Memory cards for questions 81 to 90

Answer 81

The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor, and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.

1 Kings 21:4; Esther 5:13; 1 Corinthians 10:10; Galatians 5:26; James 3:14, 16; Romans 7:7-8; Romans 13:9; Deuteronomy 5:21

Answer 82

No mere man since the fall is able in this life perfectly to keep the commandments of God, but doth daily break them in thought, word and deed.

Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8, 10; Galatians 5:17; Genesis 6:5; Genesis 8:21; Romans 3:9-21; James 3:2-13

Answer 83

Some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others.

Ezekiel 8:6, 13, 15; 1 John 5:16; Psalm 78:17, 32, 56

Answer 84

Every sin deserveth God’s wrath and curse, both in this life, and that which is to come.

Ephesians 5:6; Galatians 3:10; Lamentations 3:39; Matthew 25:41

Answer 85

To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use of all the outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption.

Acts 20:21; Proverbs 2:1-5; Proverbs 8:33-36; Isaiah 55:3

Answer 86

Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel.

Hebrews 10:39; John 1:12; Isaiah 26:3-4; Philippians 3:9; Galatians 2:16

Answer 87

Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obedience.

Acts 11:18; Acts 2:37-38; Joel 2:12; Jeremiah 3:22; Jeremiah 31:18-19; Ezekiel 36:31; 2 Corinthians 7:11; Isaiah 1:16-17

Answer 88

The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption, are his ordinances, especially the word, sacraments, and prayer; all which are made effectual to the elect for salvation.

Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:42, 46-47

Answer 89

The Spirit of God maketh the reading, but especially the preaching, of the word, an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners, and of building them up in holiness and comfort, through faith, unto salvation.

Nehemiah 8:8; 1 Corinthians 14:24-25; Acts 26:18; Psalm 19:8; Acts 20:32; Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Romans 10:13-17; Romans 1:16

Answer 90

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.

Proverbs 8:34; 1 Peter 2:1-2; Psalm 119:18; Hebrews 4:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; Psalm 119:11; Luke 8:15; James 1:25