Question 21

What is true faith?

Answer

True faith is not only a certain knowledge, whereby I hold for truth all that God has revealed to us in his word, (a) but also an assured confidence, (b) which the Holy Ghost (c) works by the gospel in my heart; (d) that not only to others, but to me also, remission of sin, everlasting righteousness and salvation, (e) are freely given by God, merely of grace, only for the sake of Christ’s merits. (f)

a Jesus, The Name High Over All Woodland https://youtu.be/ajlsF1wtUgQ

b We All Believe in One True God Wir Glauben All’ https://youtu.be/o_R_p0PU984

Grace, ‘Tis a Charming Sound Silver Street https://youtu.be/TN1-ELG6pxM

My Faith Looks Up to Thee Olivet https://youtu.be/8O0qQMOZGHE

Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me Gethsemane https://youtu.be/CsQPLxuMb1Y

Rise, O my Soul, Pursue the Path Arlington https://youtu.be/8YllSqHv4h0

Where High the Heavenly Temple Stands Brookfield https://youtu.be/vqTFd9PTn8g

Thou, My Everlasting Portion Close to Thee https://youtu.be/FVQ-mm_fDyM

I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord Shirland https://youtu.be/JSdduqJZkJg

Fight the Good Fight Mozart https://youtu.be/S5RU9rteO6I

Father of Jesus Christ, My Lord Dedham https://youtu.be/LwFFh95vr2g

O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing Stracathro https://youtu.be/o7PQv4IX3YY

I’m Not Ashamed to Own My Lord Belmont https://youtu.be/vYo7NEfk9vA

At the Name of Jesus Evelyns https://youtu.be/XYx1ANVqgOU

Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness Ombersley https://youtu.be/vQxI3xxiVgI

c Holy Spirit, Truth Divine Mercy https://youtu.be/kYjxfJjG-3Y

Christ is Made the Sure Foundation Westminster Abbey https://youtu.be/waPGZ7XKIoA

We All Believe in One True God Vi tro allesammen pax on GuD https://youtu.be/sXnLxrpALN8

O God, Unseen Yet Ever Near Belmont https://youtu.be/YDauzgFHkvo

Grace! ‘its a Charming Sound Olney https://youtu.be/QqfwlnQPbEs

We Sing The Praise of Him Who Died Bow Brickhill https://youtu.be/zYh3nuHH9jw

Thus Saith the Mercy of the Lord Camp Meeting https://youtu.be/Na-7lL-HplE

d God Is My Strong Salvation Aurelia https://youtu.be/wB3kqvtyqOw

I Know Not Why God’s Wondrous Grace I Know Whom I Have Believedhttps://youtu.be/k4dWQCKXTb4

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross Hamburg https://youtu.be/p18hng34BH0

Spirit of the Living God Fall Fresh on Me https://youtu.be/ifYPextv37s

e There’s a Wideness In God’s Mercy Omni Die https://youtu.be/fTo_6uHLrQY

The Royal Banners Forward Go Parker https://youtu.be/IfcB-8REcbU

Jesus Christ is Risen Today Easter Hymn https://youtu.be/2xrTPVP-duU

Just As I Am, Without One Plea Gwyneth https://youtu.be/06kQ9azmkcc

f All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name Diadem https://youtu.be/jqmDKgp4ExE

Show Pity, Lord, O Lord Forgive Devotion https://youtu.be/MODIevN-raI

Praise to the Holiest in the Height Gerontius https://youtu.be/ABk-mO6O3CY

Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies Lus prima https://youtu.be/bjgPTZn4nSY

(a) James 2:19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

(b) 2 Corinthians 4:13 It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak…

Ephesians 2:7-9 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

Ephesians 3:12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

Galatians 2:16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

Hebrews 11:1, 7-10 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.

8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. 9 By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

James 1:6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

Matthew 16:17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.”

Philippians 1:19 for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance

Romans 4:16-21 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. 17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.

18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.

Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ…

Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

Romans 10:10, 17 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

Romans 3:24-25 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—

(c) Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Matthew 16:17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.

2 Corinthians 4:13 It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak,

John 6:29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—

Philippians 1:19 for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.

Acts 16:14 One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.

(d) Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

Romans 10:17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

Acts 10:44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message.

e) Romans 1:17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Galatians 3:11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.”

Hebrews 10:10, 38 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 38 And, “But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.”

Galatians 2:16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

(f) Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—

Romans 3:24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus

Romans 5:19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

Luke 1:77-78 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven

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Question 22

What is then necessary for a christian to believe?

Answer

All things promised us in the gospel, (a)which the articles of our catholic undoubted christian faith briefly teach us.

a We Walk by Faith, and Not by Sight Arlington https://youtu.be/Ury2W2cDLME

Alleluia, Sing to Jesus Hyfrydol https://youtu.be/d3URj7YwJJU

Turn Back, O Man, Forswear Thy Foolish Ways Old 124^th https://youtu.be/6_SZfx5JvSM

(a) John 20:31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…

Mark 1:15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”

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Question 23

What are these articles?

Answer

1. I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

2. And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord:

3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary:

4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell:

5. The third day he rose again from the dead:

6. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty:

7. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead:

8. I believe in the Holy Ghost:

9. I believe a holy catholic church: the communion of saints:

10. The forgiveness of sins:

11. The resurrection of the body:

12. And the life everlasting.

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8. Lord’s Day

Question 24

How are these articles divided?

Answer

Into three parts; the first is of God the Father, and our creation; the second of God the Son, and our redemption; the third of God the Holy Ghost, and our sanctification.

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Question 25

Since there is but one only divine essence, (a) why speakest thou of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost?

Answer

Because God has so revealed himself in his word, (b) that these three distinct persons are the one only true and eternal God.

a O Dearest Lord, Thy Sacred Head Dunfermline -alt https://youtu.be/wOzYTGEq7RA

Thy Hand, O God, Has Guided Thornbury https://youtu.be/2WrzLTXCJa0

The God of Abraham Praise Covenant https://youtu.be/lIUH4B5qpzU

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty Nicaea https://youtu.be/cGg7MGYt8GQ

All Creatures of Our God and King Lasst uns erfreuen https://youtu.be/VZjTTAT6Tyw

b Hark, the Glad Sound, the Savior Comes Hab Dank, O Jesu https://youtu.be/a0TZF135Jlc

I’ll Praise my Maker While I’ve Breath Nashville https://youtu.be/BMu_1aCQII8

Thou, Whose Almighty Word Thou Whose Almighty Word https://youtu.be/_PzyvYA-EtE

Praise the Lord! Ye Heavens, Adore Him Faben https://youtu.be/mvlvPyQLSgY

Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove St Agnes https://youtu.be/rP6cPffwPs8

Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise Dix – alt https://youtu.be/SxU4exv5N2o

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name Grosser Gott https://youtu.be/qVkLDTKjz5Y

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord Blumenthal https://youtu.be/B9LyjvvhTFc

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest Komm, Gott Schopfer https://youtu.be/IksY5dWkC3o

Come Down, O Love Divine Down Ampney https://youtu.be/2v5wvJbvVQQ

May the Grace of Christ our Savior Evening Prayer https://youtu.be/Dj2sKDQDhDM

Father of Glory, to Thy Name Nun danket all’ https://youtu.be/xriPa-FQpT0

Not What My Hands Have Done Leonminster https://youtu.be/WgfCm25lYTg

a Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one

Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Isaiah 44:6 “This is what the Lord says—Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.

Isaiah 45:5 I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me…

1 Corinthians 8:4, 6 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world” and that “There is no God but one.” 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

(b) Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners

Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free…”

Genesis 1:2-3 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Psalm 33:6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.

Isaiah 48:16 “Come near me and listen to this: “From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; at the time it happens, I am there.” And now the Sovereign Lord has sent me, endowed with his Spirit.

Psalm 110:1 The Lord says to my lord:“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

Matthew 3:16-17 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…

1 John 5:7 For there are three that testify…

Isaiah 6:1, 3 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 3 And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

John 14:26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

John 15:26 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.

2 Corinthians 13:13 All God’s people here send their greetings.

Galatians 4:6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”

Ephesians 2:18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Titus 3:5-6 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior…

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Of God The Father

9. Lord’s Day

Question 26

What believest thou when thou sayest, “I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth”?

Answer

That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (who of nothing made heaven and earth, with all that is in them; (a) who likewise upholds and governs the same by his eternal counsel and providence) (b) is for the sake of Christ his Son, my God and my Father; (c) on whom I rely so entirely, that I have no doubt, but he will provide me with all things necessary for soul and body (d) and further, that he will make whatever evils he sends upon me, in this valley of tears turn out to my advantage; (e) for he is able to do it, being Almighty God, (f) and willing, being a faithful Father. (g)

a Morning Has Broken Bunessan https://youtu.be/sJJhYPAijww

By Cool Siloam’s Shady Rill Belmont https://youtu.be/iZK7dOrpMGg

O Worship the King all Glorious Above Hanover https://youtu.be/suJULriXL7Q

O God of Truth, Whose Living Word Mirfield https://youtu.be/qw-r13d00JE

My Song is Love Unknown Love Unknown https://youtu.be/6v94kQBkcu0

O Lord of Heaven and Earth and Sea Almsgiving https://youtu.be/byLirGFpTxU

My God, How Endless is Thy Love Canonbury https://youtu.be/MN-S1kXrgdY

b Why Should I Feel Discouraged His Eye is on the Sparrow https://youtu.be/08FA5-HF2Vk

O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright Puer Nobis https://youtu.be/HbbYId6w6U4

Breathe on Me, Breath of God Boylston https://youtu.be/vZ4DchUL4B0

Not Unto us, O Lord of Heaven Gairney Bridge https://youtu.be/h4NS9tDZvjQ

If the World From You Withhold of its Silver Leave it There https://youtu.be/wvVKxxnNHu8

God Is Working His Purpose Out Purpose https://youtu.be/3JWSntmx_pI

c O Word of God Incarnate Chenies https://youtu.be/fvda1E_9q30

Come, Thou Almighty King Italian Hymn https://youtu.be/SJax0cRvOcc

Behold the Amazing Gift of Love St Stephen https://youtu.be/usUvbTLsN4w

When Upon Life’s Billows Count Your Blessings https://youtu.be/te_XanmQJpY

d If Thou but Suffer God to Guide Thee Neumark https://youtu.be/Btb28mJc4PE

We Plow the Fields and Scatter Dresden https://youtu.be/ZZTF7mZPxyg

e Prayer is the Soul’s Sincere Desire Heber https://youtu.be/90WLu7vxloI

f My Father is Rich A Child of the King https://youtu.be/ajLb_s2H-LY

In Some Way or Other the Lord Will Provide The Lord Will Provide https://youtu.be/8E1p8NQjhfc

Our Children, Lord, in Faith and Prayer Abergele https://youtu.be/Tc0jyNMcnj0

g Commit Thou All Thy Griefs St George https://youtu.be/QC-e1wqFHGg

I Sought the Lord, and Afterward I Knew Artavia https://youtu.be/dSW-0JJnYgw

(a) Genesis 1- 2 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. 6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” 29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. 5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, 6 but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” 18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” 19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. 25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Job 33:4 The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Job 38 – 39 38 Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: 2 “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? 3 Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. 4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. 5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? 6 On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone—7 while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?

8 “Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, 9 when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness, 10 when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, 11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?

12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place, 13 that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it? 14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features stand out like those of a garment. 15 The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken.

16 “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep? 17 Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness? 18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this.

19 “What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside? 20 Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings? 21 Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!

22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail, 23 which I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle? 24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth? 25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm, 26 to water a land where no one lives, an uninhabited desert, 27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass? 28 Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew? 29 From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens 30 when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen?

31 “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion’s belt? 32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs? 33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God’s dominion over the earth? 34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water? 35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’? 36 Who gives the ibis wisdom or gives the rooster understanding? 37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens 38 when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together?

39 “Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions 40 when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket? 41 Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

39 “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn? 2 Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth? 3 They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended. 4 Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.

5 “Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes? 6 I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat. 7 It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver’s shout. 8 It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing. 9 “Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night? 10 Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you? 11 Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it? 12 Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?

13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork. 14 She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand, 15 unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them. 16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain, 17 for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense. 18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.

19 “Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane? 20 Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting? 21 It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray. 22 It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword. 23 The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance. 24 In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds. 25 At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, ‘Aha!’ It catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry.

26 “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south? 27 Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high? 28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold. 29 From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar. 30 Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is.”

Psalm 33:6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.

Acts 4:24 When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.

Acts 14:15 “Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them.

Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.

(b) Matthew 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.

Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

Psalm 104:27-30 All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time. 28 When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things. 29 When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. 30 When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

Psalm 115:3 Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.

Matthew 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.

Ephesians 1:11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,

(c) John 1:12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

Romans 8:15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

Galatians 4:5-7 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. 6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.

Ephesians 1:5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—

(d) Psalm 55:23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.

Matthew 6:25-26 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

Luke 12:22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.

(e) Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

(f) Romans 10:12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him…

Luke 12:22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.”

Romans 8:23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.

Isaiah 46:4 Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.

(g) Matthew 6:25-34 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew 7:9-11 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

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10. Lord’s Day

Question 27

What dost thou mean by the providence of God?

Answer

The almighty and everywhere present power of God; (a) whereby, as it were by his hand, he upholds and governs (b) heaven, earth, and all creatures; so that herbs and grass, rain and drought, (c) fruitful and barren years, meat and drink, health and sickness, (d) riches and poverty, (e) yea, and all things come, not by chance, but be his fatherly hand. (f)

a Father, in Whom We Live Boylston https://youtu.be/U630_hc09Xk

Still, Still With Thee Consolation https://youtu.be/nIqCETc24C0

b Rejoice, the Lord is King Darwall’s 148^th https://youtu.be/R6xQy2LnW5M

c We Plow the Fields and Scatter St Anselm https://youtu.be/EQHoIJVLTWA

e Come, Ye Thankful People, Come St George’s Windsor https://youtu.be/1KIV5xp4C0w

f I was Once a Sinner A New Name in Glory https://youtu.be/Lp3zMGl5GSQ

(a) Acts 17:25-28 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. 26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’

Jeremiah 23:23-24 “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the Lord, “and not a God far away? 24 Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.

Isaiah 29:15-16 Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their work in darkness and think, “Who sees us? Who will know?” 16 You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, “You did not make me”? Can the pot say to the potter, “You know nothing”?

Ezekiel 8:12 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

(b) Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

(c) Jeremiah 5:24  They do not say to themselves, ‘Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives autumn and spring rains in season, who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’

Acts 14:17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.

(d) John 9:3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.”

(e) Proverbs 22:2 Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all.

(f) Matthew 10:20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.

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Question 28

What advantage is it to us to know that God has created, and by his providence does still uphold all things?

Answer

That we may be patient in adversity; (a) thankful in prosperity; (b) and that in all things, which may hereafter befall us, we place our firm trust in our faithful God and Father, (c) that nothing shall separate us from his love; (d) since all creatures are so in his hand, that without his will they cannot so much as move. (e)

a Tis my Happiness Below Florio https://youtu.be/H-zz2ivjZ7M

I Constant Care Will Take Aylesbury https://youtu.be/D93L7bqQcH8

Jesus, While Our Hearts Are Bleeding Fern Dell https://youtu.be/s0XooKMFFvc

b Praise to God, Immortal Praise Nuremberg – alt https://youtu.be/VIn6NqcLnwE

Now Thank We All our God Nun Danket https://youtu.be/97RSripZ3OI

c If Thou but Suffer God to Guide Thee Neumark https://youtu.be/Btb28mJc4PE

My Hope is Built on Nothing Less Solid Rock https://youtu.be/Sxu9WKJvYvU

d O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go Consecration https://youtu.be/2HEJBZa-HMY

e Father, in Whom We Live Dover https://youtu.be/LXruSQUiF4g

(a) Romans 5:3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

James 1:3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

Psalm 39:9 I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this.

Job 1:21-22 and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” 22 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

(b) Deuteronomy 8:10 When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

(c) Psalm 55:22 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.

Romans 5:4 perseverance, character; and character, hope

(d) Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

(e) Job 1:12 The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.”

Job 2:6 The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”

Acts 17:25-28 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. 26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.

Proverbs 21:1 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.

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Of God The Son

11. Lord’s Day

Question 29

Why is the Son of God called “Jesus”, that is a Saviour?

Answer

Because he saveth us, and delivereth us from our sins; (a) and likewise, because we ought not to seek, neither can find salvation in any other. (b)

a Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose Stella English https://youtu.be/BhcgkTySOiY

Arise, My Soul, Arise Bevan https://youtu.be/i3EG59MGy10

b Take the Name of Jesus with You Precious Name https://youtu.be/uDrFLcLi6D0

I Need Thee Every Hour Need https://youtu.be/fH8T5uuERns

Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavnly Light Chorale – Christmas Oratorio https://youtu.be/wnfhfwtYHbU

Not All the Blood of Beasts Olmutz https://youtu.be/4KQj6l1kRAw

O Love Divine, What Hast Thou Done! Selena https://youtu.be/0FMAYKBJ5RM

(a) Matthew 1:21 “She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Hebrews 7:24-25 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

(b) Acts 4:12 “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

John 15:4-5 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,

Isaiah 43:11 I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior.

1 John 5:11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

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Question 30

Do such then believe in Jesus the only Saviour, who seek their salvation and welfare of saints, of themselves, or anywhere else?

Answer

They do not; for though they boast of him in words, yet in deeds they deny Jesus the only deliverer and Saviour; (a) for one of these two things must be true, that either Jesus is not a complete Saviour; or that they, who by a true faith receive this Saviour, must find all things in him necessary to their salvation.(b)

a Buried in Shadows of the Night Hamburg https://youtu.be/o_J7UHT3WuQ

Jesus Comes With all His Grace Nassau https://youtu.be/D2b48YbY8jk

b For All The Saints Sarum https://youtu.be/SjojnXWWWCM

To Us a Child of Hope is Born Zerah https://youtu.be/ce-9nFCuqxM

In the Cross of Christ I Glory Rathbun https://youtu.be/Jbu2O_AGoz4

Complete in Thee! No Work of Mine Complete in Thee https://youtu.be/0tlTmu1t66I

What Can Wash Away My Sin Nothing But the Blood https://youtu.be/REr57ExsU6k

(a) 1 Corinthians 1:13, 30-31 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”

Galatians 5:4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

(b) Hebrews 12:2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Colossians 1:19-20 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

Colossians 2:10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

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12. Lord’s Day

Question 31

Why is he called “Christ”, that is anointed?

Answer

Because he is ordained of God the Father, and anointed with the Holy Ghost, (a) to be our chief Prophet and Teacher, (b) who has fully revealed to us the secret counsel and will of God concerning our redemption; (c) and to be our only High Priest, (d) who by the one sacrifice of his body, has redeemed us, (e) and makes continual intercession with the Father for us; (f) and also to be our eternal King, who governs us by his word and Spirit, and who defends and preserves us in that salvation, he has purchased for us. (g)

a Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus St Hilda https://youtu.be/q5RpXYXYFjo

My Lord Has Garment so Wondrous Fine Ivory Palaces https://youtu.be/U2Emqzqj6X8

Hark, the Glad Sound, the Savior Comes St Savior https://youtu.be/Y18v6cD9xXg

I’ll Praise my Maker While I’ve Breath Newcourt https://youtu.be/_pkSftITnMo

b Join All the Glorious Names St Peter’s Manchester https://youtu.be/T3KXlyvqiTk

Lord Jesus, Think on Me Southwell https://youtu.be/B5llNa99jQg

Lead On, O King Eternal Lancashire https://youtu.be/ATB9aW3eIC8

c What a Friend We Have in Jesus Erie https://youtu.be/CmfbsQKRclk

d O Worship the King all Glorious Above Lyons https://youtu.be/j6GgAVlZgak

e Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus Autumn https://youtu.be/Wz5jBKdjizg

Alleluia, Sing to Jesus! Alleluia https://youtu.be/ca5m9V7OEFE

f Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise Dix – alt https://youtu.be/SxU4exv5N2o

Golden Harps and Sounding Hermas https://youtu.be/qhoMEw3t2Gg

I Know That My Redeemer Lives Bardford https://youtu.be/HKMdp2f9RX8

And Can it Be That I Should Gain Holy Faith https://youtu.be/KnNa_3eFqtU

g Come, We That Love the Lord We’re Marching to Zion https://youtu.be/G5gYPyrrn8Q

Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! St Drostane https://youtu.be/S_CtIWSeVyY

O Lord, How Shall I Meet Thee St Theodulph https://youtu.be/z_-J5JqkEkY

The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came Gabriel’s Message https://youtu.be/bcl5qKFf8oU

Go, Preach My Gospel, Saith the Lord Truro https://youtu.be/s4DY0uWawcA

Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep Buckland https://youtu.be/vDYXeIAKqFs

Give Me the Wings of Faith to Rise Hummel https://youtu.be/_EfENhjXSFM

(a) Hebrews 1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.”

Psalm 45:8 All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces adorned with ivory the music of the strings makes you glad.

Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners…

Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,

(b) Deuteronomy 18:15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.

Acts 3:22 For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you.”

Acts 7:37 “This is the Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.’

Isaiah 55:4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples.

(c) John 1:18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

John 15:15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

(d) Psalm 110:4 The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

(e) Hebrews 10:12, 14 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God…14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

Hebrews 9:12, 14, 28 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

(f) Romans 8:34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.

Hebrews 9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence.

1 John 2:1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

Romans 5:9-10 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! 10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

(g) Psalm 2:6 “I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Matthew 21:5 “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

Luke 1:33 “and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”

John 10:28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Revelation 12:10-11 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. 11 They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

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Question 32

But why art thou called a Christian? (a)

Answer

Because I am a member of Christ by faith, (b) and thus am partaker of his anointing; (c) that so I may confess his name, (d) and present myself a living sacrifice of thankfulness to him: (e) and also that with a free and good conscience I may fight against sin and Satan in this life (f) and afterwards I reign with him eternally, over all creatures. (g)

b Spirit Divine, Attend our Prayer Eagley https://youtu.be/2MS-1shWl7Q

c O Spirit of the Living God Easton https://youtu.be/8QJwCxAWhnM

d Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken Autumn https://youtu.be/_ITTKyPFkqU

Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name we Raise Ellers https://youtu.be/waiAGg6H-Yc

Jesus, and Shall it Ever Be Brookfield https://youtu.be/mYFvQFreZP8

e When I Survey the Wondrous Cross Rockingham Old https://youtu.be/2jOsqktf4-I

Christ is Our Corner Stone Darwall’s 148^th https://youtu.be/6BbUEYZRxik

What Wondrous Love is This Wondrous Love https://youtu.be/wew2dCENh-8

Now to the Lord, Who Makes us Know Duke Street https://youtu.be/0H8Xkr3v-XE

f He Who Would Valiant Be St Dunstan’s https://youtu.be/xxrNeWCdamE

All to Jesus I Surrender I Surrender All https://youtu.be/JMBeyjrQwfo

Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me Redhead No 76 https://youtu.be/LeYZEalAZ5g

Soldiers of Christ, Arise Aynhoe https://youtu.be/wh9etUTDUiQ

g The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns Burlington https://youtu.be/S4wTEoaKwvA

Jesus, My Lord, How Rich Thy Grace Eagley https://youtu.be/yuGozBp1rJI

(a) Acts 11:26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

(b) 1 Corinthians 6:15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

(c) 1 John 2:27 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.

Acts 2:17 “‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.”

(d) Matthew 10:32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.”

Romans 10:10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

Mark 8:38 “If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

(e) Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

1 Peter 2:5, 9 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Revelation 5:8, 10  And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. 10 “You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”

Revelation 1:6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

(f) 1 Peter 2:11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.

Romans 6:12-13 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.

Galatians 5:16-17 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.

Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.

1 Timothy 1:18-19 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, 19 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.

(g) 2 Timothy 2:12 if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us

Matthew 25:34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.’”

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13. Lord’s Day

Question 33

Why is Christ called the “only begotten Son” of God, since we are also the children of God?

Answer

Because Christ alone is the eternal and natural Son of God; (a) but we are children adopted of God, by grace, for his sake. (b)

a O Word of God Incarnate Munich https://youtu.be/tJAlZ7F7n1o

O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright Winchester New https://youtu.be/VLyXO7BdymQ

Not to Condemn the Sons of Men Rolland https://youtu.be/rkNa03pXnn4

We Sing The Praise of Him Who Died Breslau https://youtu.be/B2sEYC1HNf8

O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High Deus Tourum Miltum https://youtu.be/clC8Q0_piY0

b In Christ There is No East or West Green Hill https://youtu.be/NsCvfgNOauQ

O Little Town of Bethlehem Forest Green https://youtu.be/OqY5U_zl3GY

Behold, What Wondrous Grace Lebanon https://youtu.be/Wv6oRSkAIoM

I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Toulon https://youtu.be/bRCDVO8oGjY

(a) John 1:1-3, 14, 18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

Hebrews 1:1-2 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

1 John 4:9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

Romans 8:32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

(b) Romans 8:15-17 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

John 1:12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

Galatians 4:6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”

Ephesians 1:5-6 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

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Question 34

Wherefore callest thou him “our Lord”?

Answer

Because he hath redeemed us, both soul and body, from all our sins, not with silver or gold, but with his precious blood, and has delivered us from all the power of the devil; and thus has made us his own property. (a)

Jesus, Priceless Treasure Lindeman https://youtu.be/txK6s85CZIk

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name Te Deum https://youtu.be/3G95LxH_cS0

Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us Bradbury https://youtu.be/zN6MtjKsxcg

There Is a Green Hill Far Away Horsley https://youtu.be/zVzTgVbEBqg

Father of Heav’n, Whose Love Profound Angelus https://youtu.be/BSM60nEBxfI

Depth of Mercy, Can There Be Mercy https://youtu.be/LgpxraDN3AA

(a) 1 Peter 1:18-19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

1 Corinthians 6:20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

1 Corinthians 7:23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings.

1 Timothy 2:6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.

John 20:28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

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14. Lord’s Day

Question 35

What is the meaning of these words “He was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary”?

Answer

That God’s eternal Son, who is, and continues (a) true and eternal God, (b) took upon him the very nature of man, of the flesh and blood of the virgin Mary, (c) by the operation of the Holy Ghost; (d) that he might also be the true seed of David, (e) like unto his brethren in all things, (f) sin excepted. (g)

a Come, Thou Almighty King Moscow https://youtu.be/_5yWTI3n4F0

Wondrous King, All Glorious Arnsberg https://youtu.be/h_Ut0RxZWmM

b Father, We Thank Thee Who has Planted Rendez a Dieu https://youtu.be/gS09t8g5O0g

Ere the Blue Heav’ns Were Stretched Abroad Uxbridge https://youtu.be/RvUGAOK2Y_M

For Ever With the Lord Ishmael https://youtu.be/GY9WqJm7dmw

Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim Laudate Dominum https://youtu.be/YzORgdIH4k4

c Sing, My Tongue, How Glorious Battle Ardudwy https://youtu.be/zl1AeDpS-tc

Savior of the Nations, Come Num komm, der heiden heiland https://youtu.be/SOO9TFhvcK0

d O Come, All Ye Faithful Adeste fideles https://youtu.be/rKg_87oMi0A

The First Noel The First Noel https://youtu.be/Z9V935DXJb4

Now, My Tongue, the Mystry Telling Pange Lingua https://youtu.be/c7XGcnsKpl0

e Arise, O Lord, Our God, Arise Herr Jesu Christ https://youtu.be/2A_nKcTLWFQ

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Bethlehem https://youtu.be/sREr_lHBId8

Hail to the Lord’s Anointed Rockport https://youtu.be/zZJf-HZu6NM

Christ Is the World’s Redeemer Moville https://youtu.be/szOt5Eow4OI

f All Praise To Thee, For Thou, O King Divine Engelberg https://youtu.be/TCFEnNvngxE

O for a Closer Walk with God Beatitudo https://youtu.be/bxZesDYGd0Y

g With Joy we Meditate the Grace Tappan https://youtu.be/5YB2692js4U

(a) Romans 1:4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 9:5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.

(b) 1 John 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Romans 1:3 regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David,

Colossians 1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

(c) Galatians 4:4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law…

Luke 1:31, 42 – 43 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?”

(d) John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Matthew 1:18, 20 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.”

Luke 1:32, 35 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David… 35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

(e) Psalm 132:11 The Lord swore an oath to David, a sure oath he will not revoke: “One of your own descendants I will place on your throne.”

Romans 1:3 regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David…

2 Samuel 7:12 When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom.

Acts 2:30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.

(f) Philippians 2:7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

Hebrews 2:14, 17 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

(g) Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.

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Question 36

What profit dost thou receive by Christ’s holy conception and nativity?

Answer

That he is our Mediator; (a) and with His innocence and perfect holiness, covers in the sight of God, my sins, wherein I was conceived and brought forth. (b)

a He Lives! the Great Redeemer Lives Brookfield https://youtu.be/REczL4kkAww

Beneath the Cross of Jesus St Christopher https://youtu.be/d-ubxUe-i0Y

b Glory be to Jesus Caswall https://youtu.be/bEVdM9A0SB4

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded Passion Chorale https://youtu.be/EOFyq_YfLhs

Jesus, Lover of My Soul Jesus, Lover of My Soul https://youtu.be/Py6a3LMPttw

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Bernotski https://youtu.be/9zi7nhxloU8

Look, Ye Saints, the Sight is Glorious Hail the King https://youtu.be/YvcS9dlJLa8

How Blest is He Whose Trespass Prysgol https://youtu.be/NgwOg2H2ABw

(a) Hebrews 7:26-27 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.

Hebrews 2:17 For this reason he had to be made like them,[a] fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

(b) 1 Peter 1:18-19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 1:30-31 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”

Romans 8:3-4 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Isaiah 53:11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.

Psalm 32:1 Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

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15. Lord’s Day

Question 37

What dost thou understand by the words, “He suffered”?

Answer

That he, all the time that he lived on earth, but especially at the end of his life, sustained in body and soul, the wrath of God against the sins of all mankind: (a) that so by his passion, as the only propitiatory sacrifice, (b) he might redeem our body and soul from everlasting damnation, (c) and obtain for us the favor of God, righteousness and eternal life. (d)

a Man of Sorrow What a Name Hallelujah! What a Savior https://youtu.be/hm_CwCvs4Ho

The Strife is O’er, the Battle Done Victory https://youtu.be/oFy_MUyL6dU

Cross of Jesus, Cross of Sorrow Cross of Jesus https://youtu.be/XpGg8RXnoU0

Tell Me the Story of Jesus Tell Me the Story of Jesus https://youtu.be/QkzAnTyKox4

b O Thou That Hearest the Prayer of Faith Meribah https://youtu.be/30sDSazUtiM

Jesus Loves Me! This I Know Warner https://youtu.be/5DA9G35ea0M

The Day of Resurrection Greenland https://youtu.be/-3So_CKx4qY

Eternal Light Eternal Light https://youtu.be/w3tKLw9-Wfo

My Jesus, I Love Thee Gordon https://youtu.be/-ywe1wg4_w4

We Give Immortal Praise Unity https://youtu.be/r8m7Pq0xdvE

I Gave My Life for Thee Kenosis https://youtu.be/zScInRB5crI

Before The Throne of God Above Jellico https://youtu.be/d1RQwmjGNP4

c Thy Hand, O God, Has Guided Thornbury https://youtu.be/2WrzLTXCJa0

Jesus, My Great High Priest Bevan https://youtu.be/6kGJes2ImFU

Redeemed How I Love to Proclaim It Redeemed https://youtu.be/ClPSo0voHx0

d Sweet the moments, Rich in Blessing Brocklesbury https://youtu.be/KuRGt44M-vs

O Zion, Haste, Thy Mission High Fulfilling Tidings https://youtu.be/eZzIiaMDQxs

For God So Loved the World John 3 16 https://youtu.be/hUfhs2McwAk

Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor St Helena https://youtu.be/uoMNdzS8J-c

Draw Nigh and Take the Body Garden https://youtu.be/tjMoaxrvbbk

To Thy Temple I Repair Buena https://youtu.be/1jZsVYkgpYQ

(a) Isaiah 53:4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.

1 Peter 2:24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.

1 Timothy 2:6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.

(b) Isaiah 53:10, 12 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Ephesians 5:2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

1 John 2:2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 4:10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Romans 3:25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—

Hebrews 9:28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

Hebrews 10:14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

(c) Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”

Colossians 1:13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves…

Hebrews 9:12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.

1 Peter 1:18-19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

(d) Romans 3:25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—

2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 6:51 “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

Hebrews 9:15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

Hebrews 10:19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

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Question 38

Why did he suffer “under Pontius Pilate, as judge”?

Answer

That he, being innocent, and yet condemned by a temporal judge, (a) might thereby free us from the severe judgment of God to which we were exposed. (b)

a Once to Every Man and Nation Ebenezer https://youtu.be/9nk3_cWncuY

My Song is Love Unknown Rhosymedre https://youtu.be/EVVsSsKit0E

At the Cross Her Station Keeping Mainz https://youtu.be/O6Ve_GLbI2U

Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus Greenville https://youtu.be/d0CS42Dy0mA

b Deep in Our Hearts Let us Record Baca https://youtu.be/FhpPTxdG-HM

Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted Autumn https://youtu.be/uxjBpjX9Zpc

My Hope is Built on Nothing Less St Petersburg https://youtu.be/bwg-Y01M_iY

What Wondrous Love is This Wondrous Love https://youtu.be/wew2dCENh-8

(a) John 18:38 “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him.”

Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!”

Acts 4:27-28 Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. 28 They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.

Luke 23:14-15 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him. 15 Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death.

John 19:4 Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”

(b) Psalm 69:4 Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”

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Question 39

Is there anything more in his being “crucified”, than if he had died some other death?

Answer

Yes there is; for thereby I am assured, that he took on him the curse which lay upon me; (a) for the death of the cross was accursed of God. (b)

a Joy to the World Antioch – TWH https://youtu.be/7ECPMczEhF4

b Tell Me the Story of Jesus Tell Me the Story of Jesus https://youtu.be/QkzAnTyKox4

(a) Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”

(b) Deuteronomy 21:23 you must not leave the body hanging on the pole overnight. Be sure to bury it that same day, because anyone who is hung on a pole is under God’s curse. You must not desecrate the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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16. Lord’s Day

Question 40

Why was it necessary for Christ to humble himself even “unto death”?

Answer

Because with respect to the justice and truth of God, (a) satisfaction for our sins could be made no otherwise, than by the death of the Son of God. (b)

a A Charge to Keep I Have Boylston https://youtu.be/HEQ1fdysbns

b I Lay My Sins on Jesus Aurelia https://youtu.be/k-Vy-jwGf3g

O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High Eltham https://youtu.be/T6gOAnGupDg

(a) Genesis 2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

(b) Romans 8:3-4 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Hebrews 2:9, 14 – 15 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. 14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

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