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Creation

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Westminster Confession of Faith
Questions 9-10: Creation

This is a summary of my notes for a series of Sunday School lessons I prepared and taught during the summer of 2024. I used the following books as resources: The Truths We Confess (RC Sproul) and The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture (Thomas Vincent)

Question 9     What is the work of creation?
The work of creation is, God’s making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good. (Gen. 1, Heb. 11:3)

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Until the time of the Enlightenment, the most firmly established article of Christian faith in the secular world was that of creation. The article goes something like this, “If something exists, it must either have the power of being in itself or it must come from something that has the power of being in itself. Otherwise, nothing at all could exist.” This is an important point for us to consider because the secular world is assaulting the topic of creation in order to undermine its foundation. If you do away with creation, you do away with the Creator.

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Attributes of God

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Westminster Confession of Faith
Questions 4-6: Attributes of God

This is a summary of my notes for a series of Sunday School lessons I prepared and taught during the summer of 2024. I used the following books as resources: The Truths We Confess (RC Sproul) and The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture (Thomas Vincent)

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Before we begin… I want to start with a quote from RC Sproul as he opens his exposition on this section of the Westminster Confession in his book The Truths We Confess. “Humility demands that we understand at the outset that we are like infants struggling to understand a genius who is speaking to us in our own terms. A finite mind cannot attain an exhaustive, comprehensive understanding of the infinite, for we lack any reference to grasp it.” Even more so with us in this room today as we have such a limited amount of time to delve into such a weighty and massive topic. But we will do our best!

My hope for us as we consider these catechism questions, not just today but the whole quarter, is that we will get a taste for using the Catechism and the Confession to help cultivate and deepen our relationship with God. In my preparation for today, I was reminded of just how rich and valuable these two documents are in the life of a believer. I have had questions 4-6 rolling around my head for the last two weeks and it has been an incredible resource to steady my mind throughout the day.

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