LENTEN DEVOTIONAL 2012- Westminster Shorter Catechism
Below is a content index.
LENT in the CATECHISMS
(WSC= Westminster Shorter Catechism; WLC= Westminster Larger Catechism; HDBG- Heidelberg Catechism)
Each devotion has a catechism Q & A, scripture, thoughts, and a prayer, and artwork
The WSC is a new version by Dr. Sloan
(WSC= Westminster Shorter Catechism; WLC= Westminster Larger Catechism; HDBG- Heidelberg Catechism)
Each devotion has a catechism Q & A, scripture, thoughts, and a prayer, and artwork
The WSC is a new version by Dr. Sloan
DAY, DATE, CATECHISM QUESTION
1- 2/22- WSC- 12
2- 2/23- WSC 13
3- 2/24- WSC 14 (WLC 24)
4- 2/25- WSC- 15
5- 2/26- 1st Sunday in Lent- WSC- 16
6- 2/27- WSC 17-
7- 2/28- WSC- 18, WLC- 26
8- 2/29- WSC 19 (WLC 27)
9- 3/1- WLC- 28-30
10- 3/2- WSC- 20(WLC- 30)
11- 3/3- WLC- 31
12- 3/4- 2nd Sunday in Lent- WLC 32
13- 3/5- WLC 33
14- 3/6- WLC- 34
15- 3/7- WLC- 35
16- 3/8- WSC- 21 (WLC 36)
17- 3/9- WSC- 22 (WLC 37)
18- 3/10- WLC- 38
19- 3/11- 3rd Sunday in Lent- (WLC- 39)
20- 3/12- WLC- 40
21- 3/13- WLC- 41
22- 3/14- HEIDELBERG 1 & 2
23- 3/15- HDBG- 3,4,5
24- 3/16- HDBG- 6,7,8
25- 3/17- HDBG- 9,10, 11
26- 3/18- 4th Sunday in Lent- HDBG- 12-15
27- 3/19- HDBG- 16- 19
28- 3/20- HDBG- 20-22
29- 3/21- HDBG- 37-40
30- 3/22- HDBG- 41-44
31- 3/23- WSC- 82 (WLC- 149)
32- 3/24- WSC- 83 (WLC- 150)
33- 3/25- 5th Sunday in Lent- WLC 151.1
34- 3/26- WLC- 151.2
35- 3/27- WLC- 151.3
36- 3/28- WLC- 151.4
37- 3/29- WSC- 23
38- 3/30- WSC- 24
39- 3/31- WSC- 25
40- 4/1- Palm Sunday- WSC- 26
41- 4/2- WLC- 46
42- 4/3- WLC- 47
43- 4/4- WLC- 48
44- 4/5- Maundy Thursday= WSC- 27
45- 4/6- WLC- 49
46- 4/7- WLC- 50
47- 4/8- Easter- WSC 28-
******************************************************************************************
1- 2/22- WSC- 12- In God’s special providence, what did He do for the human beings He created?
A. After God created us, He made a covenant with us to give us life, if we perfectly obeyed Him; God told the first humans not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death.
Like Adam, they have broken the covenant— they were unfaithful to me there. (Hosea 6:7)
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.” (Gen. 2:16, 17)
Thoughts: How do we explain the universal experience of the messed up world? Perhaps this is a good first question during the season of Lent. Things are not as they should be, and we are not as we should be either- everyone of us. Scripture indicates that God created us and gave us free will to do good or evil. He made a covenant with the first human beings to be their God and they would be His. But they freely chose to do what was wrong instead of what was right. Their free choice of sin corrupted all of our choices. This was the time in which they could have earned their way to continued fellowship with God by obeying Him. Instead they earned to be kicked out of the garden. They lost their innocence and we have not been able to get it back since then.
I remember the Woodstock movement. The song “Woodstock” has a recurring chorus: “We are stardust, we are golden, we are caught in the devil’s bargain, and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.” (written by Joni Mitchell, sung by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young). Their idea was getting back to innocence by stripping off all the restraints of the day (“turn on, tune in, and drop out” and in effect behaving like animals) . The way back to the garden is blocked. But there is one who holds the key- who is able to redeem our innocence- Jesus Christ. Lent reminds us that without Him, we are left in our sin and misery.
I remember the Woodstock movement. The song “Woodstock” has a recurring chorus: “We are stardust, we are golden, we are caught in the devil’s bargain, and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.” (written by Joni Mitchell, sung by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young). Their idea was getting back to innocence by stripping off all the restraints of the day (“turn on, tune in, and drop out” and in effect behaving like animals) . The way back to the garden is blocked. But there is one who holds the key- who is able to redeem our innocence- Jesus Christ. Lent reminds us that without Him, we are left in our sin and misery.
Prayer: We long for innocence, O God. But we also recognize we cannot get back to the garden on our own. We look to you today and every day for help.
WSC 1986 MOD TRANS. Q. 12. What did God’s providence specifically do for man whom He created?
A. After the creation God made a covenant with man to give him life, if he perfectly obeyed; God told
him not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil or he would die.
WSC- 1647 Q. 12. What special act of providence did God exercise towards man in the estate wherein he was created?
A. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon the pain of death]
A. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon the pain of death]
[Below: Viktor Vasnetsov- in Cathedral in Kiev 1885-1896]
No comments:
Post a Comment