Catechesis: Law and Gospel

Therefore the Law is proclaimed so that people might be comforted and strengthened through the proclamation of the holy gospel of our Lord Christ. This gospel proclaims that through Christ God forgives all the sins of those who believe the gospel, accept them for Christ’s sake as his dear children out of sheer grace without any merit of their own, and makes them righteous and saves them. However, this does not mean that they may abuse God’s grace and sin against it.—FC SD V:25, 256