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Vocabulary for Lesson 18 (Vocab Quiz/Test 4.3)
Write each bold word in the Vocabulary section of your notebook with room for a 2-3 line definition.
- Old Adam (or the flesh)
- The rebel "unbeliever" in the Christian who is an enemy of God, a child of the devil, totally sinful and corrupt, completely self-centered, and a hater of God and all that is good. [168]
- New Man
- The faithful "believer" in the Christian who is the creation of the Holy Spirit and a lover of God and all that is good. [169]
- contrition
- To be "crushed" or "killed" by God's Law so that you make no more excuses to God, but confess the truth that you are a sinner who has sinned against Him. [170]
- the baptismal life
- Living in the promises that God made to you in your Baptism by daily contrition and repentance, hearing the Word, confessing your sins, clinging to Christ for forgiveness in His Gospel and sacraments, and living in selfless love toward the neighbor. [171]
- brotherly conversation
- When baptized Christians "tell" and "sing" of Christ's forgiveness to one another and the world, "proclaim[ing] the praises of Him who called [them] out of darkness into His marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9b). [172]