Question 95

Modern Adaptation

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Scriptural References

Romans 10:17 (ESV)

¹⁷So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

James 1:18 (ESV)

¹⁸Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

1 Corinthians 3:5 (ESV)

⁵What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each.

Acts 14:1 (ESV)

¹Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

Acts 2:41-42 (ESV)

⁴¹So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. ⁴²And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Traditional Formulation

Question: What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption?

Answer: The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption are His ordinances, especially the Word, Baptism, the Lord’s Supper and Prayer; all which are made effectual to the elect for salvation.

Adaptation Commentary

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