August 2002
The Righteousness of Faith
INTO THE WORD
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The memory verses listed below are selected to parallel the themes of the studies for each week, plus major themes of Scripture. We invite you and your family to “hide them in your hearts,” that you might not sin against the Lord (Ps. 119:11).
Week of August 5
Overview: Paul compares and contrasts the way of law and the way of faith.
Westminster Shorter Catechism questions: First year: No. 31. Second year: No. 86.
Trinity Hymnal selection (1990 edition): No. 461, “Not What My Hands Have Done”
Week of August 12
Overview: Paul explains how God uses the preaching of the gospel.
Westminster Shorter Catechism questions: First year: No. 32. Second year: No. 87.
Trinity Hymnal selection: No. 141, “God, in the Gospel of His Son”
Week of August 19
Overview: We study through Dr. R.C. Sproul’s series “Preachers and Preaching.”
Westminster Shorter Catechism questions: First year: No. 33. Second year: No. 88.
Trinity Hymnal selection: No. 411, “Shine Thou upon Us, Lord”
Week of August 26
Overview: Paul offers Scriptural evidence that God has not utterly rejected the Jews.
Westminster Shorter Catechism questions: First year: No. 34. Second year: No. 89.
Trinity Hymnal selection: No. 197, “Comfort, Comfort Ye My People”
THIS MONTH
The 10th chapter of Romans is before us in August, a tragic chapter in which Paul explains the widespread failure of the Jews to embrace Christ. Combatting the notion that divine predestination means God is responsible for the Jews’ failure to believe, Paul declares that his people’s rejection of Christ is their fault, because of their sin and their insistence on achieving their own righteousness through law-keeping.
If the Jews (or anyone else) are to hear the gospel and respond to it, Paul declares, it must be preached. What does he mean? What is preaching? What should be its focus? Because the preaching office is so devalued in our day, we will pause briefly at mid-month to consider these issues with the help of Dr. R.C. Sproul’s audio teaching series “Preachers and Preaching.”
Abiding in the Word
- John 14:1
- Romans 10:17
- Acts 13:38
- Romans 11:5