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001 - Questions 1-5 · Westminster Larger Catechism

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  Speaker 1: Section one of the Westminster Larger Catechism by the Westminster Assembly.
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  Speaker 1: visit LibriVox dot org. Recording by Chris Ingolsman. Westminster Larger
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  Speaker 1: Catechism by the Westminster Assembly. Question one, What is the
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  Speaker 1: chief and highest end of man? Answer? Man's chief and
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  Speaker 1: highest end is to glorify God and fully to enjoy
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  Speaker 1: Him forever. Question two, how doth it appear that there
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  Speaker 1: is a God? Answer? The very light of nature in
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  Speaker 1: man and the works of God declare plainly that there
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  Speaker 1: is a God. But his word and spirit only do
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  Speaker 1: sufficiently and effectually reveal him unto men for their salvation.
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  Speaker 1: Question three? What is the word of God? Answer? The
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  Speaker 1: Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the
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  Speaker 1: Word of God, the only rule of faith and obedience.
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  Speaker 1: Question four, how doth it appear that the Scriptures are
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  Speaker 1: the Word of God? The scriptures manifest themselves to be
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  Speaker 1: the Word of God by their majesty and purity, by
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  Speaker 1: the consent of all the parts and the scope of
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  Speaker 1: the whole, which is to give all glory to God
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  Speaker 1: by their light and power to convince and convert sinners,
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  Speaker 1: to comfort and build up believers unto salvation. But the
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  Speaker 1: Spirit of God, bearing witness by and with the scriptures
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  Speaker 1: in the heart of man, is alone able fully to
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  Speaker 1: persuade it that they are the very word of God.
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  Speaker 1: Question five, What do the scriptures principally teach? Answer? The
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  Speaker 1: scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God,
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  Speaker 1: and what duty God requires of man. End of Section one.