Question 89

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How is the Word made effectual to salvation?

The Spirit of God maketh the reading, but especially the preaching of the Word, an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners, and of building them up in holiness and comfort, through faith, unto salvation.^a

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

aNehemiah 8:8; 1 Corinthians 14:24–25; Acts 26:18; Psalm 19:8; Acts 20:32; Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; Romans 10:13–17; Romans 1:16

Commentary

An Explicatory Catechism (1675), on this question
John Flavel, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism (1692), on this question
Thomas Vincent, An Explicatory Catechism (1673), on this question
Joseph Alleine, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism (1672), on this question
Thomas Lye, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions (1672), on this question
Alexander Whyte, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism (1883), on this question
Matthew Henry, A Scripture Catechism (1703), on this question
Thomas Watson, A Body of Practical Divinity (1692), on Q. 85–90

Related texts

Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism

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Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 89, symbolics.dev/wsc/89

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