Memory Work for November 12

Memory Work for Middle School:

Q1. Why is God called Father?

A. He is the Father of creation, the Father of Jesus, and the Father of believers

Q2. Why is He called the Father of creation?

A. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1).

Q3. How did God create all things?

A. God made all things out of nothing in 6 days.

Q4. Why is He called the Father of Jesus?

A. Because Jesus is His only begotten Son.

Q5. Why is He called the Father of all believers?

A. He has adopted us in Christ to be His children.

Q6. What does it mean for you that you are a child of God?

A. God will take care of me and provide for my needs.

Q7. What is God’s care for His world called?

A. Providence

Memory Work for High School:


Q1. What do you confess concerning God the Father?

I confess that He is the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who of nothing made heaven, earth and all things therein. (Acts 14:15)

Q2. How has He become your God and Father?

He has become my Father for Christ’s sake, so that I believe and trust that He will provide me with all things necessary for body and soul. (John 14:6)

Q3. How do you account for the evils and sorrows which come upon you?

I believe these are under His control so that, when they come, He is both able and willing to turn them to my good. (Rom. 8:28; Amos 3:6)

Q4. What do you understand by God’s providence?

God’s providence is His almighty and everywhere-present power by which He governs all things, so that they come not by chance but by His fatherly hand. (Acts 14:17)

Q5. What comfort does this knowledge give you?

It enables me to be patient in adversity, thankful in prosperity, and filled with confidence that He will always love and care for me. (Matthew 7:11)

Memory Work for November 5

Middle School Memory:

Middle School Memorization:

Q1. Where can we find a summary of what Christians believe?

A. We can find this in the Apostle’s Creed.

Q2. What do Christians confess in this creed?

A. The words of the Apostles creed are these:

I Believe in God the Father, Almighty,

Maker of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, our Lord;

Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary;

Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried,

He descended into hell;

The third day He rose again from the dead;

He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;

From there He shall come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit.

I believe a holy catholic Church,

the communion of saints

The forgiveness of sins;

The resurrection of the body;

And the life everlasting.

Q3. How do the Bible and this creed describe God?

A. He is described as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Q4. Do we believe in three gods?

A. No, there is only one God, but He is revealed in three Persons.

Q5. What is this doctrine called?

A. This is called the Trinity.

High School Memory:

Q1. What is necessary for a Christian to believe?

All that is contained in the gospel and summarized for us in the Apostles' Creed. (John 20:31; Revelation 22:18, 19)

Q2. What do the articles of this creed declare to us?

They declare to us God the Father and our creation, God the Son and our redemption, and God the Holy Spirit and our sanctification.


Q3. Since there is only one true God, why do you speak of three?

Because God has so revealed himself that these three distinct persons are the one, true and eternal God.

Q4. How has God assured you that He will be your God?

By the baptism which I received from him, in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)

Memory Work For October 29

Middle School Memorization:

Q1. Where can we find a summary of what Christians believe?

A. We can find this in the Apostle’s Creed.

Q2. What do Christians confess in this creed?

A. The words of the Apostles creed are these:

I Believe in God the Father, Almighty,

Maker of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, our Lord;

Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary;

Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried,

He descended into hell;

The third day He rose again from the dead;

He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;

From there He shall come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit.

I believe a holy catholic Church,

the communion of saints

The forgiveness of sins;

The resurrection of the body;

And the life everlasting.

Q3. How do the Bible and this creed describe God?

A. He is described as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Q4. Do we believe in three gods?

A. No, there is only one God, but He is revealed in three Persons.

Q5. What is this doctrine called?

A. This is called the Trinity.

High School Memorization:

Q1. How do you know this Mediator?

From the holy gospel, which God first revealed in Paradise, proclaimed by the patriarchs and prophets, foreshadowed in the ceremonies of the law, and fulfilled in His only-begotten Son. (Hebrews 1:1, 2)

Q2. Shall all men be saved by this Mediator?

No, but only those who by a true faith are ingrafted into Him and receive all his benefits. (Romans 6:5, 6)

Q3. What is true faith?

It is both a sure knowledge of God and all his promises and a heartfelt confidence that all my sins are forgiven me for Christ’s sake. (Romans 4:20, 21)

Memory Work for October 22

Middle School Memory Work:

Q1. Will everyone be saved by the Mediator Jesus Christ?

A. No, only those who receive Him by a true faith will be saved.

Q2. What is true faith?

A. It is the faith that knows Christ and trusts Him.

Q3. How do we learn to know Christ and trust Him?

A. We learn this from the Bible.

Q4. Why must we believe all that the Bible contains?

A. Because it is the infallible Word of God.

Q5. How do we get true faith?

A. True faith is a gift from God which the Holy Spirit works in our hearts.

High School Memory Work:

Q1. How can we escape this punishment and be again received into God’s favor?

Only by such a Mediator, who makes full satisfaction for our sins and is able to deliver us. (Hebrews 9:15)

Q2. Can any mere creature perform this work?

Indeed not, for no mere creature can bear the burden of God’s wrath against sin and deliver us from it.

Q3. What kind of a Mediator, then, do we need?

One who is both true and righteous man, yet greater than man; that is, one who is also very God.

Q4. Who is this Mediator?

Our Lord Jesus Christ, who was given to us by God to be our wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption. (1 Corinthians 1:30)

Memory Work For October 15

Junior High Memory:

1. Will God allow this disobedience to go unpunished?

Indeed not, for he is displeased with both our original and actual sins and will punish them in time and in eternity. (Matt. 10:28)

2. Is not God unjust in requiring of us what we cannot perform?

No, for God made man capable of obeying him, but man wilfully sins against God.

3. But is not God merciful?

God is indeed merciful, but he is also just. Therefore all sin against the most high majesty of God will be punished with extreme, that is everlasting, punishment in body and soul. (II Thess. 1:9,10)

Senior High Memory Work:

Q1. Can we save ourselves from sin?

A. No, by our sins we increase our guilt daily.

Q2. How can we be saved?

A. Only by God’s Son, our Mediator.

Q3. Why is God’s Son called the Mediator?

A. He stands between God and sinful man.

Q4. Why does He stand between these two parties?

A. To bring man back to God.

Q5. Did man ask God for a Mediator?

A. No, God freely gave us His Son. (John 3:16)


Memory Work for October 8

Middle School Memory Work:

Q1. Why does Adam’s sin make us sinful?

A. Because Adam is the father of us all.

Q2. Is every person in the world a sinner?

A. Yes, everyone is born with a sinful nature.

Q3. What does it mean that we have a sinful nature?

A. Sinful thoughts, words, and deeds come out of our hearts.

Q4. Does God punish men for their sin?

A. Yes, both in this life and in eternity.

Q5. Why does God punish sin?

A. Because He is a righteous and holy God.

High School Memory Work:

1. Did God make man so wicked and perverse?

By no means, but God created man good and after his own image, in true knowledge and righteousness and holiness.

2. Whence, then, comes this depraved nature?

From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, by which our nature became so corrupt that we are all conceived and born in sin. (Rom. 5:12)

3. What was that disobedience?

That they did eat of the fruit of the tree which God had forbidden them.

4. Are we, then, unable to do any good and prone to all evil?

Yes, indeed, unless we are regenerated by the Holy Spirit. (John 3:5; Eph. 2:1)

Luke Gossett