The Plan of Salvation from the Westminster Shorter Catechism

Michael Faraday, the great scientist, was once asked: "What is the

greatest discovery you ever made?"  After some thought the noted

scientist replied: "When I discovered that I had a Savior." That is the

greatest discovery we want every person to make. In order to discover

that you have a Savior it is first necessary to realize that you need a

Savior. And so our first lesson is:

I.  Why do I need a Savior?

        Catechism Questions 14-19, 84

        Scripture references to consider:  Romans 3:23; I John 3:4;

Romans 6:23.

II. What has the Lord Jesus Christ done to save me?

        Catechism Questions 23-26

        Scripture references to consider: Acts 4:12; I Peter 2:24; John

1:29; II Corinthians 5:21; Isaiah 53.

III. What does the Holy Spirit do to save me?

        Catechism Questions 29-31

        Scripture references to consider: John 3:5,6; John 1:12,13;

Titus 3:5,6; Romans 8:15-17.

        (According to I John the three evidences of the new birth are

faith in Christ, love    for one another, and doing right.)

IV. What does God, the Father, do to save me?

        Catechism Questions 20, 32-35

        Scripture references to consider: John 3:16; Luke 11:13;

Galatians 2:16; I John  3:1; Ephesians 4:24.

V. What does God ask of me to be saved?

        Catechism Questions 85-87

        Scripture references to consider: Acts 20:21; Philippians 3:9;

Acts 16:31; Romans 10:9; Acts 5:31.

VI. What does the Church do for my salvation?

        Catechism Questions 88-92

        Scripture references to consider: Acts 2:41,42; II Timothy

3:15-17; Matthew 28:19; I Corinthians 11:23-25; Matthew 16:16-19.

From: Summary of the Christian Faith According to the Shorter Catechism,

by William Childs Robinson, 1950, The Southern Presbyterian Journal,

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