#6- Living by Grace through the Means God Provides
The Christian life is not sustained by human effort, but by God’s appointed means of grace—His Word, the sacraments, and prayer.
Through them, the Spirit works to strengthen faith, deepen repentance, and conform us to Christ. Faith and repentance are not mere initial responses, but ongoing marks of a life transformed by grace.
And in it all, we are reminded: true doctrine does not begin with us, nor end with us. It begins with God—and returns to God, to whom alone belongs all glory.
#5- How The Redeemed Should Live?
The law of God does not save us—but it shows us who God is, exposes our sin, and leads us to Christ.
In Christ, we are no longer under the law as a covenant of works. There is no condemnation for those who are in Him. Yet the law remains—revealing God’s holiness, shaping our understanding of love, guiding our sanctification, and exposing the ongoing need for grace.
We do not obey to be accepted. We obey because we are already accepted in Christ.
So we guard against both legalism and lawlessness, and instead walk in grateful obedience, by the Spirit, for the glory of God, ever dependent on Christ, who fulfilled the law perfectly on our behalf.
#4- Christ and the Application of His Redemption
The hope of sinners rests not in ourselves, but in Christ alone.
The only Redeemer, fully God and fully man, who perfectly obeyed, bore the wrath of God, and conquered death.
Salvation is accomplished by Christ and applied by His Spirit—from effectual calling to justification, adoption, sanctification, and finally glorification. All of grace. All of Christ. All to the glory of God.
#3- Sin and the need for a Redeemer
The gospel begins with honesty.
Sin is not just what we do—it is who we are apart from Christ.
But God, in His mercy, did not leave us there.
In Christ, He provides the Redeemer we desperately need.
#2- Who God is and What He has done
Rightly knowing God must come before rightly living for Him—because a small view of God will always lead to a shallow faith. The Triune God—Father, Son, and Spirit—reveals Himself not only in who He is, but in His sovereign works of creation, providence, and redemption. When we submit to His Word, even in its hardest truths, we find a faith that is steadied, humbled, and anchored in His perfect will.
#1- Why Do We Exist and How Do We Know God?
Catechism isn’t replacing Scripture—it’s helping us rightly understand and faithfully hold on to it. The creeds, confessions, and catechisms serve as a guardrail against error and a guide into deeper, clearer, and more grounded faith. As we begin the Westminster Shorter Catechism, we’re not just learning answers—we’re being shaped to know, glorify, and enjoy God rightly.
