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Unit 1: ABC Scriptures for Children Unit 2: The Ten Commandments Visualized Unit 3: Teaching the Ten Commandments Unit 4: The Fruit of the Christian Life Unit 5: The Lord’s Prayer Unit 6: Family Catechism Unit 7: Book Recommendations Our mission is to reach people and see them grow and change into the image of Jesus Christ.
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Unit 1 ABC Scriptures for Children Verses from the KJV (with updated words for ease with children) Bold – for younger children A - All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6 Allow the little children to come to me. Do not forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Mark 10:14 B - But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities… and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 C - Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Ephesians 6:1 D - Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. James 4:8 E - Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. Proverbs 20:11 F - For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23
G - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 H - He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters. Psalm 23:2 I - If you shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. John 14:14 J - Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 K - Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies. Psalm 34:13 L - Look unto me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. Isaiah 45:22 M - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27 N - Now is Christ risen from the dead. 1 Cor 15:20 O - O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endures forever.
Psalm 118:1 P - Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:11 Q - Quench not the Spirit. 1 Thess 5:19 R - Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth. Ecclesiastes 12:1
Thou shalt have no
S - Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. Psalm 96:2 T - Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not unto you own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 U - Unto you therefore who believe, he [Jesus] is precious. 1 Peter 2:7 V - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on me has everlasting life. John 6:47 W - We love God because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 X - Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:3 Y - You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Matthew 5:14 Z - Zacchaeus, you come down; for I’m going to your house today. Luke 19:5
Unit 2 The Ten Commandments Visualized
other gods before Me.
Thou shalt not
make unto thee any graven images.
take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Honor thy
father and thy mother.
Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy.
Thou shalt
not kill.
Thou shalt not
- Thou shalt not steal.
commit adultery.
- Thou shalt not covet.
Thou shalt not bear
false witness. (The 9 is “lying” down)
Unit 3 Teaching the Ten Commandments “The law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.” Galatians 3:24 Teach the following commandments to your children. They need not know the verse references. Use God’s law as a schoolmaster that will lead your children to Christ. Have even your young children memorize them. God will use these commandments in their hearts later, even if they do not under-stand the words now. The law is the mirror that shows us our deep need of the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
How many commandments did God give Moses on Mount Sinai? “Ten Commandments” (Deut 10:4).
- What are the 10 commandments sometimes called?
The Decalogue (that means, “10 Words”).
What do the first 4 commandments teach? To love God with all my heart (Lk 10:27).
What do the last 6 commandments teach? To love my neighbor as myself (Lk 10:27).
If we love Jesus, what will we do? Jesus said, “If you
What is the sum of the 10 commandments? “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself” (Lk 10:27).
love me, keep my commandments” (Jn 14:15).
Is God displeased with those who do not love and obey Him? Yes, “God is angry with the wicked every day” (Psa 7:11).
What is the first commandment? “Thou
shalt have no other gods before Me” (Exo 20:4).
What does it mean to have no other gods before the Lord? “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (Mt 6:33) and to “worship the Lord your God and serve Him only” (Mt 4:10).
What is the second
commandment? “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images” (Exo 20:4).
11.What does it mean to make graven images? God has revealed Himself to us in the Bible alone, so we can’t make up who God is. “True worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth” (John 4:23).
- What is the third commandment? “Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain” (Exo 20:7).
What it mean to take God’s Name in vain? It means to blaspheme God’s name and treat it in a common way. We are forbidden from referring to God or any of His works or attributes in a vain way.
What are some examples of taking God’s name in vain? We are not to say things like, “O my Word” for God’s Word is sacred, or “Mercy me!” because God’s mercy is sacred. We are not to say “O Gosh” because a euphemism is the same as saying the actual word. There are many other ways of blaspheming God, such as in curse words. It is also taking God’s Name in vain for a person to call themselves a Christian and live contrary to God. Instead of blaspheming God, we are to “give unto the Lord the glory due unto His Name” (Psa 29:2).
What is the fifth commandment? “Honor
- What is the fourth commandment? “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy: …for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth; therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy” (Exo 20:8-11).
When was the Sabbath made holy? Before God’s law, on the seventh day of creation. “So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation” (Gen 2:3). 17.What day of the week is the Christian Sabbath? “On the first day of the week, the disciples came together” (Acts 20:7).
Why is it called the Lord’s Day? Because on the first day, Jesus rose from the dead (John 20:19).
How should the Sabbath be spent? It should be spent delighting in the Lord. “If you call the Sabbath a delight, not doing your own ways, then you will take delight in the Lord” (Isa 58:13).
thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land…” (Exo 20:12).
What does it mean to honor my parents? It means to “Obey your parents in the Lord” (Eph 6:1). You should obey them (1) immediately (2) completely, and (3) with a happy attitude. You should also obey all people in authority over you unless they ask you to sin.
- What is the sixth commandment? “Thou shalt not kill” (Exo 20:13).
What does the sixth commandment
teach us? It teaches us not to hurt or hate our neighbor. Jesus says, Hatred or name calling is murder in our heart (Mt 5:21-22). “Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him” (1 Jn 3: 15).
- What is the seventh commandment? “Thou shalt not commit adultery” (Exod 20:14).
What does it mean to commit adultery? To leave your husband or wife for another. Instead we should “flee youthful lusts, and follow righteousness” (2 Tim 2:22).
What does the eighth
God tells mommies and daddies to stay together forever, because God has joined them together (Matt. 19:6). [For older children you can also tell them that Jesus tells us that if we look on another person with lust we have committed adultery with them already in our heart—Matt. 5:28].
- What is the eighth commandment? “Thou shalt not steal” (Exo 20:15).
commandment teach us? “Don't steal, but work to share with him who has need” (Eph 4:28).
- What is the ninth commandment? “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor” (Exo 20:16).
What does it mean to bear false
witness? It means to lie, be sneaky, or exaggerate. We are to “put away lying” and “speak the truth in love” (Eph 4:25, 15).
- What is the tenth commandment? “Thou shalt not covet.” (Exod 20:17).
What does it mean to covet? Coveting means to whine and fuss and get my own way – to be greedy, jealous and self-centered, never thinking of others. “I have learned to be content” (Phil 4:11).
Can any person keep these Ten Commandments
perfectly? “There is not a righteous man on earth who does good and who never sins” (Eccl 7:20).
Can anyone go to heaven by keeping God’s law, the Ten Commandments? “By works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin” (Rom 3:20).
Why do we learn the Ten Commandments? “The Law is my school-master to lead me to Christ” (Gal 3:24). The more I see my sin, the more I see my need for Christ.
I cannot live comfortably in sin. 1 Jn 1:6, “If we say we
Unit 4 The Fruit of the Christian Life
What is the fruit of the Spirit? “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law” (Gal 5:22-23).
- What are the evidences of a true believer?
I fellowship with God. 1 Jn 1:3, “our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.”
have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.”
I obey God from my heart. 1 Jn 2:3, “And by this we
know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.”
- I hunger for God’s Word. 1 John 2:14, “you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.”
I live separate from the world. 1 Jn 2:15-16, “Do not
love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.”
I confess Christ boldly to the world. 1 Jn 2:23, “No
one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.”
I long for Jesus to come again. 1 Jn 3:2-3, “Beloved,
we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.”
I am rejected at times because of my faith. 1 Jn 3:13, “Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.”
I love fellow Christians. Jn 13:35, “By this all people will
know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” 1 Jn 5:1b, “Everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.”
God answers my prayers. 1 Jn 3:21-22, “We have
confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his command-ments and do what pleases him.”
I discern truth by the Bible. 1 Jn 4:6, “We are from
God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.”
I enjoy the comfort of the Holy Spirit. 1 Jn 4:13, “By
this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.”
I trust Jesus Christ as my King. 1 Jn 5:1a, “Everyone
who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God.”
I persevere in victory over the world. 1 Jn 5:4, “For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world.”
I have assurance of my salvation. 1 Jn 5:13, “I write
these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.”
How is a true Christian identified by the world? “By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another” (Jn 13:35).
- List the beatitudes (Mt 5:3-11).
- Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
- Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
- Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
- Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
- Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
- Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
- Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
What are the marks of love in a Christian’s life from 1 Corinthians 13? Love is: (2 things) patient and kind. Love is not: (7 things) jealous or boastful, arrogant or rude, selfish, irritable, or resentful. Love does not: (2 things) rejoice when people fail, but rejoices when they grow in Christ Love always does certain things: (5 things) protects (forgives and covers their faults) believes the best hopes for the best perseveres with people produces eternal fruit
Quote the verses on what love is from 1
Corinthians 13. “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.… So now faith, hope, and love
What Love Is...
abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love” (1 Cor 13:4-8, 13).
Take time and talk about what the attributes of love are over several days or weeks.
- Love is patient. To suffer long when you are inconvenienced or taken advantage of over and over again. We respond with gentleness, without retaliation. We must exercise the same patience as God exercises with us. 2)Love is kind. Kindness means “to be useful or profitable, to furnish what is needed.” Love serves the needs of others first before my own.
What Love Is Not...
3)Love is not jealous. Love isn’t jealous over another’s position, place or gifts. Love is not jealous for “my …rights, things, opinions, ideas, way, etc. at all cost” in the Body of Christ. Love puts others first and zealously wants them to succeed. 4)Love is not boastful or arrogant. Love doesn’t use inflated words or have an inflated view of self. The word for boastful could be translated to “be a wind-bag” or to “parade oneself” through your words. 5)Love is not rude.Love dos not act rude, ugly, or unfittingly, but tries to lovingly “fit” with the rest the growing Body of Christ.
6)Love is not selfish. Love lays aside “my rights” for the good of the Body. Selfishness (putting my needs above others) destroys relationships because we become incapable of seeing others’ needs and desire. “For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace” (Jas 3:16-18). 7)Love is not irritable. Love is not put off by the hang ups of others as they grow. Love is not grumpy or grouchy, exasperated or cantankerous, moody or touchy. 8)Love is not resentful. Love is not resentful when wrongs and hurts and insults come. It keeps no record of wrongs suffered. “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them” (2 Cor. 5:19).
What Love Does Not Do
9)Love does not rejoice people’s failures. Love is not happy or gloat when others fall into sin. “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom 8:1).
Instead, love rejoices in true spiritual
growth. Love rejoices in spiritual victories when people are growing in the truth and in their walk with Jesus.
What Love Does “always”
Love always protects. Love bears all things (1 Cor
13:7). Love covers the reputation of others with care. The idea is
Love always perseveres. Love goes beyond normal
that love “covers” or “protects” like a soldier throwing himself on a grenade to protect his fellow troops. Or like a police officer putting himself in the line of fire to protect his fellow man and wom- an. “Anyone who overlooks an offense promotes love, but someone who gossips separates close friends” (Prov 17:9, ISV).
Love always believes the best. Love trusts and gives the benefit of the doubt. Love believes all things (1 Cor 13:7). Love “fills in the blanks” of people with good thoughts. Love thinks the best of people. Love takes people at their word.
Love is always hopes for the best. We are all a work in progress are we not? Love hopes all things (1 Cor 13:7). Love sees God’s work in people. This does not mean that love has a subjective wish or yearning or aspiration that all will go well. The idea of “hope” means a “certain expectation.” There is no question mark. Love is absolutely convinced and has a rock-solid anticipation that God is going to work good for His people. Love never tires of support, never loses faith, never exhausts hope, never gives up. Love doesn’t write “hopeless” over anyone or any circumstances. St. Paul expressed it in similar terms: “I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ” (Phil 1:6).
limits and boundaries for imperfect people. Love “endures all things” (1 Cor 13:7). Love perseveres with imperfect people. The word for endurance is a military term that means to stand fast against the assault of an enemy. In other words, you are your brother’s and sister’s keeper. Our armed forces leave no one behind. So it is with the Body of Christ. We persevere with each other!
Love always produces eternal fruit. Love never
ends or fails (1 Cor 13:8). Love never collapses in defeat, is never destroyed, never falls apart, never falls short, or never fails to
have an effect. When everything else passes away, love will remain. Unit 5 The Lord’s Prayer
What is prayer? Prayer is asking God for things that He has promised to give. “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess 5:17).
In whose Name should we pray? Jesus, said, “Whatever you ask
the Father in My Name, He will give to you” (Jn 16:23).
What has Christ given us to teach us how to pray? “Pray in this way,” The Lord's Prayer (Mt 6:9).
Repeat the Lord's Prayer: “Our Father who art in heaven; hallowed be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven; Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen” (Mt 6:9–13, KJV).
- How many petitions are there in the Lord's prayer? Six.
What is the first petition? “Hallowed be Thy Name.” (or, “May Your Name be holy.”)
How do we make God’s Name holy? By being thankful for who God is in all his attributes of love, gentleness, kindness, goodness,
Part 1: The Creator God (Q. 1–21)
and power, etc. “Let all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever” (Psa 145:21).
What is the second petition? “Thy Kingdom come.” (or, “May Your Kingdom come”)
What does it mean for God’s Kingdom to come? That people would know Jesus as King, Lord, and Savior. “Pray that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly” (2 Thess 3:1).
What is the third petition? “Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.” (or, “May Your will be done”)
What does it mean for God’s will to be done on earth as in heaven? That men on earth may serve God as the angels do in heaven. “Bless the Lord, all His works in all places” (Psa 103:22).
What is the fourth petition? “Give us this day our daily bread.”
What does it mean for God to give us our daily bread? That “God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Phil 4:19).
What is the fifth petition? “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.”
What does it mean for God to forgive as we forgive? That God would pardon our sins for Christ’s sake, and enable us to forgive those who have injured us. “If you forgive men, your Father will forgive you” (Mt 6:14).
What is the sixth petition? “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.”
What does it mean for God to deliver us from temptation? That God would not let any sin rule over me (Psa 119:133) but “crush Satan under my feet” (Rom 16:20). Unit 6 A Family Catechism “He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments.” Psalm 78:5-7
- Who created you? God created me (Gen 1:27).
- What else did God create? “God created all things” (Eph 3:9).
Why did God create you and all things? “To the praise of His glory” (Eph 1:12).
How can you glorify God? “By loving Him and keeping His commandments” (Deut 10:12).
Why ought you to glorify God? “For God alone is holy and fills me with gladness” (Rev 15:4; Acts 4:17).
Are there more gods than one? “There is only one true God”
Part 2: God’s Covenant with Man
(Jn 17:3).
In how many persons does this one true God exist? In three
Persons.
Who are the three persons of the one true God? “The Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit” (Mt 28:19).
What is God? “God is a Spirit” (Jn 4:24) and “does not dwell in temples made with hands” (Acts 17:24).
- Where is God? “God fills the heaven and earth” (Jer 23:23).
Can you see God? “No man can see God” (Exo 33:20), but “God sees me” (Gen 16:13).
- Does God know all things? Yes! “God knows it all” (Psa 139:4).
Can God do all things? “Nothing is impossible with God” (Lk 1:37).
Where do you learn how to love and obey God? “Search the Scriptures: in them you have eternal life” (Jn 5:39).
Who wrote the Bible? S: “Men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God” (2 Pet 1:21).
- Who were our first parents? “Adam and Eve” (Gen 3:20).
Of what were our first parents made? “God formed Adam of dust of the ground, and made Eve from the rib of Adam” (Gen 2:7, 22).
What did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies? “God breathed into Adam, and he became a living soul” (Gen 2:7).
Have you a soul as well as a body? Yes, I must “have faith to the saving of my soul” (Heb 10:39).
How do you know you have a soul? For the Bible tells me I must “love God with all my soul” (Deut 6:5).
In what condition did God make Adam and Eve? “In righteousness and holiness of truth” (Eph 4:24).
(Q. 22-42)
What is God’s covenant? An agreement between God and His people. “God makes His covenant between He and you to be a God to you” (Gen 17:7).
What covenant did God make with Adam? “God blessed them and said, ‘Be fruitful and rule over the earth’” (Gen 1:28).
What was Adam bound to do by this covenant of creation? To obey God perfectly. “From the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat” (Gen 2:17).
What did God promise Adam in this covenant? “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat, and live forever” (Gen 2:16; 3:22).
What did God threaten Adam in this covenant? “In the day you eat, you shall surely die” (Gen 2:17).
Did Adam keep this covenant? No: “Adam broke the covenant”
Part 3: God’s Covenant of Redemption
(Hosea 6:7).
What is sin? Sin is any lack of conformity to, or transgression of the law of God. “Each of us has turned to his own way” (Isa 53:6).
What is meant by lack of conformity? Not being or doing what God requires. “We all fall short of the glory of God” (Rom 3:23).
What is meant by transgression? Doing what God forbids. “Sin is breaking God’s law” (1 Jn 3:4).
What was the sin of our first parents? “They took the fruit and ate” (Gen 3:6).
Who tempted them to this sin? “The serpent deceived Eve” (2 Cor 11:3) and “she gave to her husband” (Gen 2:6).
What happened to our first parents when they sinned? “They hid themselves from God, and He drove them from the garden” (Gen 3:8, 24).
Did Adam act for himself alone in the covenant of works? No, he acted for all his seed, including me. “In Adam all die” (1 Cor 15:22).
What effect had Adam's sin on all mankind? “By nature, we are children of wrath” (Eph 3:2).
What does this “Original Sin” which we inherit from Adam mean? “That I was conceived in sin” (Psa 51:5).
What does every sin deserve? “The wages of sin is death” (Rom 6:23).
Can anyone go to heaven with this sinful nature? No: my heart must be changed before I can be fit for heaven. “Nothing unclean shall ever come into it” (Rev 21:27).
What is this change of heart called? Regeneration. I “must be born again” (Jn 3:7).
Who can change a sinner's heart? “The Lord says, ‘I will give you a new heart’” (Eze 36:26).
Can anyone now be saved though keeping the ten commandments? No, “since by the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified” (Gal 3:16).
- Why can no one be saved through the ten commandments?
Because “sin, taking opportunity though the Law, deceived me” (Rom 7:11).
(Q. 43-71)
With whom did God the Father make the Covenant to redeem
the human race? With Christ, His eternal Son, who came down from heaven to do the will of His Father who sent Him (Jn 6:38).
Who did Christ come to save in redemption? Jesus “will save His people from their sins” (Mt 1:21).
What did Christ undertake in redemption? “He was delivered
For whom did Christ obey and suffer? “To all whom Thou hast
for our transgressions and raised for our justification” (Rom 4:25).
Did the Lord Jesus Christ ever commit the least sin? No, He is “holy, innocent, and undefiled” (Heb 7:26).
How could the Son of God suffer? “He partook of flesh and blood, that through death He might make the devil powerless” (Heb 2:14).
What is meant by the Atonement? Christ satisfying divine justice, by His sufferings and death for sinners. “God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor 5:21).
What did God the Father undertake in our redemption? To justify and sanctify those for whom Christ should die. “Whom He predestined, these He also called, justified, and glorified” (Rom 8:30).
What is justification? Justification is God's forgiving sinners and treating them as if they had never sinned. “Through Christ forgiveness of sins is proclaimed and everyone who believes is justified” (Acts 13:38–39).
What is sanctification? It is God’s making sinners holy like Christ in heart and conduct. “This is the will of God, your sanctification” (1 Thess 4:3).
given Him, He may give eternal life” (Jn 17:2).
What kind of life did Christ live on earth? “He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with
grief” (Isa 53:3).
- What kind of death did Christ die? A substitutionary death. “He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to death of a cross” (Phil 2:8).
Who will be saved? Those who show “repentance unto God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 20:21).
What does it mean to repent? To be sorry for sin, and to hate and forsake it because it is displeasing to God. “Tear your heart and return to the Lord” (Joel 2:12-13).
What does it mean to believe or have faith in Christ “Not having my own righteousness, but that which is from God through faith in Christ” (Phil 3:9).
Can you repent and believe in Christ by your own power? No: God the Holy Spirit grants repentance unto life and faith in Christ (Acts 11:18; Phil 1:29).
How can I get help of the Holy Spirit? “The heavenly Father gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him” (Lk 11:13).
How long ago is it since Christ died? Subtract 33 from this year! “At the right time, Christ died for the ungodly” (Rom 5:6).
- How were pious people saved before the coming of Christ? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him unto righteousness” (Rom 4:3).
How did the Old Testament believers show their faith in Christ? “By faith, Moses kept the Passover and the sprinkling
Part 4: The Sacraments (Q. 72-86)
of blood [sacrifices]” (Heb 11:28).
What did these sacrifices represent? “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (Jn 1:29).
- What offices has Christ? Christ has three offices.
- What are they? The offices of prophet, priest, and king.
How is Christ a prophet? By teaching us the will of God. “The word which you hear is the Father’s who sent Me” (Jn 14:24).
How is Christ a priest? In that “Christ died for our sins” (1 Cor 15:3) and “He always lives to make intercession for us” (Heb 7:25).
How is Christ a king? “On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords” (Rev 19:16). “He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet” (1 Cor 15:25).
Why do you need Christ as a prophet? He makes known to me all things He heard from His Father (Jn 15:15).
Why do you need Christ as a priest? “For while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom 5:8).
Why do you need Christ as a king? So I may “reign in life through Jesus Christ” and “be saved to His heavenly kingdom” (Rom 5:21; 2 Tim 4:18).
- How many sacraments are there? Two.
What are the sacraments? They are signs and seals that dramatize a spiritual reality. “Those who received his word were baptized and gave themselves to the breaking of bread” (Acts 2:41-42).
Who appointed these sacraments? The Lord Jesus said, “Do this” (1 Cor 11:23–24; Mt 28:18-20).
Why did Christ appoint sacraments? As signs of the covenant between God and His people (Gen 17:11).
- What sign is used in baptism? “I baptize you with water” (Mt 3:11).
What does baptism signify? Baptism signifies my old life is buried with Christ, and I am now raise with Him to live a new life. S: “We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life (Rom 6:4).
In whose Name are we baptized? In the one Name of the Triune God. “In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” (Mt 28:20).
Who is to be baptized? All who have been born again by grace through repentant faith in Christ. “Repent and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ” (Acts 2:38–39).
Why should believers only be baptized? Because everyone who trusts in Christ should confess their love and faith in Christ through baptism. “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” (Acts 8:37). “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
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the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Mt 28:19).
May little children trust in Christ and come for baptism? Yes, for He says, “Permit the children to come to me, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these” (Luke 18:16).
To what does your baptism bind you? That I should walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4).
What is the Lord's Supper? “As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes” (1 Cor 11:26).
What does the bread represent? “Taking bread, He said, ‘This is My body which is given for you’” (Lk 22:19).
What does the wine represent? “Taking a cup, He said, ‘Drink from it, for this is My Blood of the covenant’” (Mt 26:27–28).
Who should partake of the Lord's Supper? Only those who repent of their sins, believe in Christ for salvation, and love brothers and sisters in Christ. “Let us keep the feast not with wickedness, but with sincerity and truth” (1 Cor 5:8).
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Did Christ remain in the tomb after His crucifixion? No, “He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” (1 Cor 15:4).
Where is Christ now? “Christ entered into heaven itself to appear in the presence of God for us” (Heb 9:24).
Will Christ come again? Yes, at the last day Christ will come to judge the world. “Behold! He is coming, and every eye will see Him!” (Rev 1:7).
What becomes of men at death? The body will return to the earth as dust, and the spirit will return to God who gave it (Eccl 12:7).
Will the bodies of the dead be raised to life again? Yes, “in the twinkling of an eye, the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised” (1 Cor 15:52).
- What will become of the wicked in the Day of Judgment? “Angels will take the wicked and cast them into the furnace of fire” (Mt 13:50).
What is hell? “A place of torment, the eternal fire prepared for the devil” (Lk 16:28; Mt 25:41).
What will become of the righteous? “We shall always be with the Lord” (1 Thess 4:17).
What is heaven? “We look for a new heaven and new earth, in which righteousness dwells” (2 Pet 3:13).
Their Bodies, Justin Holcomb
Unit 7 Book Recommendation List Parenting
- Shepherding a Child’s Heart, Tedd Tripp
- Instructing a Child’s Heart, Tedd & Margy Tripp
- Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens, Paul Tripp
- Daddy Tried, Tim Bayly
- “Don’t Make Me Count to Three: A Mom’s Look at Heart-Oriented Discipline, Ginger Hubbard
- Loving the Little Years, Rachel Jankovic
- Big Truths for Young Hearts, Bruce Ware
- Family Worship, Donald S. Whitney
- Family Worship, Joel Beeke Children’s Devotional Books / Bibles
- Big Picture Story Bible, David Helm & Gail Schoonmaker
- The Biggest Story Ever, Kevin D. Young & Don Clark
- The Ology, Marty Machowski
- The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross, Carl Laferton
- God Made All of Me: A Book to Help Children Protect
Marriage
- This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence, John Piper
- Sacred Marriage, Gary Thomas
- The Exemplary Husband, Stuart Scott
- The Excellent Wife, Martha Peace
- When Sinners Say “I Do,” Dave Harvey
- God, Marriage, and Family: Rebuilding Biblical Foundations, Andreas Kostenberger & David Jones
- Intended for Pleasure, Ed & Gaye Wheat Christian Living
- Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Donald S.
Whitney
- Habits of Grace, David Mathis
- Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Desiring God, John Piper
- When I Don’t Desire God, John Piper
- Praying with Paul: A Call to Spiritual Reformation, Carson
- Praying the Bible, Donald S. Whitney
- Prayer, Tim Keller
- Idols of the Heart, Ellyse Fitzpatrick
- The Treasure Principle, Randy Alcorn
- Abide in Christ, Andrew Murray
- Love in Hard Places, D.A. Carson
- Finally Free, Heath Lambert
- God's Empowering Presence, Gordon Fee
Theology
- Systematic Theology, John Frame
- Systematic Theology, Wayne Grudem o Bible Doctrine (abridged version) o Christian Beliefs (extra-abridged version)
- Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin
- A Theology for the Church, Daniel Akin
- The God Who is There, D.A. Carson
- The King in His Beauty: A Biblical Theology of the Old & New Testaments, Thomas Schreiner
- The Holy Spirit, A.W. Pink
- The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God, D.A. Carson
- Knowing God, J. I. Packer
- The Holiness of God, R. C. Sproul
- Absolutely Sure, Steven Lawson
- Trellis and the Vine, Colin Marshall and Tony Payne
- Total Truth, Nancy Pearcy
- The Gospel According to Jesus, John MacArthur Apologetics
- Evidence for Christianity, Josh McDowell
- The Truth Wars, John MacArthur Christian Biography
- John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace,
Jonathan Aitken
- Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, Eric Metaxas
- Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, Roland H.
Bainton
- John Calvin: A Pilgrim's Life, Herman J. Selderhuis
- Spurgeon: A New Biography, Arnold A. Dallimore
- Life of Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Iain H. Murray
- George Whitefield: America's Spiritual Founding Father, Thomas S. Kidd
- Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, Jim Cymbala
- Leonard Ravenhill: In Light of Eternity, Mack Tomlinson Missionary Biography
- Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot, Elisabeth Elliot
- Praying Hyde, Apostle of Prayer: The Life Story of John Hyde, by E G Carre
- The Life and Letters of Praying Hyde, by Mr. John
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