Westminster Shorter Catechism
Copywork for questions 81 to 90
Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 81
Name ____________ Date ________What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?
The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor, and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.
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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 82
Name ____________ Date ________Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?
No mere man since the fall is able in this life perfectly to keep the commandments of God, but doth daily break them in thought, word and deed.
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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 83
Name ____________ Date ________Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?
Some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others.
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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 84
Name ____________ Date ________What doth every sin deserve?
Every sin deserveth God’s wrath and curse, both in this life, and that which is to come.
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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 85
Name ____________ Date ________What doth God require of us that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us for sin?
To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use of all the outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption.
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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 86
Name ____________ Date ________What is faith in Jesus Christ?
Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel.
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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 87
Name ____________ Date ________What is repentance unto life?
Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obedience.
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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 88
Name ____________ Date ________What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption?
The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption, are his ordinances, especially the word, sacraments, and prayer; all which are made effectual to the elect for salvation.
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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 89
Name ____________ Date ________How is the word made effectual to salvation?
The Spirit of God maketh 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.
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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 90
Name ____________ Date ________How is the word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?
That the word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation and prayer; receive it with faith and love, lay it up in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.
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