Those who were formerly dead will resume their bodies, but with another (continued)
will miraculously raise up through a sudden change, as it is said (1 Cor. 15:52).
109. Will this resurrection not be common to the evil and the good? Yes indeed, but not in the same way. Some will rise to salvation and joy, others to condemnation and death (John 5:29; Matt. 25:46).
110. Why then is eternal life only spoken of here, and hell not at all? Because nothing is set down in this summary that does not tend to the consolation of faithful consciences. It relates to us only the benefits which God performs for His servants. Accordingly no mention is made of the wicked, who are excluded from His Kingdom.
111. Since we have the foundation on which faith is laid, we should be quite able to gather from it what true faith is. Yes, indeed, It is a sure and steadfast knowledge of the love of God toward us, according as He declares in His gospel that He is our Father and Saviour (through the mediation of Jesus Christ).
112. Can we have this by ourselves, or does it come from God? Scripture teaches that it is the singular gift of the Holy Spirit, and experience also demonstrates it.
113. How so? Our mind is too weak to comprehend the spiritual wisdom of God which is revealed to us by faith, and our hearts are too prone either to defiance or to a perverse confidence in ourselves or creaturely things. But the Holy Spirit enlightens us to make us capable of understanding what would otherwise be incomprehensible to us, and fortifies us in certitude, sealing and imprinting the promises of salvation on our hearts.
114. What good comes to us from this faith, when we have it? It justifies us before God, and makes us obtain eternal life.
115. How so? Is not man justified by good works in a holy life and in conformity to God? If any one be found so perfect, he might well be deemed righteous, but since