Chapter 16: Of Good Works - The Westminster Confession Series | Rev Joseph Poon

Chapter 16: Of Good Works Speaker: Reverend Joseph Poon Website: http://www.bpcwa.org.au/ DOWNLOAD WCF Chapter 16: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FWZ7-oZBpHdk-69v29aqW7jQITEP1GhP/view INTRODUCTION - (00:00) QUESTIONS WCF 16.1 _______________ - (01:50) Q1. a) What qualifies as good works to God? - (03:43) Q1. b) Give examples of "good works" of men that are not good works to God. - (12:21) Q1. c) Is giving to all and every charity work considered doing good works? Why? Give some verses. - (15:58) WCF 16.2 _______________ - (11:28) Q2. a) How should we ensure what we do are good works then? - (28:47) Q2. b) How is work and faith and salvation related? - (35:38) Q2. c) What are the effects of good works? - (56:06) Q2. d) Should believers be uninterested in good works? Why? - (1:07:26) WCF 16.3 _______________ - (1:11:01) Q3. a) Name the 2 things mentioned that enables the believer to do good works. - (1:14:05) Q3. b) Who causes us to be willing and to do good works? So it is not my fault if I am not willing or fail to do good works then? Why? Cite the example of Christ. - (1:15:27) Q3. c) What is my duty when it comes to doing good works? How do I accomplish that? - (1:23:28) WCF 16.4 _______________ Q4. a) However much a Christian does for God, how should he view himself and his good works? - (1:28:37) Q4. b) How should we view serving God when we are called upon? WCF 16.5 _______________ Q5. a) Name the 3 reasons why our good works cannot merit pardon of sin or bring eternal life. - (1:29:23) Q5. b) What can give us eternal life then? Why? WCF 16.6 _______________ - (1:32:51) Q6. a) If our good works are imperfect and impure, and we ourselves are impure, why would God accept them? Q6. b) What is the criteria upon which God accepts and rewards our works despite its weakness? - (1:33:02) Q6. c) What does 2 Corinthians 8:12 mean? Q6. d) What is the difference between doing good works to please man and doing good works even though I am not willing? - (1:34:37) WCF 16.7 _______________ Q7. a) Can works done by unbelievers be good and useful? In what sense? Q7. b) Then why are they not accepted by God? Q7. c) Why then are their works considered sinful still? Q7. d) Why can't good works make a man worthy to receive God's saving grace? What does it tell us about why God saved us? ==== Chapter XVI Of Good Works 1. GOOD works are only such as God hath commanded in his holy word,1 and not such as, without the warrant thereof, are devised by men out of blind zeal, or upon any pretence of good intention.2 1. Micah 6:8; Rom. 12:2; Heb. 13:21 2. Matt. 15:9; Isa. 29:13; I Pet. 1:18; Rom. 10:2; John 16:2; I Sam. 15:21-23 2. These good works, done in obedience to God’s commandments, are the fruits and evidences of a true and lively faith;3 and by them believers manifest their thankfulness,4 strengthen their assurance,5 edify their brethren,6 adorn the profession of the gospel,7 stop the mouths of the adversaries,8 and glorify God,9 whose workmanship they are, created in Christ Jesus thereunto;10 that, having their fruit unto holiness, they may have the end eternal life.11 3. James 2:18,22 4. Ps. 116:12-13; I Pet. 2:9 5. I John 2:3,5; II Pet. 1:5-10 6. II Cor. 9:2; Matt. 5:16 7. Tit. 2:5, 9-12; I Tim. 6:1 8. I Pet. 2:15 9. I Pet. 2:12; Phil. 1:11; John 15:8 10. Eph. 2:10 11. Rom. 6:22 ==== Westminster Confession of Faith Series Bible Presbyterian Church of WA Friday 9th December 2016 To watch this video on YouTube, use this link: https://youtu.be/88ylk-1CtPo If you were helped by this recording, please share this with someone who would benefit from this.