well-being.

Sovereign Savior, there is salvation in no one but you, and you save everyone who calls upon your name. We would never have called upon you if you had not brought us from death to life. We do not fully understand your electing love, but we confess that neither we nor anyone else deserves it. Amen.

Question 27

Prayer