The Westminster Shorter Catechism with Sinclair Ferguson

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Question & Answer 25 Sep 02, 2026

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Q: How doth Christ execute the office of a priest? A: Christ executeth the office of a priest, in his once offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice, and reconcile us to God, and in making continual intercession for us.

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Question & Answer 24 Sep 01, 2026

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Q: How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet? A: Christ executeth 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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Question & Answer 23 Aug 31, 2026

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Question: What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer?

Answer: Christ, as our Redeemer, executeth the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation.

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Question & Answer 22 Aug 28, 2026

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Q: How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man? A: Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body, and a reasonable soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and born of her yet without sin.

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Question & Answer 21 Aug 27, 2026

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Q: Who is the Redeemer of God's elect? A: The only Redeemer of God's elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continueth to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person, for ever.

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Question & Answer 20 Aug 26, 2026

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Q: Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery? A: God having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.

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Question & Answer 19 Aug 25, 2026

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Q: What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell? A: All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever.

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Question & Answer 18 Aug 24, 2026

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Question: Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?

Answer: The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam's first sin, the want of original righteousness, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called Original Sin; together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it.

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Question & Answer 17 Aug 21, 2026

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Q: Into what estate did the fall bring mankind? A: The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.

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Question & Answer 16 Aug 20, 2026

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Q: Did all mankind fall in Adam's first transgression? A: The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression.

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