How could a people who have experienced the genuine power of God decide to worship idols. Drew Dyck thinks it was not because the people forgot, but because they wanted something safer, something they could control. Idolatry is the creation and worship of manageable gods. From Yawning At Tigers: On the morning of the third …
Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 17 Q & A 30 Q How does the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ? A. The Spirit applies to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us,1 and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.2 Q & A 31 Q …
Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 16 Q & A 29 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.*1 *1 Titus 3:4-7.
Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 15 Q & A 28 Q Wherein consists Christ’s exaltation? A Christ’s exaltation consists in his rising again from the dead on the third day,1 in ascending up into heaven,2 in sitting at the right hand3 of God the Father, and in coming to judge the world at the …
