Category: PASSION Catechism

Q&A#8: The Word of God

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Q/A#8
Q: What does the Word of God teach us?
A: The Word of God teaches us about God, our purpose, our failure, and our only hope of salvation.

From childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.
– II Timothy 3:15-16 (ESV)

For Further Reflection
Read Isaiah 40, Matt. 22:37-40, Romans 3:10-25

Our Response
Receive Jesus as your Savior
Read God’s Word and follow it

Q&A#7: The Word of God

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Q/A#7
Q: How did we receive the Word of God?
A: We received the Word of God through holy men who wrote as they were led by the Holy Spirit.

Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.  – II Peter 1:20-21 (ESV)

For Further Reflection
Read Acts 1:15-17 & 4:23-26

Q&A#6: Verses, Questions, Project

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Q/A#6
Q: What is the Word of God?
A: The Word of God is his flawless, unchanging, living, and abiding Word to us, consisting of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.

Memory Verses
Forever, O Lord, your Word is firmly fixed in the heavens.
– Psalm 119:89

 Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.
– I Peter 1:23

Further Supporting Verses
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
– Proverb 30:5

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
– Luke 24:27

…as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you…as he does in all his letters….  There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.
– II Peter 3:15-16

All Scripture is breathed out by God….
– II Timothy 3:16a

 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth….
– John 16:13

Reflection/Discussion Questions
Why is it important to your life that God’s Word is flawless, unchanging, and abiding?

How have you found God’s Word to be alive and active in your life?

How do the supporting verses give you confidence that the Bible really is God’s Word?

Project
Read Psalm 119 and reflect further upon God’s gift of His Word.

Q&A#6: The Word of God

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Q/A#6
Q: What is the Word of God?
A: The Word of God is his flawless, unchanging, living, and abiding Word to us, consisting of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.

Forever, O Lord, your Word is firmly fixed in the heavens.
– Psalm 119:89

Since you have been born again,
not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living
and abiding word of God.
– I Peter 1:23

Q&A#5: More Verses

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Q/A#5
Q: What is the moral character of God?
A: The moral character of God consists of his perfect love and holiness together, displayed in his mercy, grace, patience, faithfulness, righteousness, justice, and wrath.

Memory Verses
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.  – I John 4:7-8

But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct.  – I Peter 1:15

Further Supporting Verses
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.   – Psalm 86:15

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.  – Psalm 89:14

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.  – Romans 1:18

Q&A#5: Loving and Holy

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Q/A#5
Q: What is the moral character of God?
A: The moral character of God consists of his perfect love and holiness together, displayed in his mercy, grace, patience, faithfulness, righteousness, justice, and wrath.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
– I John 4:7-8

But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct.
– I Peter 1:15

Q&A#4: Questions & Project

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Q/A#4
Q: What are some further attributes of God?
A: God is eternal, self-existent, self-sufficient, and unchanging, full of glory and beauty.

Memory Verses
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
– Psalm 90:2

Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
– Psalm 96:6

Further Supporting Verses
For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.
– John 5:26

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
– Acts 17:24-25

For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
– Malachi 3:6

I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.
– Isaiah 42:8

Reflection/Discussion Questions
How is God different than us?  What would be some proper responses to these attributes and verses?

How has our self-sufficient God provided for your needs recently?

Think about God’s many attributes.  Why is it a good thing that God doesn’t change?

Project
Look for reflections of God’s glory & beauty around you.

Q&A#4: More Verses

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Q/A#4
Q: What are some further attributes of God?
A: God is eternal, self-existent, self-sufficient, and unchanging, full of glory and beauty.

Memory Verses
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
– Psalm 90:2

Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
– Psalm 96:6

Further Supporting Verses
For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.  – John 5:26

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
– Acts 17:24-25

For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
– Malachi 3:6

I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other,
nor my praise to carved idols.
– Isaiah 42:8

Q&A#4: Our Great God

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Q/A#4
Q: What are some further attributes of God?
A: God is eternal, self-existent, self-sufficient, and unchanging, full of glory and beauty.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
– Psalm 90:2 (ESV)

Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
– Psalm 96:6 (ESV)

Q&A#3 Reflections: God is Spirit and Present Everywhere

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Q/A#3
Q: What more can we know about God?
A: God is a spirit, present everywhere, and reigning with perfect power, knowledge, wisdom, and goodness.

O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.  – II Chronicles 20:6

Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!  – Psalm 31:19

Verses for Further Reflection
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
– John 4:24

Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away?  Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.
– Jeremiah 23:23-24

Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
– Psalm 139:7-10

Discussion Questions Related to the Verses
How must we worship, and why?
What does it look like to worship in this way?
What practical benefit do we find in God’s omnipresence?
How might God’s presence help us find peace in our trials?