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- Question 95.
- What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption?
- Answer:
- The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption are His ordinances, especially the Word, Baptism, the Lord's Supper and Prayer; all which are made effectual to the elect for salvation.
( Romans 10:17; James 1:18; 1 Corinthians 3:5; Acts 14:1; 2:41,42 )- Question 96.
- How is the Word made effectual to salvation?
- Answer:
- The Spirit of God makes the reading, but especially the preaching of the Word an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners, and of building them up in holiness and comfort, through faith unto salvation.
( Psalm 119:11,18; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Peter 2:1,2; Romans 1:16; Psalm 19:7 )- Question 97.
- How is the Word to be read and heard that it may become effectual to salvation?
- Answer:
- That the Word may become effectual to salvation we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation and prayer, receive it in faith and love, lay it up in our hearts and practice it in our lives.
( Proverbs 8:34; 1 Peter 2:1,2; 1 Timothy 4:13; Hebrews 2:1,3; Hebrews 4:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; Psalm 119:11; James 1:21,25 )- Question 98.
- How do Baptism and the Lord's Supper become effectual means of salvation?
- Answer:
- Baptism and the Lord's Supper become effectual means of salvation, not from any virtue in them or in him that administers them, but only by the blessing of Christ and the working of His Spirit in them that by faith receive them.
( 1 Peter 3:21; 1 Corinthians 3:6,7; 1 Corinthians 12:13 )- Question 99.
- Wherein do Baptism and the Lord's Supper differ from the other ordinances of God?
- Answer:
- Baptism and the Lord's Supper differ from the other ordinances of God in that they were specially instituted by Christ to represent and apply to believers the benefits of the new covenant by visible and outward signs.
( Matthew 28:19; Acts 22:16; Matthew 26:26-28; Romans 6:4 )
See: 1689 London Baptist Confession, Chapter 28: Of Baptism and the Lord's Supper, also Chapter 22: Of Religous Worship and the Sabbath Day
Introduction and First Questions
Of the Holy Scriptures
Of God and of the Holy Trinity
Of God's Decrees
Of Creation
Of Divine Providence
Of the fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
Of Gods Covenant
Of Christ the Mediator
Of Effectual Calling
Of Justification, Adoption, Sanctification, Perseverance and the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
Of the State of Man After Death, the Resurrection of the Dead, and the Last Judgement
Of the Moral Law
The First Table of the Law
The Second Table of the Law
Of the Purpose of the Law
Of Saving Faith and Repentance Unto Life and Salvation
Of the Ordinances of God as Means of Grace
Of Baptism
Of the Church
Of the Lord's Supper
Of Prayer and the Lord's Prayer
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