Q: 1-10 Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is question number one
What is the chief end of man?
What is the answer number one
Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
What is question number two
What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?
What is answer number two
The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him
What is question number three
What do the Scriptures principally teach
What is answer number three
The Scriptures principally teach that man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man
What is question number four
What is God
What is answer number for
God is a spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, and his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth
What is question number five
Are there more Gods than one
What is answer number five
There is but one only, the living and true God
Simply put ‘no’
What is question number six
How many persons are there in the Godhead
What is answer number six
There are three persons in the Godhead: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory
What is question number seven
What are the decrees of God?
What is answer number seven
The degrees of God are, his eternal purpose, according to the council of his well, whereby, for his own glory, he had fore–ordained whatsoever comes to pass
What is question number eight
How doth God execute his decrees
What is answer number eight
God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence
What is question number nine
What is the work of creation
What is answer number nine
The work of creation is, God’s making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good
What is question number 10
How did God create man
What is answer number 10
God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures