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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Jul 25
6
- What was the Passover meal, and what did it commemorate?
- What is the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and why was it sometimes referred to as Passover? How does this fact help us to understand that perplexing verse in John 18:28?
- While Jesus was preparing to celebrate the Passover with his disciples, what were Judas, the chief priests, and the scribes thinking about?
- Why does Luke tell us that Satan entered Judas’ heart? What does this mean? What does this reveal concerning the enemies of Jesus?
- What is the relationship between the Passover and the Lord’s Supper? How are they similar? How are they distinct? Why does this matter?
- What is the festival of the New Covenant, and how are we to keep it?
- What can we learn from the fact that Jesus knew Judas would betray him?
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Jul 25
6
- What other foundational truths need to be known for a person to understand why faith in Jesus Christ saves?
- Why does our catechism say that faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace? What is meant by saving? Why is faith called a grace?
- What does our catechism mean when it says that to have faith in Christ is to receive him and rest upon him?
- Why does our catechism add the word alone? How important is that word?
- How is Jesus offered to sinners? How do sinners come to understand who he is, what he has done, and why they need him?
- Do you have faith in Christ?
- Are you urging others to turn from their sins and to trust in Jesus?
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Jun 25
29
- Every Christian has the responsibility to keep their own heart pure (Luke 21:34). What obligation do we have to one another?
- What is exhortation?
- Discuss what it means to exhort one another lovingly.
- Discuss what it means to exhort one another carefully.
- Discuss what it means to exhort one another consistently.
- Discuss what it means to exhort one another in and unto Christ.
- Discuss what it means to exhort one another until we enter eternal rest.
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