Vocabulary for Lesson 10 (Vocab Quiz 2c.1)

Write each bold word in the Vocabulary section of your notebook with room for a 2-3 line definition.

the Holy Spirit: The third person of the Holy Trinity who proceeds from the Father and the Son to give life to the world, and who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified. His work is to proclaim Christ-to bring Him to us and to draw us into Him. He is active in the world through the preaching of the Gospel and the administration of the sacraments to bring sinners to faith in Christ and to sustain them in the life of faith.
the Gospel: The saving message of God's grace and forgiveness to sinners in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The word means "good news" and is the proclamation of what God has done in Christ for the world's salvation.
conversion: To be brought from the death of unbelief to the life of faith in Christ.
sanctification: All that the Holy Spirit does through the Word and sacraments of Christ to make us holy. It is the entire work of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian through which he is brought to faith in Christ for the forgiveness of sins, the "old man" is put to death, and the fruits of faith are brought forth in his life.
the forgiveness of sins: That God for Christ's sake no longer holds my sins against me.
the inspiration of Scripture: That God breathed His Holy Spirit into the apostles and prophets who wrote the Holy Scriptures, so that their writing is God's Word the authoritative and inerrant revelation of God to man.