shorter catechism for kids
Shorter CATECHISM Questions & DEVOTIONalS (Questions 22-42)
Q22) How did Christ, being the Son of God, become human?
Christ, the Son of God, became human, by taking to Himself a true body and a reasonable soul. He did this by being conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, in the womb of the virgin Mary, and born of her, yet without sin.
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Q23) What offices does Christ execute as our Redeemer?
Christ, as our Redeemer, executes the offices of a Prophet, of a Priest, and of a King, both in His condition of humiliation and exaltation.
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Q24) How does Christ execute the office of a prophet?
Christ executes the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by His Word and Spirit, the Will of God for our salvation.
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Q25) How does Christ execute the office of a priest?
Christ executes the office of a priest, in His once offering up of Himself as a sacrifice, to satisfy Divine justice, and reconcile us to God; and in making continual intercession for us.
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Q26) How does Christ execute the office of a king?
Christ executes the office of a king, in subduing us to Himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all His and our enemies.
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Q27) Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?
Christ’s humiliation consisted in His being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.
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Q28) What does Christ’s exaltation involve?
Christ’s exaltation involves His rising from the dead on the third day, ascending up into heaven, sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and coming to judge the world at the last day.
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Q29) How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ?
We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by His Holy Spirit.
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Q30) How does the Holy Spirit apply the redemption purchased by Christ to us?
The Spirit applies the redemption purchased by Christ to us, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.
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Q31) What is effectual calling?
Effectual calling is the work of God’s Spirit whereby He persuades and enables us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the Gospel. He does this by convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills.
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Q32) What benefits do people who have been effectually called have in this life?
People who have been effectually called have, in this life, the benefits of justification, adoption, and sanctification. They also have the benefits that accompany and flow from these.
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Q33) What is justification?
Justification is an act of God’s free grace, where He pardons all our sins, and accepts us as righteous in His sight. He does this only because of the righteousness of Christ imputed to us. This righteousness is received by faith alone.
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Q34) What is adoption?
Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number of the sons of God. This includes having a right to all the privileges of sonship.