LORD’S DAY 33
Q. 88. 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.1 Of two parts: of the mortification of the old, and the quickening of the new man.1
- Rom 6:4-6. Eph. 4:22, 23. Col. 3:5. 1 Cor. 5:7.
Q. 89. 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.1 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.1
- Psa. 51:3, 8, 17. Luke 15:18. Rom. 8:13. Joel 1:12, 13.
Q. 90. What is the quickening of the new man?
A. It is a sincere joy of heart in God, through Christ,1 and with love and delight to live according to the will of God in all good works.2 It is a sincere joy of heart in God, through Christ,1 and with love and delight to live according to the will of God in all good works.2
- Rom 5:1, 2. Rom. 14:17. Isa. 57:15.
- Rom. 6:10, 11. 1 Pet. 4:2. Gal. 2:20.
Q. 91. But what are good works?
A. Only those which proceed from a true faith,1 are performed according to the law of God,2 and to His glory;3 and not such as are founded on our imaginations or the institutions of men.4 Only those which proceed from a true faith,1 are performed according to the law of God,2 and to His glory;3 and not such as are founded on our imaginations or the institutions of men.4
- Rom. 14:23.
- 1 Sam. 15:22. Eph. 2:2, 10.
- 1 Cor. 10:31.
- Deut. 12:32. Ezek. 20:18. Mat. 15:9.
LORD’S DAY 33
1. Of how many parts does the true conversion of man consist?
Of two parts: of the mortification of the old, and the quickening of the new man. Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:5, 9, 10.
2. What is this “old man” that must be put to death or mortified?
It is our sinful nature, or flesh, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts. Ephesians 4:22; Romans 7:18, 23.
3. What is the “new man” that must be made alive or quickened?
It is that inward man which through Christ is created in the image of God, and therefore delights in the law of God. Colossians 3:10; Romans 7:22.
4. What is the mortification of the old man?
It is a sincere sorrow of heart that we have provoked God by our sins; and it is more and more to hate our sins and to flee from them. Psalm 51:17.
5. What is the quickening of the new man?
It is a sincere joy of heart in God through Christ, and a desire to live according to the will of God in all good works. Romans 6:10, 11; Galatians 2:20.
6. But what are good works?
Only those that proceed from a true faith, are performed according to the law of God, and to His glory. Romans 14:23; Psalm 119:9; I Corinthians 10:31.
7. What works may seem as if they are good works but are not?
Those founded on our imaginations or on the institutions of men. Deuteronomy 12:32; Ezekiel 20:18, 19; Matthew 15:8, 9.