Aug 25
3
- What are the two sacraments of the New Covenant?
- When is baptism to be applied to a person, and by whom?
- What is a credible profession of faith?
- What are those baptized to do (as it pertains to the church)? See Baptist Catechism 101.
- What is church membership?
- If baptism is to be given (once) to those who make a credible profession of faith, who is the Lord’s Supper to be given to (regularly)?
- Under what circumstances should a person be barred from the Lord’s Supper (excommunicated)?
- Should the Lord’s Supper be given to those who have not joined themselves to an orderly local church?
Aug 25
3
- When the Word of God is read and preached, is it always “effectual unto salvation?” What makes the difference, ultimately?
- What responsibility do we have when reading the Word of God or listening to it read and preached?
- What does it mean to read and listen to the Word read and preached with “diligence, preparation, and prayer”?
- What does it mean to receive the Word in faith and love?
- What does it mean to lay the Word up in our hearts?
- What does it mean to practice it in our lives?
- Why is it dangerous to read the Word or to listen to the Word read and preached, but not to receive it in the way described in our catechism?
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Jul 25
27
- What are the three broad categories presented in the introduction of this sermon concerning the intended purpose of the Lord’s Supper?
- Why is it important and powerful to regularly remember Christ, and especially his crucifixion? What effect should this have on an individual believer? What effect should this have on a congregation?
- How do we commune with Christ and one another when we partake of the Lord’s Supper by faith?
- What do we mean when we say that the Covenant of Grace (the New Covenant) is, in a sense, renewed when the church partakes of the Lord’s Supper? Why is it important for us to think about the Covenant of Grace when we partake of the Supper?
- What does the Lord’s Supper have to do with church discipline?
- How do you intend to prepare your heart to partake of the Lord’s Supper worthily next Sunday?
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Jul 25
27
- What are the four ordinary means of grace?
- How does God use his word to bring us to faith and to grow us in the faith?
- Why is it necessary for the Spirit to work within us to make these means of grace effective?
- Will the reading and preaching of the word benefit us at all if there is no faith? Discuss.
- Discuss some ways that a person can prepare their mind and heart to receive the word of God as it is read and preached.
- Should Christians read the Bible for themselves? Discuss how to do that well.
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Jul 25
20
- Who is to administer the Lord’s Supper, and how?
- Who is to receive this ordinance, and how?
- When is this ordinance to be observed?
- Apply this sermon. Why does this matter?
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Jul 25
20
- What is meant by means? Hint: What is the means by which water gets from the reservoir to your sink?
- What would be the inward means by which we are brought salvation?
- Why are these means of grace called outward and ordinary?
- What are the outward and ordinary means of grace?
- Which one of these means of grace is a converting ordinance? In other words, which one is used by God to call sinners to faith and repentance?
- How does God use each one of these means to save and sanctify his people?
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Jul 25
13
- Who is the author of the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper?
- When was it instituted, and for what era or time?
- What are the elements to be used, and what do they signify?
- Are the elements merely symbolic? Or is Christ present in the elements?
- In what sense is Christ present in the element?
- Why does this matter?
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Jul 25
13
- What is the relationship between faith in Christ and repentance?
- In your own words, and in brief, what is repentance?
- Why does our catechism call repentance a saving grace?
- Why must repentance involve a true sense of sin?
- What does it mean to apprehend the mercy of God in Christ? Hint: The word apprehend has two meanings, and it does not mean “to catch” or “to capture” in this context.
- How much grief or hatred of sin must a person feel for repentance to be true?
- To repent is to turn from sin, and to whom?
- Those who repent truly will do so with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obedience. Will any succeed perfectly? What must they do when they fail?
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