How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?

Which Bible passages support this answer?

The Westminster Assembly attached these Scripture proofs to answer 30. Read them together and ask what each one shows about the answer.

1. Ephesians 1:13-14

   ¹³And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation)—when you believed in Christ—you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory. (NET)

2. John 6:37, 39

   ³⁷Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away. ³⁹Now this is the will of the one who sent me—that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day. (NET)

3. Ephesians 2:8

   For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; (NET)

4. Ephesians 3:17

   that Christ will dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love, (NET)

5. 1 Corinthians 1:9

   God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (NET)

What does this answer mean?

The Spirit applies redemption by working faith in us and so uniting us to Christ. This happens in effectual calling, which question 31 explains. Faith is the Spirit's work in us, and through faith we are joined to Christ. Questions 31 to 38 then trace what that union brings.

What can we ask our children?

1. Who works faith in us?
2. What does faith join us to?
3. How is being united to Christ like a branch on a vine?