It is among the most ignored statements in the Westminster Standards because it is utterly incompatible and irreconcilable with conventional evangelicalism and with some of what is mistakenly called “Reformed” teaching in American church and social media contexts: Q. 85. What does God require of us that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us for sin? A. To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin, God requires of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, *with the diligent use of all the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption.* Required (not merely recommended) *to escape God’s wrath and curse* (i.e., not merely to “evidence” our justification or grow in sanctification): 1. Faith in Jesus Christ 2. Repentance 3. *Diligent* use of all the *outward means* (preached Word and the sacraments) *by which* Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption Not one. Not two. All three. It says volumes about our situation that some contemporary voices think this way of speaking is Roman Catholic and that it requires the Roman view of merit or of how the sacraments are means of saving grace, when it’s in fact just classic Westminster (i.e., confessionally Reformed catholic rather than unreformed Roman Catholic).