Bible Memorization For: Gods Good News of Salvation
The following passages and definitions are drawn directly from this lesson. Commit them to memory — not merely as words, but as truths to be lived, proclaimed, and defended.
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MEMORY PASSAGE 1 — The Heart of the Gospel
1 Corinthians 15:1, 3–4 (ESV-CE)
"Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you... For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures."
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MEMORY PASSAGE 2 — The Angel's Announcement
Luke 2:10–11 (ESV-CE)
"Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord."
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MEMORY PASSAGE 3 — God's Love for Sinners
Romans 5:6, 8–9 (ESV-CE)
"For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly... but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God."
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**MEMORY PASSAGE 4 — Born of Water and the Spirit**
*John 3:5 (ESV-CE)*
"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God."
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**MEMORY PASSAGE 5 — Faith Working Through Love**
*Galatians 5:6 (ESV-CE)*
"For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love."
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**MEMORY PASSAGE 6 — The Warning Against a Distorted Gospel**
*Galatians 1:6–8 (ESV-CE)*
"I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed."
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**MEMORY PASSAGE 7 — The Great Commission**
*Matthew 28:19–20 (ESV-CE)*
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you."
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**MEMORY DEFINITION 1 — The Four Causes of Justification (Council of Trent, Session VI)**
- **Final Cause:** The glory of God and of Christ
- **Efficient Cause:** God's merciful grace
- **Meritorious Cause:** Our Lord Jesus Christ, by His Passion on the Cross
- **Formal Cause:** The justice of God, by which He makes us just
- **Instrumental Cause:** The Sacrament of Baptism
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**MEMORY DEFINITION 2 — Fides Caritate Formata (Fee-days Kah-ree-tah-teh For-mah-tah)**
Faith formed by charity — the living, active faith that works through love, as taught by the Council of Trent and Sacred Scripture. This is the faith that justifies, not a bare intellectual assent or a single moment of private decision.
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**MEMORY DEFINITION 3 — Ex Opere Operato (ex Oh-peh-reh Oh-peh-rah-toh)**
The principle, defined by the Council of Trent, that the sacraments confer grace by the very act performed — not by the merit of the minister or the recipient — though the fruitfulness of that grace depends upon the recipient's proper dispositions and ongoing cooperation.
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**MEMORY DEFINITION 4 — The "Second Plank After Shipwreck"**
The term used by the Council of Trent to describe the Sacrament of Penance — the means by which a soul that has fallen into mortal sin after Baptism is restored to a state of sanctifying grace through the mercy of God.