Question 94: What is baptism? Baptism is a sacrament, wherein the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, does signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord’s. #westminstershortercatechism #presbyterian #reformedtheology #calvinism #associatereformedpresbyterian

Question 93: Which are the sacraments of the New Testament? The sacraments of the New Testament are Baptism and the Lord’s supper. #westminstershortercatechism #presbyterian #reformedtheology #calvinism #associatereformedpresbyterian

Question 92: What is a sacrament? A sacrament is a holy ordinance instituted by Christ; wherein, by sensible signs, Christ, and the benefits of the new covenant, are represented, sealed, and applied to believers. #westminstershortercatechism #presbyterian #reformedtheology #calvinism #associatereformedpresbyterian

Question 91: How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation? The sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not from any virtue in them, or in him that doth administer them; but only by the blessing of Christ, and the working of his Spirit in them that by faith receive them. #westminstershortercatechism #presbyterian #reformedtheology #calvinism #associatereformedpresbyterian

Question 90: How is the word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation? That the word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation, and prayer; receive it with faith and love, lay it up in our hearts, and practice it in our lives. #westminstershortercatechism #presbyterian #reformedtheology #calvinism #associatereformedpresbyterian

"Who is this Child Born to Us?" (Isaiah 9:1-7) The hope we have in Christ is that because of the first advent, we can rest in the certainty of the second advent. Preached on Sunday, 24 December 2023.

Question 89: How is the word made effectual to salvation? 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. #westminstershortercatechism #presbyterian #reformedtheology #calvinism #associatereformedpresbyterian

Question 88: What are the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption? The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption, are his ordinances, especially the word, sacraments, and prayer; all which are made effectual to the elect for salvation. #westminstershortercatechism #presbyterian #reformedtheology #calvinism #associatereformedpresbyterian

Question 87: What is repentance unto life? Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, does, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavour after, new obedience. #westminstershortercatechism #presbyterian #reformedtheology #calvinism #associatereformedpresbyterian

Question 86: What is faith in Jesus Christ? Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel. #westminstershortercatechism #presbyterian #reformedtheology #calvinism #associatereformedpresbyterian