{"id":11220,"date":"2009-02-12T16:30:53","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T16:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/diligent_use_of_the_means_of_grace\/"},"modified":"2009-02-12T16:30:53","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T16:30:53","slug":"diligent_use_of_the_means_of_grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=11220","title":{"rendered":"Diligent Use of the Means of Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question 153: What does God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us by reason of the transgression of the law?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: That we may escape the wrath and curse of God due to us by reason of the transgression of the law, he requires of us repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, and the diligent use of the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of his mediation.<\/p>\n<p>Question 154: What are the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of his mediation?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to his church the benefits of his mediation, are all his ordinances; especially the Word, sacraments, and prayer; all which are made effectual to the elect for their salvation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;The Westminster Larger Catechism, and worth keeping min mind I think as Lent approaches in 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question 153: What does God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us by reason of the transgression of the law? Answer: That we may escape the wrath and curse of God due to<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=11220\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,154,413,173,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion-news-commentary","category-other-churches","category-reformed","category-sacramental-theology","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}