Part 1 - God, Creation, Man And Sin

Question 0

What else did God make?

Answer 0

God made all things.

Question 1

Who made you?

Answer 1

God made me.

Question 2

What did God create on the first day?

Answer 2

The heaven and the earth, and also light.

Question 3

What did God create on the second day?

Answer 3

The firmament.

Question 4

What did God create on the third day?

Answer 4

The dry land, the grass, the trees, and the flowers.

Question 5

What did God make on the fourth day?

Answer 5

The sun, the moon, and the stars.

Question 6

What did God form on the fifth day?

Answer 6

The fish and the birds.

Question 7

What did God form on the sixth day?

Answer 7

The animals and man.

Question 8

What did God do on the seventh day?

Answer 8

God rested, and gave us our Sabbath.

Question 9

How do we know about this creation?

Answer 9

God tells us about it in His Word the Bible.

Question 10

Why did God make you and all things?

Answer 10

For His own glory.

Question 11

How can you glorify God?

Answer 11

By loving Him and doing what he commands.

Question 12

Why ought you to glorify God?

Answer 12

Because He made me and takes care of me.

Question 13

Are there more gods than one?

Answer 13

No. There is only one God.

Question 14

In how many persons does this one God exist?

Answer 14

In three persons.

Question 15

Who are they?

Answer 15

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Question 16

Who is God?

Answer 16

God is a spirit and has not a body like men.

Question 17

Where is God?

Answer 17

God is everywhere.

Question 18

Can I see God?

Answer 18

No, but He always sees me.

Question 19

Does God know all things?

Answer 19

Yes. Nothing can be hidden from God.

Question 20

Can God do all things?

Answer 20

Yes. God can do all His holy will.

Question 21

Where do you learn how to love and obey God?

Answer 21

In the Bible alone.

Question 22

Who wrote the Bible?

Answer 22

Chosen men who wrote by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

Question 23

Who were our first parents?

Answer 23

Adam and Eve.

Question 24

Of what were our first parents made?

Answer 24

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

Question 25

How were Adam and Eve different from the animals?

Answer 25

God made them in His own image.

Question 26

What did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies?

Answer 26

He gave them souls that could never die.

Question 27

Have you a soul as well as a body?

Answer 27

Yes. I have a soul that can never die.

Question 28

How do you know that you have a soul?

Answer 28

Because the Bible tells me so. | Because I can think about God and the world to come.

Question 29

Where did Adam and Eve live?

Answer 29

In the beautiful garden of Eden.

Question 30

What did Adam do in the garden of Eden?

Answer 30

He took care of the garden as its king.

Question 31

How did he show that he was king?

Answer 31

He named the animals.

Question 32

In what condition did God make Adam and Eve?

Answer 32

He made them holy and happy.

Question 33

Did Adam and Eve stay holy and happy?

Answer 33

No. They sinned against God.

Question 34

What is sin?

Answer 34

Sin is any transgression of the law of God.

Question 35

What is meant by transgression?

Answer 35

Any thought, word, or deed that breaks God's law by omission or commission.

Question 36

What is a sin of commission?

Answer 36

Doing what God forbids.

Question 37

What is a sin of omission?

Answer 37

Not doing what God requires.

Question 38

How did Adam and Eve sin?

Answer 38

They ate of the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Question 39

Why was it a sin to eat of that tree?

Answer 39

Because God told them not to eat of it.

Question 40

Who tempted them to this sin?

Answer 40

The devil tempted Eve and she gave the fruit to Adam.

Question 41

What happened to our first parents when they had sinned?

Answer 41

Instead of being holy and happy, they became sinful and miserable.

Question 42

What effect had the sin of Adam on all mankind?

Answer 42

All mankind is born in a state of sin and misery.

Question 43

What do we inherit as a result of this original sin?

Answer 43

A sinful nature.

Question 44

What does every sin deserve?

Answer 44

The anger and judgement of God.

Question 45

Can anyone go to heaven with this sinful nature?

Answer 45

No. Our hearts must be changed before we can be fit for heaven.

Question 46

What is a change of heart called?

Answer 46

Regeneration.

Question 47

Who can change a sinner's heart?

Answer 47

The Holy Spirit alone.

Question 48

What is righteousness?

Answer 48

It is God's goodness.

Question 49

Can anyone be saved by their own righteousness?

Answer 49

No. No one is good enough for God.

Question 50

What did God promise after Adam fell?

Answer 50

A Saviour, to save us from eternal separation from God.