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The Morning Devotional: WSC Q22

The Morning Devotional for June 16, 2021
The Westminster Shorter Catechism Q22

How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?
Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body, (
Heb. 2:14,16, Heb. 10:5) and a reasonable soul, (Matt. 26:38) being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and born of her, (Luke 1:27,31,35,42, Gal. 4:4) yet without sin. (Heb. 4:15, Heb. 7:26)

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The Morning Devotional: WSC Q21

The Morning Devotional for June 15, 2021
The Westminster Shorter Catechism Q21

Who is the Redeemer of God’ s elect?
The only Redeemer of God’ s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, (
1 Tim. 2:5–6) who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, (John 1:14, Gal. 4:4) and so was, and continueth to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person, for ever. (Rom. 9:5, Luke 1:35, Col. 2:9, Heb. 7:24–25)

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The Morning Devotional: WSC Q20

The Morning Devotional for June 14, 2021
The Westminster Shorter Catechism Q20

Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
God having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, (Eph. 1:4) 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. (Rom. 3:20–22, Gal. 3:21–22)

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The Morning Devotional: WSC Q19, Part Two

The Morning Devotional for June 9, 2021
The Westminster Shorter Catechism Q19, Part Two

What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell?
All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, (
Gen. 3:8,10,24) are under his wrath and curse, (Eph. 2:2–3, Gal. 3:10) and so made liable to all miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever. (Lam. 3:39, Rom. 6:23, Matt. 25:41,46)

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The Morning Devotional: WSC Q19, Part One

The Morning Devotional for June 9, 2021
The Westminster Shorter Catechism Q19, Part One

What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell?
All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, (
Gen. 3:8,10,24) are under his wrath and curse, (Eph. 2:2–3, Gal. 3:10) and so made liable to all miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever. (Lam. 3:39, Rom. 6:23, Matt. 25:41,46)

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The Morning Devotional: WSC Q18

The Morning Devotional for June 8, 2021
The Westminster Shorter Catechism Q18

Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?
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. (
Rom. 5:12,19, Rom. 5:10–20, Eph. 2:1–3, James 1:14–15, Matt. 15:19)

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