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An Orthodox Catechism, Question 31

Season 4, Ep. 31

Monday 11/3/25

Particular Baptist Pedagogy

An Orthodox Catechism: Question 31


What it is to be a Christian.


An Orthodox Catechism was written by Hercules Collins in 1680 and is a revision of The Heidelberg Catechism, modified to reflect the views of Particular Baptists. 


The edition of An Orthodox Catechism used for these recordings was edited by Michael A.G. Haykin and G. Stephen Weaver, Jr, published in 2014 by RBAP. It can be purchased from Amazon at the link below. 


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The music in this episode is "The Beat of Nature" by Olexy. You can find his page on Pixabay at the link below. 


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Scripture References for Question 31:


a.


Acts 11:26 "and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians."


1 Corinthians 6:15 "Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!"


b.


1 John 2:27 "But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him."


c.


Matthew 10:32 "So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,"


d.


Romans 12:1 "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship."


Hebrews 13:15 "Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name."


1 Peter 2:5 "you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."


Revelation 5:8 "And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints."


e.

Romans 6:12-13

1 Timothy 1:18-19


f.

2 Timothy 2:12 

Revelation 1:6


The text of some of the scripture proofs has been excluded due to space.

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