Question 95

How is the Word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to Salvation?

That the Word may become effectual to Salvation, we must attend thereunto with Diligence, Preparation, and Prayer; receive it with Faith and Love, lay it up in our Hearts, and practice it in our Lives.

Scripture references for paragraph 1

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Proverbs 8:34
34Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

1 Peter 2:1-2
1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Psalms 119:18
18Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

Hebrews 4:2
2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

2 Thessalonians 2:10
10and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

Psalms 119:11
11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Luke 8:15
15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.

James 1:25
25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

Source and edition

Baptist Catechism. NonlinearFruit/Creeds.json, Unlicense. Creeds.json, English transcription

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