Redeemer Rockford Students

Q. 39. What is the duty which God requires of man?

The duty which God requires of man is obedience to his revealed will.

Q. 40. What rule did God at first reveal to man for his obedience?

The rule which God at first revealed to man for his obedience was the moral law.[a]

Q. 41. Where is the moral law set out briefly?

The moral law is set out briefly in the Ten Commandments.

Q. 42. What is the sum of the Ten Commandments?

The sum of the Ten Commandments is to love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.

Who is Jesus and why does he chose a vine to illustrate who he is? In this sermon Sam Stelsel teaches on this important passage in order to show us who Jesus is, and what is means for us today. 

Happy Lord's day. Traditionally the Protestant Reformed church would read and confess the core truths of this catechism in their church services every Sunday. Today we recap questions 21-38 so that you can see the logical flow of systematic theology. 

Q. 36. What benefits in this life accompany or flow from justification, adoption and sanctification?

The benefits in this life which accompany or flow from justification, adoption and sanctification are: assurance of God’s love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Spirit, progress in holiness, and perseverance in it to this life’s end.

Q. 37. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death?

The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness and immediately pass into glory; and their bodies, being still united to Christ, rest in their graves until the resurrection.

Q. 38. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection?

At the resurrection Christ will immediately raise up in glory all believers; he will openly acknowledge and acquit them in the day of judgement, /graciously rewarding them according to their works of faith,/ and they will enter into the full enjoyment of God for all eternity.

Q. 32. What benefits in this life are shared by those who are effectively called?

In this life those who are effectively called share in justification, adoption and sanctification, and the further benefits in this life which accompany or flow from them.

Q. 33. What is justification?

Justification is an act of God’s free grace in which he pardons all our sins and accepts us as righteous in his sight for the sake of the righteousness of Christ alone, which is credited to us and received by faith alone.

Q. 34. What is adoption?

Adoption is an act of God’s free grace by which we are received into the number and have a right to all the privileges of the sons of God.

Q. 35. What is sanctification?

Sanctification is the work of God’s free grace by which we are renewed throughout in the image of God and are enabled more and more to die to sin and live to righteousness.

In this sermon Sam Stelsel teaches on the time Jesus went to a funeral. While there he interacts with two women, Mary and Martha who ask Jesus the same question and receive to different responses that show us the heart of Christ. 

Can we know truth? Are there many ways to eternal life? These questions are answered by Jesus in this sermon delivered by on of our adult leaders Josh Kerns. Josh has served in Student ministry for 5+ years and is passionate about the sovereignty of God in salvation and helping students defend their faith. I pray this sermon encourages and challenges you as it did all our students. 

Who is Jesus? In this sermon Pastoral Intern Gabe Whittaker preaches out of John 10:11 to show us how Jesus is our good shepherd. 

Do we chose God or does God chose me? 

Q. 29. How are we made to share in the redemption purchased by Christ?

We are made to share in the redemption purchased by Christ by the effective application of it to us by his Holy Spirit.

Q. 30. How does the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?

The Spirit applies to us the redemption purchased by Christ by producing faith in us, and by this uniting us to Christ in our effective calling.

Q. 31. What is effective calling?

Effective calling is the work of God’s Spirit, by which he convinces us of our sin and misery, enlightens our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renews our wills, and so persuades and enables us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel.

Q. 27. In what did Christ’s humiliation consist?

Christ’s humiliation consisted in being born, and that in a poor circumstance; in being subject to God’s law; in undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God and the curse of death on the cross; in being buried; and in continuing under the power of death for a time.

Q. 28. In what does Christ’s exaltation consist?

Christ’s exaltation consists in his rising again from the dead on the third day; in ascending into heaven; in sitting at the right hand of God the Father; and in coming to judge the world at the last day.