Posts with the tag “rebuild-renew-knowing-christ”

QUESTION: How is the Word of God to be read and heard?ANSWER: With diligence, preparation, and prayer; so that we may accept it with faith, store it in our hearts, and practice it in our lives. WARM-U...  Read More

QUESTION:  With what attitude should we pray?ANSWER: With love, perseverance, and gratefulness; in humble submission to God’s will, knowing that, for the sake of Christ, he always hears our prayers. W...  Read More

QUESTION:  What is prayer?ANSWER: Prayer is pouring out our hearts to God in praise, petition, confession of sin, and thanksgiving. WARM-UPThe human experience has been described in many different way...  Read More

QUESTION: How does the Holy Spirit help us?ANSWER: The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin, comforts us, guides us, gives us spiritual gifts and the desire to obey God; and he enables us to pray and to...  Read More

QUESTION:  What do we believe about the Holy Spirit?ANSWER: That he is God, coeternal with the Father and the Son, and that God grants him irrevocably to all who believe. WARM-UPThe Holy Spirit has of...  Read More

QUESTION: Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through faith alone, where does this faith come from?ANSWER: All the gifts we receive from Christ we receive through the Holy Spirit, including faith it...  Read More

QUESTION:  Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word?ANSWER: Yes, because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, also renews us by h...  Read More

QUESTION: Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else?ANSWER: No, they should not, as everything necessary to salvation is found in Christ. To ...  Read More

QUESTION:  What do justification and sanctification mean?ANSWER: Justification means our declared righteousness before God, made possible by Christ’s death and resurrection for us.  Sanctification mea...  Read More

QUESTION:  What do we believe by true faith? ANSWER: Everything taught to us in the gospel. The Apostles’ Creed expresses what we believe in these words: We believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker o...  Read More

QUESTION: What is faith in Jesus Christ?ANSWER: Faith in Jesus Christ is acknowledging the truth of everything that God has revealed in his Word, trusting in him, and also receiving and resting on him...  Read More

QUESTION: How can we be saved?ANSWER: Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his substitutionary atoning death on the cross; so even though we are guilty of having disobeyed God and are still inclined t...  Read More

QUESTION:  What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith?ANSWER: At the day of judgment they will receive the fearful but just sentence of condemnation pronounced against them. They ...  Read More

QUESTION: Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven?ANSWER: Yes, because Christ’s death on the cross fully paid the penalty for our sin, God graciously imputes Christ’s righteousness to us...  Read More

QUESTION: Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die?ANSWER: Since death is the punishment for sin, Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and br...  Read More

QUESTION: Why must the Redeemer be truly God?ANSWER: That because of his divine nature his obedience and suffering would be perfect and effective; and also that he would be able to bear the righteous ...  Read More

QUESTION: Why must the Redeemer be truly human?ANSWER: That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin; and also that he might sympathi...  Read More

QUESTION: What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?ANSWER: One who is truly human and also truly God. WARM-UPWhat do you sense are the most significant factors that take the wind out of...  Read More