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Oct 26 2014

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New City Catechism

Q37: How does the Holy Spirit help us?

October 26, 2014 | By

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 understand God’s Word.

Oct 19 2014

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New City Catechism

Q36: What do we believe about the Holy Spirit?

October 19, 2014 | By

That he is God, coeternal with the Father and the Son, and that God grants him irrevocably to all who believe.

Oct 12 2014

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New City Catechism

Q35: Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through faith alone, where does this faith come from?

October 12, 2014 | By

All the gifts we receive from Christ we receive through the Holy Spirit, including faith itself.

Oct 05 2014

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Q34: Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word?

October 5, 2014 | By

Yes, because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, also renews us by his Spirit; so that our lives may show love and gratitude to God; so that we may be assured of our faith by the fruits; and so that by our godly behavior others may be won to Christ.

Sep 28 2014

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New City Catechism

Q33: Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else?

September 28, 2014 | By

No, they should not, as everything necessary to salvation is found in Christ. To seek salvation through good works is a denial that Christ is the only Redeemer and Savior.

Sep 21 2014

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New City Catechism

Q32: What do justification and sanctification mean?

September 21, 2014 | By

Justification means our declared righteousness before God, made possible by Christ’s death and resurrection for us. Sanctification means our gradual, growing righteousness, made possible by the Spirit’s work in us.

Sep 14 2014

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Q31: What do we believe by true faith?

September 14, 2014 | By

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 of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

Sep 07 2014

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New City Catechism

Q30: What is faith in Jesus Christ?

September 7, 2014 | By

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 alone for salvation as he is offered to us in the gospel.

Aug 31 2014

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Q29: How can we be saved?

August 31, 2014 | By

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 to all evil, nevertheless, God, without any merit of our own but only by pure grace, imputes to us the perfect righteousness of Christ when we repent and believe in him.

Aug 24 2014

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Q28: What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith?

August 24, 2014 | By

At the day of judgment they will receive the fearful but just sentence of condemnation pronounced against them. They will be cast out from the favorable presence of God, into hell, to be justly and grievously punished, forever.

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