Catechesis

Westminster Shorter Catechism

Question 86

What is faith in Jesus Christ?

Scripture

  1. Hebrews 10:39 [1]
    But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls. (ESV)
  2. John 1:12 [2]
    But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, (ESV)
  3. Isaiah 26:3–4 [3]
    You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. (ESV)
  4. Philippians 3:9 [3]
    and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— (ESV)
  5. John 6:40 [4]
    For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” (ESV)
  6. Galatians 2:16 [4]
    yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. (ESV)