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 ...
To Convict and to Guide A Kingdom Catechism The Law convicts and guides. Q 34: Does the Law then serve only to convict nonbelievers of their sin? A 34: The Law convicts nonbelievers of their sin, but then it guides them in the path of holiness, righteousness, and goodness. (Rom. 3:31; Rom. 7:12) Jesus’ ...
The Law and Conviction of Sin A Kingdom Catechism The Spirit uses the Law to convict sinners. Q 33: How are nonbelievers convicted of sin under the preaching of the Law? A 33: The Spirit of God convicts those He has chosen to save, so that they turn from their sins and receive ...
Part of the Gospel A Kingdom Catechism The Law is indispensable to the Gospel. Q 32: Is the Law then part of the Gospel? A 32: The Law is part of the Gospel in that people must acknowledge their sin unto repentance before they can believe the Gospel, and by the Law is ...
Charged with Proclamation A Kingdom Catechism All believers are charged with proclaiming the Law of God. Q 31: Who is charged with preaching God’s Law to nonbelievers? A 31: All those who have been redeemed are called to be witnesses for Christ and to proclaim His Law to the nations by word and deed. ...
The Benefits of Salvation A Kingdom Catechism The benefits of salvation reach the lost through God’s Law. Q 30: Does the obedience of civil governments to God’s Law result in salvation? A 30: Salvation is not by obedience to the Law, but only through Jesus Christ; nevertheless, it is of great benefit to the ...