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LORD’S DAY 11 – August 1, 2010

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29. Why is the Son of God called “Jesus,” that is, Savior?

Because He saves us from all our sins,^[1] and because salvation is not to be sought or found in any other.^[2]

^[1]Mt. 1:21;  Heb. 7:25.  ^[2]Acts 4:12;  *Lk. 2:10-11.

30. Do those also believe in the only Savior Jesus, who seek their salvation and welfare from “saints,” themselves, or anywhere else?

No; although they make their boast of Him, yet in their deeds they deny the only Savior Jesus;^[1] for either Jesus is not a complete Savior, or they who by true faith receive this Savior, must have in Him all that is necessary to their salvation.^[2]

^[1]I Cor. 1:13, 30-31;Gal. 5:4.^[2]Isa. 9:7;Col. 1:20; 2:10;Jn. 1:16;*Mt. 23:28.

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LORD’S DAY 12 – August 8, 2010

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31. Why is He called “Christ,” that is, Anointed?

Because He is ordained of God the Father and anointed with the Holy Ghost^[1] to be our chief Prophet and Teacher,^[2] who has fully revealed to us the secret counsel and will of God concerning our redemption;^[3] and our only High Priest,^[4] who by the one sacrifice of His body, has redeemed us, and ever lives to make intercession for us with the Father;^[5] and our eternal King, who governs us by His Word and Spirit, and defends and preserves us in the redemption obtained for us.^[6]

^[1]Heb. 1:9.  ^[2]Deut. 18:15;  Acts 3:22.  ^[3]Jn. 1:18; 15:15.  ^[4]Ps. 110:4;  Heb. 7:21.^[5]Rom. 5:9-10.  ^[6]Ps. 2:6;  Lk. 1:33;  Mt. 28:18;  *Isa. 61:1-2;  *I Pet. 2:24;  *Rev. 19:16.

32. But why are you called a Christian?

Because by faith I am a member of Christ^[1] and thus a partaker of His anointing,^[2] in order that I also may confess His Name,^[3] may present myself a living sacrifice of thankfulness to Him,^[4] and with a free conscience may fight against sin and the devil in this life,^[5] and hereafter in eternity reign with Him over all creatures.^[6]

^[1]Acts 11:26;I Jn. 2:27;*I Jn. 2:20. ^[2]Acts 2:17.  ^[3]Mk. 8:38.  ^[4]Rom. 12:1;  Rev. 5:8, 10; I Pet. 2:9;  Rev. 1:6.  ^[5]I Tim. 1:18-19.  ^[6]II Tim. 2:12;  *Eph. 6:12;  *Rev. 3:21.

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LORD’S DAY 13 – August 15, 2010

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33. Why is He called God’s “only begotten Son,” since we also are the children of God?

Because Christ alone is the eternal, natural Son of God,^[1] but we are children of God by adoption, through grace, for His sake.^[2]

^[1]Jn. 1:14, 18.  ^[2]Rom. 8:15-17;  Eph. 1:5-6;  *I Jn. 3:1.

34. Why do you call Him “our Lord?”

Because not with silver or gold, but with His precious blood, He has redeemed and purchased us, body and soul, from sin and from all the power of the devil, to be His own.^[1]

^[1]I Pet. 1:18-19; 2:9;  I Cor. 6:20; 7:23;  *Acts 2:36;  *Tit. 2:14;  *Col. 1:14.

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LORD’S DAY 14 – August 22, 2010

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35. What is the meaning of “conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary?”

That the eternal Son of God, who is ^[1] and continues true and eternal God,^[2] took upon Himself the very nature of man, of the flesh and blood of the virgin Mary,^[3] by the operation of the Holy Ghost;^[4] so that He might also be the true seed of David,^[5] like unto His brethren in all things,^[6] except for sin.^[7]

^[1]Jn. 1:1;  Rom. 1:3-4.  ^[2]Rom. 9:5.  ^[3]Gal. 4:4;  Jn. 1:14.  ^[4]Mt. 1:18-20;  Lk. 1:35.^[5]Ps. 132:11.  ^[6]Phil. 2:7.  ^[7]Heb. 4:15;  *I Jn. 5:20.

36. What benefit do you receive from the holy conception and birth of Christ?

That He is our Mediator,^[1] and with His innocence and perfect holiness covers, in the sight of God, my sin, wherein I was conceived.^[2]

^[1]Heb. 2:16-17.  ^[2]Ps. 32:1;  *I Jn. 1:9.

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LORD’S DAY 15 – August 29, 2010

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37. What do you understand by the word “suffered?”

That all the time He lived on earth, but especially at the end of His life, He bore, in body and soul, the wrath of God against the sin of the whole human race;^[1] in order that by His suffering, as the only atoning sacrifice,^[2] He might redeem our body and soul from everlasting damnation, and obtain for us the grace of God, righteousness, and eternal life.

^[1]I Pet. 2:24;  Isa. 53:12. ^[2]I Jn. 2:2; 4:10; Rom. 3:25-26; *Ps. 22:14-16; *Mt. 26:38; *Rom. 5:6.

38. Why did He suffer “under Pontius Pilate” as judge?

That He, being innocent, might be condemned by the temporal judge,^[1] and thereby deliver us from the severe judgment of God, to which we were exposed.^[2]

^[1]Acts 4:27-28;  Lk. 23:13-15;  Jn. 19:4.  ^[2]Ps. 69:4;  II Cor. 5:21;  *Mt. 27:24.

39. Is there anything more in His having been “crucified” than if He had suffered some other death?

Yes, for thereby I am assured that He took upon Himself the curse which lay upon me,^[1] because the death of the cross was accursed of God.^[2]

^[1]Gal. 3:13-14.^[2]Deut. 21:22-23;  *Phil. 2:8.