Cool Confessions
This person of the Trinity is credited with calling, gathering, enlightening, and sanctifying the whole Christian Church.
Who is the Holy Spirit?
A person chosen to speak God's Word to his people.
What is a prophet?
Paul and Silas met this official in the city of Philippi and answered his question, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" (Hint Acts 16:29-30)
Who is the jailer?
What are bread and wine?
Jesus gave these tools to his Church on earth to carry out his work of leading people to the forgiveness of sins.
What are the keys?
(Also acceptable: means of grace)
In this article of the Apostles' Creed we confess belief in Jesus Christ and his coming to judge the living and the dead.
What is the Second Article?
What is an angel?
A man with this office visited a widow in the city of Zarephath during a drought in Israel? (Hint: 1 Kings 17:7-16)
What is prophet?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Peter makes a reference to this Old Testament account when discussing how Baptism saves us (1 Peter 3:17-22).
During this festival, people from all around the Roman world gathered in Jerusalem to hear the apostles speaking in their own native languages.
What is Pentecost?
This key was used by Nathan after David was led to confess his sins when he heard Nathan's story.
What is the unlocking (loosing) key?
Trusting that God's promises are true for us and all people.
What is faith?
This is the work of Jesus' priestly office that he completed on the cross?
What is redemption?
(Also acceptable: atonement; objective justification)
This man was baptized by Ananias after losing his sight on the way to the city of Damascus.
Who is Paul?
(Also acceptable: Saul)
Someone who pretends to be a Christian but is not.
What is a hypocrite?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
This apostle wrote about the benefits of confessing our sins and God's faithfulness in forgiving us when we do.
A change in attitude about sin including sorrow over sin and trust that God has forgiven us.
A pastor is one example of an official in this work done by people "God has called to serve others publicly with the means of grace."
What is the public ministry?
In Romans 6, Paul used this image to show how the sinful nature is put to death in baptism.
What is burial?
God promised another, greater prophet would come after this man, who would speak God's Word to his people.
Who is Moses?
This is what is confessed by those receiving the Lord's Supper together. (Hint: Paul used the picture of a loaf in 1 Corinthians 10:16-17)
(Also acceptable: fellowship)
What is excommunication?
This is the only one of Christ's three offices which still has work remaining for his return on the Last Day.
This teaching about the Lord's Supper involves the bread and wine being changed into Jesus' body and blood.
What is transubstantiation?
This is God's undeserved love, given as a gift.
What is grace?