The Westminster Shorter Catechism with Sinclair Ferguson

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Question & Answer 35 Sep 16, 2026

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Q: What is sanctification? A: Sanctification is the work of God's free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness.

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Question & Answer 34 Sep 15, 2026

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Q: What is adoption? A: Adoption is an act of God's free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges of the Sons of God.

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Question & Answer 33 Sep 14, 2026

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Question: What is justification?

Answer: Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein He pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous in His sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.

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Question & Answer 32 Sep 11, 2026

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Q: What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life? A: They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification, and the several benefits which, in this life, do either accompany or flow from them.

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Question & Answer 31 Sep 10, 2026

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Q: What is effectual calling? A: Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel.

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Question & Answer 30 Sep 09, 2026

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Q: How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ? A: The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.

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Question & Answer 29 Sep 08, 2026

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Q: How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ? A: 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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Question & Answer 28 Sep 07, 2026

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Question: Wherein consisteth Christ's exaltation?

Answer: Christ's exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and in coming to judge the world at the last day.

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Question & Answer 27 Sep 04, 2026

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Q: Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist? A: 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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Question & Answer 26 Sep 03, 2026

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Q: How doth Christ execute the office of a king? A: Christ executeth 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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