Vocabulary for Lesson 22

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Learning is work. There are multiple ways to study. Different study strategies will work differently for each student. Serious students should try all of them several (6-7) times to see how they work when done well. For the best learning, every student will likely need to use more than one strategy and switch between them. Here are some tips relating to studying vocabulary. You can adapt them for memorizing texts.

  1. Use multiple senses: read, speak, and hear the material aloud. Then, write your version with a pencil into your notebook and notice how that feels. Then, read your own definition aloud as you study. (combine with the next two strategies)
  2. Use your brain: condense the definitions into a form that makes sense to you. Identify key words for every definition. Think of synonyms that you would use. (combine with the other strategies)
  3. Use your body: say your definition and act it out with an expressiveness that fits the meaning.
  4. Use your friends and family: Ask someone to quiz you using spaced repetition for a set amount of time, from your notes. (Example: for 10 minutes, all questions get repeated, but the quicker and more accurate your answer, the longer the interval until that question comes back. Questions you get wrong are repeated sooner.)
  5. Use basic technology: Show all definitions and hide all the terms on this page. Try to remember each term before you show it (by clicking the definition) to check your answer. Then, show all terms and hide the definitions on the page. Only show a definition (by clicking the term) after you have made your best effort to remember your own version of it.
  6. Use tools: Make a stack of index cards with terms on one side and your definitions on the other. When reviewing, don't check the opposite side until you've made your best effort to remember. Sort them into three stacks: Easy, Hard, and Failed. Then re-sort the Failed cards and work through the Hard cards until they are all Easy.
  7. Use advanced technology: On the web (Example: SuperNotes with free signup or with subscription.) or on an app (Example: Anki), create a stack of virtual cards and let the software quiz you. It will use spaced repetition automatically.
  8. Use brute force memorization: Copy a term and definition from this page. Then navigate to Catechesis Contents > Memorization Tool and paste it into the box, then follow the instructions on that page. (Caution: this works quickly for memorizing texts, but must be repeated a few times after a break for long-term recall. It is less effective than the other strategies for understanding what you memorize.)
Satan (or the Evil One)
The head of the fallen angels. He rebelled against God and wants to be God himself. He is a liar and murderer from the beginning of creation and opposes all that is good. He is anti-God and anti-Christ, the ruler, or prince, of this world, and the enemy of the church. He desires to bring to ruin the faith of every Christian and to drive people away from the true God in any way that he can. Genesis 3:15 predicts his defeat.
the Word of God
  1. The revelation of God to man through the apostles and prophets. Through this prophetic and apostolic revelation, God tells us of Himself, shows us our sin, brings us to faith in Jesus Christ, our only Savior, and gives us His gifts of grace. The prophets and apostles were inspired by the Holy Spirit to preach it in the world and record it in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, in order that it might be preached and taught in the church and throughout the world.
  2. The name of the Son of God from eternity.
temptation
The word, will, or desire which is against God and used by the devil, the world, or our flesh to entrap and ensnare us in sin and unbelief.
worship
The faith or desire to receive from God all the good things He gives in His Word and Sacraments, and to return to Him all glory, honor, thanksgiving, and praise.

"The service and worship of the Gospel is to receive good things from God, while the worship of the law is to offer and present our goods to God. We cannot offer anything to God unless we have first been reconciled and reborn. The greatest possible comfort comes from this doctrine that the highest worship in the Gospel is the desire to receive forgiveness of sins, grace, and righteousness" (Apology of the Augsburg Confession, IV, 155:310).