Lessons in the Small Catechism of Dr. Martin Luther: For the Senior Department of Lutheran Sunday-Schools and for General UseLuther, Martin
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Lessons in the Small Catechism of Dr. Martin Luther: For the Senior Department of Lutheran Sunday-Schools and for General Use
Luther, Martin
Lutheran Church -- Catechisms
5. Remember that the Holy Ghost brings you to Christ _by the Gospel._
Only through the Gospel does He work in the hearts of men. The Gospel is
the means by which we obtain the grace of God and salvation. _If we do
not read or hear the Word of God, the Gospel, the Holy Ghost cannot
perform His work in us._ Therefore you should _diligently_ read and hear
the Word of God, the Gospel. _"It is the power of God unto salvation to
every one that believeth."_ Rom. 1,16.
REMEMBER:--
1. _Christ has prepared your whole salvation. All is ready, ready for
you. The Holy Ghost calls and invites you to come and partake freely of
what Jesus has gained for you._
2. _By His call the Holy Ghost gives you strength to follow His call, to
come to your Lord. He Himself works by His call in your heart the true
faith in your Savior and so brings you to Christ. This work of the Holy
Ghost is also called conversion. Conversion is the work of the Holy
Ghost alone. Our salvation is a free gift of God._
3. _The Holy Ghost calls us by the Gospel of Christ. Diligently read and
hear God's saving Word._
MEMORIZE:--
_Come, for all things are now ready._ Luke 14,17.
_Turn Thou me, and I shall be turned; for Thou art the Lord, my God._
Jer. 31,18.
_By grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is
the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast._ Eph. 2,8.9.
_I am not ashame of the Gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God
unto salvation to every one that believeth._ Rom. 1,16.
QUESTIONS.
1. What do we confess in the Third Article concerning ourselves? 2.
Whose work is it that we come to Christ? 3. Who has prepared all things
necessary for our salvation? 4. Who calls us to come and partake of all
that Christ has gained? 5. What do we mean when we say that the Holy
Ghost calls us? 6. By what means does the Holy Ghost call us to Jesus?
7. What is the Gospel? 8. Who are the servants the Holy Ghost sends to
us with the Gospel message? 9. What the Holy Ghost do when you hear or
read the Gospel? 10. What are we not able to do of ourselves when the
Holy Ghost calls us? 11. What does the Holy Ghost give us when He calls
us? 12. What does He work in us by His call? 13. What other name have we
for this work of the Holy Ghost? 14. Whose work alone is our conversion?
15. To whom does the Holy Ghost tun us when He converts us? 16. The Holy
Ghost converts us by the Gospel; what should we therefore diligently do?
LESSON 33.
The Third Article.
The Holy Ghost Has Enlightened, Sanctified, And Kept Me In The True
Faith.
Which is the Third Article?
_I believe in the Holy Ghost._
What does this mean?
_I believe that the Holy Ghost has called me by the Gospel, enlightened
me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith._
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