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Lord's Day 33

Question 88

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Q. Of how many parts doth the true conversion of man consist?
A.
Of two parts:

of the mortification of the old,

and the quickening of the new man.

Footnotes

  • Rom 6:4-6. Eph. 4:22-24. Col. 3:5. 1 Cor. 5:7

Question 89

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Q. What is the mortification of the old man?
A.
It is a sincere sorrow of heart that we have provoked God by our sins,

and more and more to hate and flee from them.

Footnotes

  • Psa. 51:3, 4, 17. Luke 15:18. Rom. 8:13. Joel 1:12, 13.Joel 2:12, 13

Question 90

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Q. What is the quickening of the new man?
A.
It is a sincere joy of heart in God,

through Christ,

and with love and delight to live according to the will of God in all good works.

Footnotes

  • Rom 5:1, 2. Rom. 14:17. Isa. 57:15

  • Rom 5:1, 2. Rom. 14:17. Isa. 57:15

Question 91

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Q. But what are good works?
A.
Only those which proceed from a true faith,

are performed according to the law of God,

and to His glory;

and not such as are founded on our imaginations or the institutions of men.

Footnotes

  • Rom. 14:23

  • 1 Sam. 15:22. Lev. 18:4. Eph. 2:10

  • 1 Cor. 10:31

  • Deut. 12:32. Ezek. 20:18. Mat. 15:9