Loving God A Kingdom Catechism The first four commandments summarize our duty to love God. Q 44: Which parts of the Law of God teach us to love God? A 44: While all the Law teaches love for God, the first four commandments, together with their precepts, statutes, and rules, most especially teach us ...
The Primary Thrust of the Law A Kingdom Catechism The Law of God outlines the path of love. Q 43: What does the Law of God principally teach? A 43: The Law of God principally teaches men how they must love God and love their neighbors. (Matt. 22:34-30; 1 John 5:1-3) Jesus said that all ...
Increasing in Jesus A Kingdom Catechism The Spirit transforms and sanctifies us to be like Jesus. Q 42: How does it become apparent that the Spirit is teaching us the Law of God? A 42: It becomes apparent that we are learning from God’s Spirit as we lay aside old ways of living, and, ...
The Spirit’s Work of Instruction A Kingdom Catechism True learning is a work of God’s Spirit. Q 41: How does the Spirit teach us to obey God’s Law? A 41: As we read and meditate in God’s Law, and listen to faithful teaching, the Spirit of God compares Scripture with Scripture to bring us ...
The “Core Curriculum” A Kingdom Catechism The Law is foundational to the Spirit’s sanctifying work. Q 40: How may believers have confidence that they can learn to walk in God’s Law? A 40: Believers may have confidence in their ability to learn and walk in God’s Law because the Spirit of God is at ...
A Backdrop for Sanctification A Kingdom Catechism All believers must take up the work of teaching. Q 39: How do believers teach the Law of God to one another? A 39: Believers teach the Law of God, and all God’s Word, to one another as they hide the Word in their own hearts and ...
Living and Teaching God’s Law A Kingdom Catechism God’s Law must be lived if we would teach it well. Q 38: How are parents and pastors to teach the Law of God? A 38: Parents and pastors teach the Law of God by living according to its precepts, instructing the people of God ...
Teachers of the Law A Kingdom Catechism All believers are responsible to teach God’s Law. Q 37: Whose duty is it to teach the Law of God? A 37: The responsibility for teaching the Law of God falls to parents, pastors, and all believers. (Deut. 6:4-9; Ps. 78:1-8; Col. 3:16; Heb. 10:24) We may envision ...
Work Out Your Salvation A Kingdom Catechism The Law of God is an integral component in the sanctification of God’s people. Q 36: How do we as believers learn to work out our salvation in this way? A 36: As believers we work out our salvation by meditating in God’s Law, hiding it—and all ...
Salvation, Law, and Love A Kingdom Catechism We cannot work out our salvation apart from the Law of God. Q 35: How does the Law relate to the salvation of the Lord? A 35: Through obedience to the Law believers work out their salvation, and all its benefits, by walking in love as ...