Question 96

Modern Adaptation

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Scriptural References

Psalm 119:11-18 (ESV)

¹¹I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. ¹²Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your statutes! ¹³With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth. ¹⁴In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches. ¹⁵I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. ¹⁶I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word. ¹⁷Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. ¹⁸Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.

1 Thessalonians 1:6 (ESV)

⁶And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

1 Peter 2:1-2 (ESV)

¹So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. ²Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

Romans 1:16 (ESV)

¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Psalm 19:7 (ESV)

⁷The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

Traditional Formulation

Question: How is the Word made effectual to salvation?

Answer: 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.

Adaptation Commentary

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