Catechism

Question 1

Who made you?

Answer 1

God made me.

Question 2

What else did God make?

Answer 2

God made all things.

Question 3

Why did God make all things?

Answer 3

For His own glory.

Question 4

Why should you glorify God?

Answer 4

Because He made me and takes care of me.

Question 5

How can you glorify God?

Answer 5

I can glorify God by loving Him and doing what He commands.

Question 6

What is God?

Answer 6

God is spirit and has no body as we do.

Question 7

Are there more gods than one?

Answer 7

No, there is only one true God.

Question 8

In how many persons does this one God exist?

Answer 8

God exists in 3 persons.

Question 9

Who are the three persons of God?

Answer 9

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Question 10

Where is God?

Answer 10

God is everywhere.

Question 11

Can you see God?

Answer 11

No, I cannot see God (but He always sees me).

Question 12

Does God know all things?

Answer 12

Yes, God knows all things. (Nothing can be hidden from God.)

Question 13

Can God do all things?

Answer 13

Yes, God can do all of His holy will.

Question 14

Where do we learn to love and obey God?

Answer 14

In the Bible alone, we learn to love and obey God.

Question 15

Who wrote the Bible?

Answer 15

Holy men of God (who were taught and chosen by God).

Question 16

In whose image are we made?

Answer 16

We are made in the image of God.

Question 17

Who were the first people?

Answer 17

Adam and Eve

Question 18

Of what were the first people made?

Answer 18

God made the body of Adam from the ground and formed Eve from the body of Adam.

Question 19

Where did Adam and Eve live?

Answer 19

They lived in the Garden of Eden.

Question 20

What were the two special trees in the Garden?

Answer 20

They were the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Question 21

Which tree should they not eat of?

Answer 21

They should not eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Question 22

What is sin?

Answer 22

Sin is when we break the law of God.

Question 23

Who tempted Adam and Eve to sin?

Answer 23

Satan tempted them to sin.

Question 24

How did sin enter the world?

Answer 24

It entered through the disobedience of Adam and Eve.

Question 25

What happened to Adam and Eve when they sinned?

Answer 25

They were sent from the Garden to live separately from God.

Question 26

What is always the result of sin?

Answer 26

Sin always brings God's judgement and separation from Him.

Question 27

What is the promise of God?

Answer 27

God's promise is that we have eternal life through Jesus Christ.

Question 28

What effect did Adam's sin have on all mankind?

Answer 28

We are all born into a state of sin.

Question 29

What is a covenant?

Answer 29

A covenant is an agreement that God makes with us in which he guarantees to keep His promise.

Question 30

What is the first commandment?

Answer 30

*You shall have no other gods before me.*

Question 31

What is the second commandment?

Answer 31

*You shall not make for yourself an idol.*

Question 32

What is the third commandment?

Answer 32

*You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain.*

Question 33

What is the fourth commandment?

Answer 33

*Remember the Sabbath.*

Question 34

What is the fifth commandment?

Answer 34

*Honor your father and mother.*

Question 35

What is the sixth commandment?

Answer 35

*You shall not murder.*

Question 36

What is the seventh commandment?

Answer 36

*You shall not commit adultery.*

Question 37

What is the eighth commandment?

Answer 37

*You shall not steal.*

Question 38

What is the ninth commandment?

Answer 38

*You shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor (not lie).*

Question 39

What is the tenth commandment?

Answer 39

*You shall not covet.*

Question 40

How did Christ, being God the Son, become man?

Answer 40

Christ, who is God the Son, became man by being conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Question 41

Did Jesus ever sin?

Answer 41

No, Jesus lived a sinless life.

Question 42

What kind of death did Christ die?

Answer 42

Christ died a painful death on the cross.

Question 43

Did Christ remain in the tomb?

Answer 43

Christ is risen on the third day, just as He did say.

Question 44

How is your heart changed?

Answer 44

My heart is changed by the Holy Spirit.

Question 45

Who made God?

Answer 45

Nobody made God.

Question 46

Has God ever had a beginning?

Answer 46

No, God has always been.