work faith Is it not most usually by hearing the word A. Rom. 10.17 So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God Q. Is not true faith accompanied with repentance A. Acts 11.21 A great number believed and turned unto the Lord. Q. Who are they whom God commandeth to repent A. Acts 17.30 The times of this ignorance God winked at but now commandeth all men every where to repent Q. Wherein lyeth the nature of repentance Is it not in turning from all our transgressions A. Ezek. 18.30 I will judge you O house of Israel every one according to his ways saith the Lord God Repent and turn your selves from all your transgressions so iniquity shall not be your ruine Q. Doth not repentance include our turning to God and doing good works as well as forsaking our sinful ways A. Acts 26.20 That they should repent and turn to God and do works meet for repentance Q. Do not penitent persons sorrow for their sins in a godly sort as well forsake them A. Psalm 38.18 I will declare mine iniquity I will be sorry for my sin Q. What shall become of all those that do not repent A. Luke 13.3 I tell you nay but except you repent ye shall all likewise perish Q. Is it not an hard matter for those that have gotten a custom of sinning to repent of their sins A. Jer. 13.23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the Leopard his spots then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil Q. Did not God send his Son Jesus Christ to turn us from our sins A. Acts 3.26 Unto you first God having raised up his Son Jesus sent him to bless you in turning away every one of you from his iniquities Q. Was not Jesus Christ exalted to give repentance to those that cannot repent of themselves A. Acts 5.31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give repentance unto Israel and forgiveness of sins Q. When we find our inability to repent must we not bemoan it before the Lord and pray to him to turn us A. Jer. 31.18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus Thou hast chastised me and I was chastised as a Bullock unaccustomed to the yoak turn thou me and I shall be turned for thou art the Lord my God Q. When the Lord heard Ephraim bemoaning his sins and praying to be turned from them what did he say to Ephraim A. Verse 20. Is Ephraim my dear Son Is he a pleasant child for since I spake against him I do earnestly remember him still therefore my bowels are troubled for him I will surely have mercy upon him saith the Lord. Q. Will not God save all penitent persons from the pit of Hell and give them eternal life A. Job 33.27 28. He looketh upon men and if any say I have sinned and perverted that which was right and it profited me not he will deliver his soul from going into the pit and his life shall see the light Q. What shall become of those who being often reproved do harden their hearts and go on still in their sins A. Prov. 29.1 He that being often reproved hardneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy Q Is not repentance of such great excellency that the Angels of Heaven rejoyce when any one sinner is brought to repentance A. Luke 15.10 Likewise I say unto you there is joy in the presence of the Angels of God over one sinner that repenteth Q. What promise have you that God will cause you to return to him with your whole heart A. Jer. 24.7 I will give them an heart to know me that I am the Lord and they shall be my people and I will be their God for they shall return unto me with their whole heart Q. What promise have you that God will keep you that you shall not turn away from him after you are returned to him A. Jer. 3.19 Thou shalt call me My Father and shalt not turn away from me Q Shall not they that repent obtain forgiveness of their sins A. Acts 3.19 Repent ye therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. Q. Is there not sufficient virtue in the bloud of Christ to cleanse us from all sorts of sin A. 1 John 1.7 The bloud of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin Q. Do not all the Prophets assure us that whosoever believeth in Christ shall receive remission of sins A. Acts 10.43 To him give all the Prophets witness that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins Q. Shall not all that believe be justified from all things from which they could not be justified by the law of Moses A. Acts 13.38 39. Be it known unto you therefore men and brethren that through this man is preached unto you forgiveness of sins And by him all that believe are justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses Q. Will not God as sure as he is just and faithful forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness if we confess our sins to him A. 1 John 1.9 If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness Q. Suppose a man hath been a very wicked man and hath committed abundance of sin is there hope for such a man that God will have mercy on him and pardon his sins if he forsake his evil ways and return to the Lord A. Isa 55.7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon him and to our God for he will abundantly pardon Q. Suppose a mans sins be of a deep die crimson and scarlet sins heinous transgressions is there hope that God will pardon him upon his repentance A. Isa 1.16 17 18. Wash ye make you clean put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes cease to do evil learn to do well seek judgement relieve the oppressed judge the fatherless plead for the widow come now and let us reason together saith the Lord though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red like crimson they shall be as wooll Q. Is there hope for such as have rebelled against God that the Lord will pardon them upon their repentance A. Dan. 9.9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses though we have rebelled against him Q. Is there hope for such as have continued a long time in their sins even till they have wearied the Lord that the Lord will pardon them upon their repentance A. Isa 43.24 25 Thou hast made me to serve with thy sins thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities I even I am he that bloteth out thy transgressions for mine
is thus wicked must not they that would escape eternal death get new hearts and new spirits A. Ezek. 18.31 Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby ye have transgressed and make you a new heart and a new spirit for why will you die O house of Israel Q. What promise have you that God will give you a new heart and a new spirit A. Ezek. 36.26 A new heart also will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give you an heart of flesh Q. What are we by nature A. Eph. 2.3 We were by nature the children of wrath as well as others Q. Do we not abide under the wrath of God as long as we abide in unbelief A. John 3.36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him Q. What course shall we take to make our peace with God must not it be by taking hold on Christ who is the power and strength of God 1 Cor. 1.24 A. Isah 27.5 Or let him take hold of my strength that he may make peace with me and he shall make peace with me Q. Hath not God passed the judgment of condemnation upon all men for Adam 's sin A. Rom. 5.18 By the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation Q. What must we do to escape this condemnation A. John 5.24 Verily verily I say unto you he that heareth my word and beliveth on him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life Q. Is there no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus And what manner of persons are they that are in Christ Jesus A. Rom. 8.1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit Q. Can we do nothing towards the helping of our selves out of our sinful and miserable condition without the assistance of Gods grace A. John 15.5 Without me ye can do nothing Q. Is there not help in God for such as have destroyed and undone themselves A. Hos 13.9 O Israel thou hast destroyed thy self but in me is thine help Q. For what end did Jesus Christ come into the world A. 1 Tim. 1.15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief Q. Were not those sinners whom Jesus Christ came to save in a lost undone condition A. Luk 19.10 The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost Q. Did not Jesus Christ testifie of himself that he was the promised Messias that was to come into the world A. John 4.25 26. The woman saith unto him I know that Messias cometh which is called Christ when he is come he will tell us all things Jesus saith unto her I that speak unto thee am he Q. What other proof have you that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messias besides his own testimony Do not all things that are written of the Messias by Moses and the Porphets agree to Jesus of Nazareth A. John 1.41 45. We have found the Messias which is being interpreted the Christ we have found him of whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets did write Jesus of Nazareth the son of Joseph Q. What other proof have you that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messias besides Moses and the Prophets Did not the works which he did in his Fathers name bear witness of him that he was the Christ A. John 10.24 25. Then came the Jews round about him and said unto him how long dost thou make us to doubt If thou be the Christ tell us plainly Jesus answered them I told you and ye believed not the works that I do in my Fathers name they bear witness of me Q. What other proof have you that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messias besides his works Did not God the Father bear witness by a voice from Heaven that he was his beloved Son A. Matth. 3.17 Lo a voice from Heaven saying this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased Q. Is it not enough to believe that there is a Messias but is it necessary to salvation to believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ that was to come into world Q. John 8.24 If ye believe not that I am he ye shall die in your sins Q. How do you prove that Jesus Christ is God A. John 1.1 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God Q. How do you prove that Jesus Christ being God became man and dwelt amongst the sons of men A. John 1.14 The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the Father ful of grace and truth Q. Was the body of Christ of the same nature with ours consisting of flesh and bloud as our bodies do A. Heb. 2.14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and bloud he also himself likewise took part of the same that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death that is the Devil Q. How do you prove that Jesus Christ was born of a Virgin A. Matth. 1.23 Behold a Virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a Son and they shall call his name Emmannuel which being interpreted is God with us Q. What was the Virgins name that conceived and brought forth Jesus Christ A. Luk 1.27 The Virgins name was Mary 30.31 The Angel said unto her Fear not Mary for thou hast found favour with God and behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a Son and shalt call his name Jesus Q. When the Virgin Mary asked the Angel how it could be that she which had not known a man should have a Son what did he say to her A. Luk 1.35 The Angel answered and said unto her the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the highest shall over shadow thee therefore also that holy thing that shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God Q. How do you prove that there was neither original nor actual sin in Christ A. 1 John 3.5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins and in him there is no sin Q. Why did Jesus Christ undergo such great sufferings when he was in the world seeing he never sinned against God A. Isah 53.5 He was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquitis the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed Q. How do you prove that Jesus Christ died for our sins and was buried and rose again the third day A. 1 Cor. 15.3 4. I delivered unto you first of
2 Cor. 5.17 If any man be in Christ he is a new creature Old things are past away behold all things are become new Q. Are they none of Christs that have not his Spirit A. Rom. 8.9 Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his Q. Must we not love Christ above our nearest and dearest relations A. Mat. 10.37 He that loveth Father or Mother more then me is not worthy of me and he that loveth Son or Daughter more then me is not worthy of me Q. Are they not under a curse and shall they not remain so till the Lord comes who do not love Jesus Christ A. 1 Cor 16.22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ let him be Anathemae Maranatha Q. Who is it that loveth Christ aed what shall we gain by loving him A. John 14.21 He that hath my Commandements and keepeth them he it is that loveth me and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father and I will love him and will manifest my self to him Q. Must not they that would be Christs Disciples deny themselves take up their cross and follow him A. Mark 8.34 When he had called the people unto him with his Disciples also he said unto them whosoever will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me Q. Must we not forsake all we have for Christs sake when God calls us to it A. Luke 14.33 Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he bath he cannot be my Disciple Q. What shall be given to them that forsake any thing for Christ A. Mat. 19.29 Every one that hath forsaken houses or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my names sake shall receive an hundred fold and shall inherit everlasting life Q. What is the Covenant that God hath made with his people in the days of the Gospel A. Heb. 8.10 11 12. This is the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days saith the Lord I will put my Laws into their mind and write them in their hearts and I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a people And they shall not teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother saying know the Lord for all shall know me from the least to the greatest For I will be merciful to their unrighteosness and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more Q. Doth not this Covenant contain all that we can desire and all that is necessary for our Salvation A. 2 Sam. 23.5 Although my house be not so with God yet he hath made with me an everlasting Covenant ordered in all things and sure for this is all my salvation and all my desire although he make it not to grow Q. How do you prove that God will take those into this Covenant which come to close with Jesus Christ the Mediator of the covenant A. Isa 55.3 Encline your ear and come unto me hear and your souls shall live and I will make an everlasting Covenant with you even the sure mercies of David Q. When once God hath taken us into Covenant with himself shall his Covenant never be removed from us A. Isah 54.10 The Mountains shall depart and the Hills be removed but my kindness shall not depart from thee neither shall the Covenant of my peace be removed saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee Q. Who are they to whom God hath promised to reveal his Covenant A. Psalm 25.14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him and he will shew them his Covenant Q. What promise have you that God will bring you into the bond of his Covenant A. Ezek. 20.37 I will cause you to pass under the rod and I will bring you into the bond of the Covenant Q For what end hath God given us such great and precious promises as are contained in the Covenant of grace A. 2 Pet. 1.4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust Q. Do not the promises belong to all that are effectually called A. Acts 2.39 The promise is unto you and to your children and to all that are afar off even as many as the Lord our God shall call Q. What must we do that we may inherit the promises A. Heb. 6.12 That ye be not slothful but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises Q. Do we not need patience to wait for the promises when we have done what we can to obtain them A. Heb. 10.36 Ye have need of patience that after you have done the will of God ye might receive the promise Q. Are not the promises powerful arguments to excite us to cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit A. 2 Cor. 7.1 Having therefore these promises dearly beloved let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God Q. Is it not the command of God that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ A. 1 John 3.23 This is his commandement that we should believe on the Name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another as he gave us commandement Q. Hath not God promised eternal life to every one that believeth in his Son Jesus Christ A. John 3.16 God so loved the world that he gave his onely begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life Q. Must not they that would be saved by Christ obey him as well as believe in him A. Heb. 5.9 And being made perfect he became the author of eternal Salvation unto all them that obey him Q. How shall we know that we believe in Christ Is not prizing Christ an evidence of faith A. 1 Pet. 2.7 Unto you which believe he is precious Q Must not they that believe in Christ be careful to maintain good works A. Tit. 3.8 This is a faithful saying and these things I will that thou affirm constantly that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works these things are good and profitable unto men Q. Shall not all unbelievers go to Hell A. Mark 16.16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned Q. Seeing such as believe not shall be damned doth it not concern every man to take heed of the sin of unbelief as well as other sins A. Heb. 3.12 Take heed brethren lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God Q. How shall a man come by faith must it not be by the gift of God A. Eph. 2.8 By grace are ye saved through faith and that not of your selves it is the gift of God Q. Which way doth God
own sake and will not remember thy sins Q. If a man backslide from God after he hath obtained mercy is there hope that God will pardon his backslidings if he return again to the Lord A. Jer. 3.22 Return ye backsliding children and I will heal your backslidings behold we come unto thee for thou art the Lord our God Q. Must not such as believe in Christ be careful that they do not sin against God And when they do fall into sin is not Christ their advocate to plead with his father that their sins may not be imputed to them A. 1 John 2.1 2. My little children these things write I unto you that ye sin not and if any man sin we have an advocate with the father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours onely but also for the sins of the whole world Q How are we justified By faith or by the works of the law A. Rom. 3.28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law Q. Should not Gods mercy in forgiving our sins cause us to forgive one another A. Eph. 4.32 Be ye kind one to another tender hearted forgiving one another even as God for Christs sake hath forgiven you Q. Hath not God promised to subdue our sins as well as to pardon them A. Mic. 7.18 19. Who is a God like unto thee that pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage he retaineth not his anger for ever because he delighteth in mercy He will turn again he will have compassion upon us he will subdue our iniquities and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the Sea Q. Seeing God hath promised to pardon and subdue our sins ought we not to hope in God that he will purge away our transgressions even at such times as we feel iniquity prevailing against us A. Psalm 65.3 Iniquities prevail against me as for our transgressions thou shalt purge them away Q. Must we not trust in the Lord at all times A. Psalm 62.8 Trust in him at all times ye people pour out your heart before him God is a refuge for us Q Why must we trust in the Lord for ever A. Isa 26.4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength Q. Will not the Lord keep that man in perfect peace that trusteth in him A. Isa 26.3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee because he trusteth in thee Q. May such as walk in darkness and see no light trust in the Lord A. Isa 50.10 Who it among you that feareth the Lord that obeyeth the voice of his Servant that walketh in darkness and hath no light let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God Q. Suppose a man be brought so low that he almost despaireth of ever seeing God ought such an one to trust in the Lord A. Job 35.14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him yet judgement is before him therefore trust thou in him Q. Must we trust in God when he killeth us A. Job 13.15 Though he slay me yet will I trust in him Q. What promise have you that God will enable you to trust in Christ A. Rom. 15.12 There shall be a root of Jesse and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles in him shall the Gentiles trust Q. What promise have you that God will help you to trust in him in your greatest afflictions A. Zeph. 3.12 I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. Q. What promise have you that God will cause you to trust in him in truth A. Isa 10.20 And it shall come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob shall no more again stay upon him that smote them but shall stay upon the Lord the holy one of Israel in truth Q. How must we love God A. Deut. 6.5 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might Q. What promise have you that God will help you thus to love him A. Deut. 30.6 The Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy seed to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul that thou mayest live Q. What hath God prepared in Heaven for those that love him A. 1 Cor. 2.9 Eye hath not seen nor ear heard neither have entred into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him Q. Shall not all things work together for good to them that love God A. Rom. 8.28 We know that all things work together for good to them that love God to them who are the called according to his purpose Q. How may we know whether we love God A. 1 John 5.3 This is the love of God that we keep his commandements and his commandements are not grievous Q. Must not he that loveth God love his brother also A. 1 John 4.21 This commandment have we from him that he who loveth God love his brother also Q. How must we love our neighbour A. Mat. 22.39 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self Q. Must we not love one another as Christ hath loved us A. John 15.12 This is my Commandment that ye love one another as I have loved you Q. Do not they dwell in God and God dwell in them who dwell in love A. 1 John 4.16 God is love and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him Q. Is it not an evident token that we are the Disciples of Christ when we love one another A. John 13.35 By this shall all men know that ye are my Disciples if ye have love one to another Q. Will not love keep us from doing any kind of evil to any man A. Rom. 13.10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour therefore love is the fulfilling of the law Q. Ought we not from a principle of love to be as ready to do all the good we can for every man as we would be if we were his servant A. Gal. 5.13 By love serve one another Q. What is the sum and substance of all the direction that Moses in the Law and the Prophets have given us to direct us how to carry our selves towards our neighbour A. Mat. 7.12 All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you do ye even so to them for this is the Law and the Prophets Q. Must not we love and do good to our worst enemies that we have in the world even to such as hate persecute and use us despitefully A. Mat. 5.44 But I say unto you love your enemies bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you and