Question 38 of 61
A Catechism for Babes, or, Little Ones
How do they live, and how must they live, that hope to be saved by Jesus Christ?
Answer
Every one that hath this hope, will labour to be good, in heart, word, and deed (; ).
Read the 2 proof texts (KJV)
- 1 John 3:2-3
- 2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
- 17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;