Questions about the Word, the Church and the Ordinances
124. Q. How does the Holy Spirit bring us to salvation?
A. He uses the Bible, which is the Word of God.
(Click through to read scriptural proofs.)
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… because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit … .
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And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
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… and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness … .
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Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
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Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God … .
Scripture quoted from the English Standard Version.
Taken from A Catechism for Girls and Boys found here.