INTRODUCTION: The story of Major Ployer Peter Hill (1894-1935), the American test-pilot who’s accident lead to the invention of the ‘pre-flight

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Catechism is our soul’s equivalent to the pre-flight checklist! How?

HISTORY OF CATECHISM:

“Therefore it is the duty of every father of a family to question and examine his children and (workers) at least once a week and to ascertain what they know of this catechism, or are learning, and, if they do not know it, to keep them faithfully at it. However, it is not enough for them to comprehend and recite these parts according to the words only, but they…they must be able to recite it as they have heard it, and, when asked, may give a correct answer…” — Martin Luther (1529)

WHY JOURNEY THROUGH CATECHISM?

1. Because it’s

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6-9 Write these commandments that I’ve given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are…in the morning to when you fall into bed at night. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder, and inscribe them on the doorposts of your homes … — Deuteronomy 6:6-8

GK: katecheo appears in the New Testament

times.

2. Because it pushes us towards the

counsel of God.

I declare today that I have been faithful. If anyone suffers eternal death, it’s not my fault, for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. — Acts 20:26-27

3. Because it deepens our

with God.

4. Because it increases our

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Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a worker who has no reason to be ashamed (lacking confidence), accurately handling and skillfully teaching the Word of truth. — 2 Timothy 2:15

5 Because we are in need of a _

_ catechism.

Jesus said, “You have heard it said, but I say…”
(Matt 5:21,27,31,38,43)

6. Because it is a highly-effect

for our faith.

Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along taking everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do something about it… — 2 Corinthians 13:5-9

CONCLUSION