Memory Work for November 26
Middle School Memorization:
Q1. Why was our Savior humbled?
A. He took the guilt of our sin upon Himself.
Q2. How was He humbled?
A. He left heaven’s glory to suffer and die for us.
Q3. When did Christ suffer?
A. He suffered all the days of His life on earth.
Q4. Where did He suffer the most?
A. In the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross.
Q5. Why was He crucified?
A. He was crucified to bear the curse of God against our sin.
Q6. What moved Christ to suffer so much?
A. He suffered because He loved His Father and He loved His people.
High School Memorization:
Q1. How did God’s only-begotten Son become man for our salvation?
He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, thus taking to himself our human nature, both body and soul, yet without sin. (Luke 1:35)
Q2. What did Christ suffer?
All his days on earth, but especially towards the end of his life, Christ bore for us the wrath of God against sin. (1 Peter 3:18)
Q3. Why did Christ have to die on the cross?
By this death, in which Christ was rejected by both God and man, he took the curse of sin from us upon Himself. (Gal. 3:13)
Q4. Since Christ died for us, why must we still die?
Our death is no longer a payment for sin, but rather a dying to this sinful life and an entering into eternal life. (Phil. 1:23)
Q5. What does it mean that Christ descended into hell?
This means that he suffered all the terrors of being forsaken by God, so that in my greatest temptations I may be assured that God for Christ’s sake will never forsake me. (Matt. 27:46)
Visible Sign; Invisible Reality
Paul Before the Sanhedrin
Memory Work for November 19
Middle School Memory Work:
Q1. How did the Son of God become our Savior?
A. God sent His Son to be born as a baby in Bethlehem.
Q2. Was Jesus truly man?
A. Yes, He became like us in everything except sin.
Q3. Was He still God?
A. Yes, He was both God and man in one person.
Q4. Why is He called Jesus?
A. He saves His people from their sins.
Q5. Why is He called Christ?
A. He was sent by God and anointed with the Holy Spirit.
Q6. What was the work of Christ?
A. He was sent to be our Chief Prophet, our only High Priest, and our Eternal King.
Q7. Why are you called a Christian?
A. Because I belong to Jesus Christ who bought me with His blood.
High School Memory Work:
1. Who is the Savior sent by God?
The only Savior is God’s eternal and only-begotten Son, sent into this world in the fullness of time. (Gal. 4:4)
2. Why is He called Jesus?
Because He alone saves his people from all their sins. (Matt. 1:21)
3. Why is He called Christ, that is, “the Anointed One?”
Because He was set apart by the Father and anointed with the Holy Spirit to be our chief prophet, our only high-priest and our eternal king.
4. Why, then, are you called a Christian?
Because through Christ I have received the anointing of the Holy Spirit and therefore am called by God to be a prophet, priest and king. (Acts 11:26)
5. Why is He called our Lord?
Because He bought us with his blood, shed on the cross, and so has made us his own possession. (I Cor. 6:20)
Wash Your Sins Away
Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Memory Work for November 12
Memory Work for Middle School:
Q1. Why is God called Father?
A. He is the Father of creation, the Father of Jesus, and the Father of believers
Q2. Why is He called the Father of creation?
A. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1).
Q3. How did God create all things?
A. God made all things out of nothing in 6 days.
Q4. Why is He called the Father of Jesus?
A. Because Jesus is His only begotten Son.
Q5. Why is He called the Father of all believers?
A. He has adopted us in Christ to be His children.
Q6. What does it mean for you that you are a child of God?
A. God will take care of me and provide for my needs.
Q7. What is God’s care for His world called?
A. Providence
Memory Work for High School:
Q1. What do you confess concerning God the Father?
I confess that He is the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who of nothing made heaven, earth and all things therein. (Acts 14:15)
Q2. How has He become your God and Father?
He has become my Father for Christ’s sake, so that I believe and trust that He will provide me with all things necessary for body and soul. (John 14:6)
Q3. How do you account for the evils and sorrows which come upon you?
I believe these are under His control so that, when they come, He is both able and willing to turn them to my good. (Rom. 8:28; Amos 3:6)
Q4. What do you understand by God’s providence?
God’s providence is His almighty and everywhere-present power by which He governs all things, so that they come not by chance but by His fatherly hand. (Acts 14:17)
Q5. What comfort does this knowledge give you?
It enables me to be patient in adversity, thankful in prosperity, and filled with confidence that He will always love and care for me. (Matthew 7:11)
The Need for Reformation
Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders
Memory Work for November 5
Middle School Memory:
Middle School Memorization:
Q1. Where can we find a summary of what Christians believe?
A. We can find this in the Apostle’s Creed.
Q2. What do Christians confess in this creed?
A. The words of the Apostles creed are these:
I Believe in God the Father, Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, our Lord;
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary;
Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried,
He descended into hell;
The third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From there He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit.
I believe a holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints
The forgiveness of sins;
The resurrection of the body;
And the life everlasting.
Q3. How do the Bible and this creed describe God?
A. He is described as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Q4. Do we believe in three gods?
A. No, there is only one God, but He is revealed in three Persons.
Q5. What is this doctrine called?
A. This is called the Trinity.
High School Memory:
Q1. What is necessary for a Christian to believe?
All that is contained in the gospel and summarized for us in the Apostles' Creed. (John 20:31; Revelation 22:18, 19)
Q2. What do the articles of this creed declare to us?
They declare to us God the Father and our creation, God the Son and our redemption, and God the Holy Spirit and our sanctification.
Q3. Since there is only one true God, why do you speak of three?
Because God has so revealed himself that these three distinct persons are the one, true and eternal God.
Q4. How has God assured you that He will be your God?
By the baptism which I received from him, in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)
False King; False Worship
Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!
Memory Work For October 29
Middle School Memorization:
Q1. Where can we find a summary of what Christians believe?
A. We can find this in the Apostle’s Creed.
Q2. What do Christians confess in this creed?
A. The words of the Apostles creed are these:
I Believe in God the Father, Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, our Lord;
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary;
Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried,
He descended into hell;
The third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From there He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit.
I believe a holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints
The forgiveness of sins;
The resurrection of the body;
And the life everlasting.
Q3. How do the Bible and this creed describe God?
A. He is described as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Q4. Do we believe in three gods?
A. No, there is only one God, but He is revealed in three Persons.
Q5. What is this doctrine called?
A. This is called the Trinity.
High School Memorization:
Q1. How do you know this Mediator?
From the holy gospel, which God first revealed in Paradise, proclaimed by the patriarchs and prophets, foreshadowed in the ceremonies of the law, and fulfilled in His only-begotten Son. (Hebrews 1:1, 2)
Q2. Shall all men be saved by this Mediator?
No, but only those who by a true faith are ingrafted into Him and receive all his benefits. (Romans 6:5, 6)
Q3. What is true faith?
It is both a sure knowledge of God and all his promises and a heartfelt confidence that all my sins are forgiven me for Christ’s sake. (Romans 4:20, 21)