When the Westminster Confession explains justifying faith, it uses the term "receiving." Here's chapter XI.2: "Faith, thus receiving and resting on Christ and his righteousness, is the alone instrument of justification..." (emphasis mine). The Heidelberg Catechism also uses this word in answer 30: "For either Jesus is not a complete Savior, or they who by …
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