Memory Work for October 22

Middle School Memory Work:

Q1. Will everyone be saved by the Mediator Jesus Christ?

A. No, only those who receive Him by a true faith will be saved.

Q2. What is true faith?

A. It is the faith that knows Christ and trusts Him.

Q3. How do we learn to know Christ and trust Him?

A. We learn this from the Bible.

Q4. Why must we believe all that the Bible contains?

A. Because it is the infallible Word of God.

Q5. How do we get true faith?

A. True faith is a gift from God which the Holy Spirit works in our hearts.

High School Memory Work:

Q1. How can we escape this punishment and be again received into God’s favor?

Only by such a Mediator, who makes full satisfaction for our sins and is able to deliver us. (Hebrews 9:15)

Q2. Can any mere creature perform this work?

Indeed not, for no mere creature can bear the burden of God’s wrath against sin and deliver us from it.

Q3. What kind of a Mediator, then, do we need?

One who is both true and righteous man, yet greater than man; that is, one who is also very God.

Q4. Who is this Mediator?

Our Lord Jesus Christ, who was given to us by God to be our wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption. (1 Corinthians 1:30)

Memory Work For October 15

Junior High Memory:

1. Will God allow this disobedience to go unpunished?

Indeed not, for he is displeased with both our original and actual sins and will punish them in time and in eternity. (Matt. 10:28)

2. Is not God unjust in requiring of us what we cannot perform?

No, for God made man capable of obeying him, but man wilfully sins against God.

3. But is not God merciful?

God is indeed merciful, but he is also just. Therefore all sin against the most high majesty of God will be punished with extreme, that is everlasting, punishment in body and soul. (II Thess. 1:9,10)

Senior High Memory Work:

Q1. Can we save ourselves from sin?

A. No, by our sins we increase our guilt daily.

Q2. How can we be saved?

A. Only by God’s Son, our Mediator.

Q3. Why is God’s Son called the Mediator?

A. He stands between God and sinful man.

Q4. Why does He stand between these two parties?

A. To bring man back to God.

Q5. Did man ask God for a Mediator?

A. No, God freely gave us His Son. (John 3:16)


Memory Work for October 8

Middle School Memory Work:

Q1. Why does Adam’s sin make us sinful?

A. Because Adam is the father of us all.

Q2. Is every person in the world a sinner?

A. Yes, everyone is born with a sinful nature.

Q3. What does it mean that we have a sinful nature?

A. Sinful thoughts, words, and deeds come out of our hearts.

Q4. Does God punish men for their sin?

A. Yes, both in this life and in eternity.

Q5. Why does God punish sin?

A. Because He is a righteous and holy God.

High School Memory Work:

1. Did God make man so wicked and perverse?

By no means, but God created man good and after his own image, in true knowledge and righteousness and holiness.

2. Whence, then, comes this depraved nature?

From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, by which our nature became so corrupt that we are all conceived and born in sin. (Rom. 5:12)

3. What was that disobedience?

That they did eat of the fruit of the tree which God had forbidden them.

4. Are we, then, unable to do any good and prone to all evil?

Yes, indeed, unless we are regenerated by the Holy Spirit. (John 3:5; Eph. 2:1)

Luke Gossett

Catechism Memorization for October 1

Grades 7&8:

Q1. What is sin?

A. Sin is disobedience to God.

Q2. How do you know your sin?

A. I know my sin from the Law of God.

Q3. What is the Law of God?

A. It is God’s guide for our lives.

Q4. What does God’s Law tell you?

A. I must love God above all, and my neighbor as myself.

Q5. What do you find when you compare yourself with God’s law?

A. I find that I hate instead of love.

Grades 9-12:

1. What is your only comfort in life and death?

That I with body and soul belong not to myself but to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ.

2. Why do you belong to the Savior?

Because with his precious blood He has satisfied for my sins and delivered me from the power of the devil.

3. How does this Savior preserve you in this comfort?

By obtaining for me the favor of God as my heavenly Father who so rules me, that all things work to my salvation.

4. How can you be assured of this saving comfort?

Only by the Holy Spirit who also makes me willing to live for Christ.

5. How many things must you know to enjoy this comfort?

I must know how great my sins and misery are; how I am delivered from all my sins and misery; and how I am to be thankful to God for this deliverance.