155. Since all good and truth is from the Lord, and none is from man, and the good which comes from man is not real good, it follows that merit belongs to no human being, but to the Lord alone. It is the Lord's merit that by His own power He saved the human race, and also continues to save those who do good from Him. That is why anyone to whom the Lord's merit and righteousness is attributed is called 'righteous in the Word, and anyone to whom his own righteousness and his own merit is attributed 'unrighteous'.