Catechism

Man, God And Sin
Q1	Who made you?
A	God made me.
	Genesis 1:26 & 27; 2:7; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Acts 17:24 – 29
Q2	What else did God make?
A	God made all things
	Genesis 1:1 & 31; Acts 14:15; Romans 11:36; Colossians 1:16
Q3	Why did God make you and all things?
A	For His own glory
	Psalm 19:1; Jeremiah 9:23 – 24; Revelation 4:11; 5:13
Q4	How can you glorify God?
A	By loving Him and doing what He commands
	Ecclesiastes 12:13; Mark 12:29 – 31; John 15:8 – 10; 1 Corinthians10:31
Q5	Why ought you to glorify God?
A	Because He made me and takes care of me
	Romans 11:36; Revelation 4: 11; Daniel 5:23
Q6	Are there more gods than one?
A	There is only one God.
	Deuteronomy 6:4; Jeremiah 10:10; Mark 12:29; Acts 17:22 – 31
Q7	In how many persons does this one God exist?
A	In three persons
	Matthew 3:16; John 5:23; 10:30; 14:9 – 10 ; 15:26; 16:13 – 15; 1 John 5:20; 2 John 9
Q8	Who are they?
A	The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
	Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 Peter 1:2; Jude 20 & 21
Q9	Who is God?
A	God is a Spirit, and has not a body like men.
	John 4:24; 2 Corinthians 3:17; 1 Timothy 1:17
Q10	Where is God?
A	God is everywhere
	Psalm 139:7 – 12; Jeremiah 23:23,24; Acts 17:27, 28.
Q11	Can you see God?
A	No. I cannot see God, but He always sees me.
	Exodus 33:20; John 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:16; Psalm 139:1 – 5; Proverbs 5:21.
Q12	Does God know all things?
A	Yes. Nothing can be hidden from God.
	1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Luke 12:6,7; Romans 2:16.
Q13	Can God do all things?
A	Yes. God can do all His holy will.
	Psalm 147:5; Jeremiah 32:17; Daniel 4:34, 35; Ephesians 1:11
Q14	Where do you learn how to love and obey God?
A	In the Bible alone.
	Job 11:7; Psalm 119:104; Isaiah 8:20; Matthew 22:29; 2 Timothy 3:15 – 1
Q15	Who wrote the Bible?
A	Holy men who were taught by the Holy Spirit
	2 Peter 1:20, 21; Acts 1:16; 2 Timothy 3:16; 1 Peter 1:10, 11.
Q16	Who were our first parents?
A	Adam and Eve
	Genesis 2:18 – 25; 3:20; 5:1, 2; Acts17:26; 1 Timothy 2:13
Q17	Of what were our first parents made?
A	God made the body of Adam out of the ground, and formed Eve from the body of Adam.
	Genesis 2:7, 21 – 23; 3:19; Psalm 103:14
Q18	What did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies?
A	He gave them souls that can never die.
	1. Corinthians 15:45; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Zechariah 12:1.
Q19	Have you a soul as well as a body?
A	Yes. I have a soul that can never die.
	Matthew 10:28; Mark 8:34 – 38; 12:30.
Q20	How do you know that you have a soul?
A	Because the Bible tells me so.
	Matthew 10:28; Mark 8:34 – 38; 12:30.
Q21	In what condition did God make Adam and Eve?
A	He made them holy and happy.
	Genesis 1 26 – 28; Psalm 8:4 - 8
Q22	Did Adam and Eve stay holy and happy?
A	No. They sinned against God.
	Genesis3:1 – 7; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Hosea 6:7.
Q23	What is sin?
A	Sin is any transgression of the law of God
	1. John 3:4; Romans 3:20; James 2:9 – 11 .
Q24	What is meant by transgression?
A	Doing what God forbids
	1 Samuel 13:8 – 14; 15:22, 23; Hosea 6:7; Romans 1:21 – 32
Q25	What was the sin of our first parent?
A	Eating the forbidden fruit.
	Genesis 2:16, 17; 3:6
Q26	Why did they eat the forbidden fruit?
A	Because they did not believe what God had said.
	Genesis 3:1 – 6; Hebrews 11:6.
Q27	Who tempted them to this sin?
A	The devil tempted Eve, and she gave the fruit to Adam.
	Genesis 3:1 – 13; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:13, 14; Revelation 12:9
Q28	What happened to our first parents when they Had sinned?
A	Instead of being holy and happy, they became sinful and miserable.
	Genesis 3:14 – 24; 4:1 – 24; James1:14, 15.
Q29	What effect had the sin of Adam on all mankind?
A	All mankind is born in a state of sin and misery.
	Psalm 51:5; Romans 5:12, 18, 19; 1 Corinthians 15:21, 22; 1 John 5:19
Q30	What do we inherit from Adam as a result of this original sin?
A	A sinful nature.
	1 Kings8:46; Psalm 14:2, 3; 58:3; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Matthew15:18 – 20; John 2:24,25 .
Q31	What does every sin deserve?
A	The anger and judgement of God
	Deuteronomy 27:26; Romans 1:18; 2:2; Galatians 3:10; Ephesians5:6 .
Q32	Can anyone go to heaven with this sinful nature?
A	No. Our hearts must be changed before we can be fit for heaven.
	Jeremiah 31:33, 34; Ezekiel 36:25 – 27; John 1: 12, 13; 3:1 – 10; 1 John 5:1, 4, 18
Q33	What is a change of heart called ?
A	Regeneration.
	Titus 3:5 - 7.
Q34	Who can change a sinners heart?
A	The Holy Spirit alone.
	John 3:3; Romans 8:6 – 11; 1 Corinthians 2:9 – 14; 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 14;
Q35	What is righteousness?
A	It is God’s goodness.
	Exodus 33:19; 34:6; Psalm 33:5; Hosea 3:5; Romans 11:22.
Q36	Can anyone be saved by his own righteousness?
A	No. No one is good enough for God.
	Proverbs 20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 3:10 – 23.
Salvation
Q37	What is a covenant?
A	An agreement between two or more persons.
	1 Samuel 18:3; Matthew 26:16,17
Q38	What is the covenant of grace?
A	The agreement God made with His elect people to save them from their sins.
	Genesis 17:1 – 8; Romans 11:27; Hebrews 10:16,17
Q39	What did Christ undertake in the Covenant of grace?
A	To keep the whole law for His people, and to suffer the punishment due to their sins.
	Romans 8:3,4; Galatians 4:4,5; Hebrews 9:14,15
Q40	Did our Lord Jesus ever sin?
A	No. He was holy, blameless, and undefiled.
	Hebrews 7:26; Luke 23:47; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter2:22; 1 John 3:5
Q41	How could the Son of God suffer?
A	Christ, the Son of God, took flesh and blood,that He might obey and suffer as a man.
	John 1:14; Romans 8:3; Galatians 4:4; Philippians 2:7.8; Hebrews 2:14,17; 4:15.
Q42	What is meant by the atonement?
A	Christ satisfying divine justice, by His sufferings and death, in the place of sinners.
	Mark 10:45; Acts 13:38, 39; Romans 3:24 – 26; 5:8,9; 2 Corinthians 5:19 – 21;Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 3:18
Q43	What did God the Father undertake in the covenant of grace?
A	To justify and sanctify those for whom Christ should die
	Romans 8:29 – 33; Hebrews 10:9,10; 1 Corinthians 1:8,9; Philippians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 4:3,7.
Q44	What is Justification?
A	It is God regarding sinners as if they had never sinned.
	Zechariah 3:1 – 5; Romans 3:24 – 26; 4:5; 8:33; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 8:12
Q45	What is sanctification ?
A	It is God making sinners holy in heart and conduct.
	John 17:17; Ephesians 2:10; 4:22 – 24; Philippians 2:12, 13; 1 Thessalonians 5:23.
Q46	For whom did Christ obey and suffer?
A	For those whom the Father had given Him.
5/4/09	Isaiah 53:8; Matthew 1:21; John 10:11, 15, 16, 26 – 29; 17:9; Hebrews 2:13
Q47	What kind of life did Christ live on earth?
A	A life of perfect obedience to the law of God .
19/4/09	Matthew 5:17; Romans 10:4; 1 Peter2:21,22.
Q48	What kind of death did Christ die?
A	The painful and shameful death of the cross.
26/4/09	Psalm 22; Isaiah 53
Q49	Who will be saved?
A	Only those who repent of sin and believe in Christ.
3/5/09	Mark 1:15; Luke 13:3,5; Acts 2:37 – 41; 16:30, 31; 20:21; 26:30
Q50	What is it to repent?
A	To be sorry for sin, and to hate and forsake it because it is displeasing to God.
10/5/09	Luke 19:8 – 10; Romans 6:1,2; 2 Corinthians7:9 – 11; 1 Thessalonians 1:9,10
Q51	What is it to believe in Christ?
A	To trust in Christ alone for salvation.
17/5/09	John 14:6; Acts 4:12; 1 Timothy2:5; 1 John 5:11,12.
Q52	Can you repent and believe in Christ by your own power?
A	No. I can do nothing good without God’s Holy Spirit.
31/5/09	John 3:5,6; 6:44; Romans 8:2,5,8 – 11; 1 Corinthians 2:9 – 14; Galatians 5:17,18; Ephesians 2:4 – 6.
Q53	How can you receive the Holy Spirit?
A	God has told us that we must pray to Him for the Holy Spirit.
7/6/09	Luke 11:9 – 11; John 4:10; 16:24.
Q54	How were godly persons saved before the coming of Christ?
A	By believing in the Saviour to come.
14/6/09	John 8:56; Galatians 3:8,9; 1 Corinthians 10:1 – 4; Hebrews 9:15; 11 - 13.
Q55	How did they show their faith?
A	By offering sacrifices on God’s altar.
21/6/09	Exodus 24:3 – 8; 1 Chronicles 29:20 – 25; Hebrews 9:19 – 23; 10:1; 11:28
Q56	What did these sacrifices represent?
A	Christ, the Lamb of God, who was to die for sinners.
28/6/09	Exodus 12:46; Hebrews 9 & 10; John 1:29; 1 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Peter 1:19.
Q57	What does Christ do for His people?
A	He does the work of a prophet, a priest, and a king.
5/7/09	Hebrews 1:1 – 3; Revelation 1:5; Matthew 13:57; Hebrews 5:5 – 10; John 18:37.
Q58	Why is Christ a prophet ?
A	Because He teaches us the will of God.
19/7/09	Deuteronomy 18:15,18; John:118; 4:25; 14:23,24; 1 John 5:20.
Q59	Why is Christ a priest?
A	Because He died for our sins and prays to God for us.
26/7/09	Psalm 110:4; 1 Timothy 2:5,6; Hebrews 4:14 – 16; 7:24,25; 1 John 2:1,2.
Q60	Why is Christ a king?
A	Because He rules over us and defends us.
2/8/09	Psalm 2:6 – 9; Matthew 28:18 – 20; Ephesians 1:19 – 23; Colossians 1:13,18; Revelation 15:3,4.
Q61	Why do you need Christ as a prophet?
A	Because I am ignorant.
30/8/09	Job 11:7; Matthew 11:25 – 27; John 6:67 – 69; 17:25,26; 1 Corinthians 2:14 – 16.
Q62	Why do you need Christ as priest?
A	Because I am guilty.
6/9/09	Proverbs 20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 3:19 – 23; Hebrews 10:14, 27,28; 1 John 1:8,9
Q63	Why do I need Christ as king?
A	Because I am weak and helpless
4/10/09	John 15:4,5; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Philippians 4:13; Colossians 1:11; Jude 24 & 25.
The Ten Commandments
Q64	How many commandments did God give on Mount Sinai ?
A	Ten Commandments.
18/10/09	Exodus 20:1 – 17; Deuteronomy 5:1 – 22
Q65	What are the ten commandments sometimes called?
A	God’s moral law.
1/11/2009	Luke 20:25 – 28; Romans 21:14, 15; 10:5
Q66	What do the first four commandments teach?
A	Our duty to God.
8/11/09	Deuteronomy 6:5,6; 10:12, 13
Q67	What do the last six commandments teach?
A	Our duty to our fellow men.
15/11/09	Deuteronomy 10:19; Micah 6:8; Galatians 6:10
Q68	What is the sum of the ten commandments?
A	To love God with all my heart, and my neighbour as myself.
22/11/09	Deuteronomy 6:1 – 15; 11:1; Matthew 22:35 – 40; James 2:8
Q69	Who is your neighbour?
A	All my fellow men are my neighbours .
29/11/09	Luke 10:25 – 37; 6:35
Q70	Is God pleased with those who love and obey Him?
A	Yes. He says, “I love them that love me”.
29/11/09	Proverbs 8:17; Exodus 20:6; John 14:21; John 15:9 – 10
Q71	Is God pleased with those who do not love and Obey Him ?
A	No. “God is angry with the wicked every day”.
6/12/09	Psalm 7:11; Malachi 2:17; Proverbs 6:16 - 19
Q72	What is the first commandment ?
A	The first commandment is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
13/12/09	Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 5:7
Q73	What does the first commandment teach us?
A	To worship God only.
20/12/09	Isaiah 45:5,6; Matthew 4:10; Revelation 22:8, 9
Q74	What is the second commandment?
A	The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them: for I, the LORD thy God, am a Jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth Generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
3/1/10	Exodus 20:4 – 6; Deuteronomy 5:8 – 10
Q75	What does the second commandment teach us?
A	To worship God in the right way, and to avoid idolatry.
10/1/10	Isaiah 44:9 – 20; 46:5 – 9; John 4:23,24; Acts 17:29
Q76	What is the third commandment ?
A	The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.
17/1/10	Exodus 20:7; Deuteronomy 5:11
Q77	What does the third commandment teach us?
A	To reverence God’s name, word, and works .
	Isaiah 8:13; Psalm 29:2; 138:2; Revelation 15:3,4.
Q78	What is the fourth commandment?
A	The fourth commandment is, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, not thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
	Exodus 20:8 – 11: 23:12; Deuteronomy 5:12 – 15.
Q79	What does the fourth commandment teach?
A	To keep the Sabbath holy.
	Leviticus 19:30; 23:3; Isaiah 58:13, 14.
Q80	What day of the week is the Christian Sabbath?
A	The first day of the week, called the Lord’s Day.
	Acts 20:7; Revelation 1:10.
Q81	Why is it called the Lord’s Day?
A	Because on that day Christ rose from the dead .
	Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:9; Luke 24:1 – 6; John 20:1
Q82	How should the Sabbath be kept?
A	In prayer and praise, in hearing and reading God’s Word and in doing good to our fellow men.
	Isaiah 58:13, 14; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2; Luke 4:16; Matthew 12:10 – 13 .
Q83	What is the fifth commandment?
A	The fifth commandment is, Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee .
	Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
Q84	What does the fifth commandment teach us ?
A	To love and obey our parents.
	Matthew 15:3 – 6; Ephesians 6:1 – 3; Colossians 3:20.
Q85	What is the sixth commandment?
A	The sixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill.
18/04/10	Exodus 20: 13; Deuteronomy 5:17.
Q86	What does the sixth commandment teach us?
A	To avoid hatred.
25/04/10	Matthew 5:21 – 24; 1 John 3:15
Q87	What is the seventh commandment?
A	The seventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit adultery.
09/05/10	Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18 .
Q88	What does the seventh commandment teach us?
A	To be pure in heart, language and conduct.
09/05/10	Matthew 5:27, 28; Ephesians 5:3 – 5; Philippians 4:8,9.
Q89	What is the eighth commandment?
A	The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.
16/05/10	Exodus 20:15; Deuteronomy 5:19
Q90	What does the eighth commandment teach us ?
A	To be honest and not to take the things of others
23/05/10	Exodus 23:4; Proverbs 21:6,7; Ephesians 4:28
Q91	What is the ninth commandment?
A	The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
6/06/10	Exodus 20:16; Deuteronomy 5:20
Q92	What does the ninth commandment teach us?
A	To tell the truth and not to speak evil of others.
13/06/10	Psalm 15:1 – 3; Zechariah 8:16; 1 Corinthians 13:6; James 4:11.
Q93	What is the tenth commandment?
A	The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour’s.
20/06/10	Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21; Romans 7:7
Q94	What does the tenth commandment teach us?
A	To be content with what we have.
27/06/10	Philippians 4:11; 1 Timothy 6:6 – 8; Hebrews 13:5
Q95	Can any man keep these ten commandments Perfectly?
A	No mere man, since the fall of Adam, ever did or can keep the ten commandments perfectly.
4/07/10	Proverbs 20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 3:19,20; James 2:10; 1 John 1: 8,10.
Q96	Of what use are the ten commandments to us?
A	They teach us our duty, and show us our need of a Saviour.
11/07/10	1 Timothy 1:8 – 11; Romans 3:20; Galatians 3:24.
Prayer
Q97	What is prayer?
A	Prayer is talking with God.
18/07/10	Genesis 17:22; 18:33; Nehemiah 1:4 – 11; 2:4; Matthew 6:6; Romans 8:26,27.
Q98	In whose name should we pray?
A	Only in the name of Christ
25/07/10	John 14:13, 14; 16:23,24; Hebrews 4:14 - 16.
Q99	What has Christ given to teach us how to pray?
A	The Lord’s Prayer
	Matthew 6:5 – 15; Luke 11:1 – 13 .
Q100	Can you repeat the Lord’s Prayer?
A	Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
Q101	How many petitions are there in the Lord’s Prayer?
A	Six.
Q102	What is the first petition?
A	“Hallowed be Thy name” .
	Matthew 6:9; Luke 11:2
Q103	What do we pray for in the first petition?
A	That God’s name may be honoured by us and all men.
	Psalm 8:1; 72:17 – 19; 113:1 – 3; 145:21; Isaiah 8:13.
Q104	What is the second petition?
A	“Thy Kingdom come” .
	Matthew 6:10; Luke 11:2
Q105	What do we pray for in the second petition ?
A	That the gospel may be preached in all the World, and believed and obeyed by us and all men.
	Matthew 28:19, 20; John 17:20, 21; Acts 8:12; 28:30, 31; 2 Thessalonians 3:1.
Q106	What is the third petition?
A	“Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven”.
	Matthew 6:10; Luke 11:2.
Q107	What do we pray for in the third petition?
A	That men on earth may serve God as the angels do in heaven.
	Psalm 67; 103:19 – 22; John 9:31; Revelation 4:11
Q108	What is the fourth petition?
A	“Give us this day our daily bread”
	Matthew 6:11; Luke 11:3
Q109	What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
A	That God will give us all things needful for our bodies
	Psalm 145:15, 16; Proverbs 30:8,9; 1 Timothy 4:4, 5
Q110	What is the fifth petition?
A	“And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us”.
	Matthew 6:12; Luke 11:4.
Q111	What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
A	That God will pardon our sins, and help us to Forgive those who have sinned against us.
	Psalm 51; Matthew 5:23, 24; 18:21 – 35; 1 John 4:20, 21
Q112	What is the sixth petition ?
A	“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil”
	Matthew 6:13; Luke 11:4
Q113	What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
A	That God will keep us from sin.
	1 Chronicles 4:10; Psalm 119:11; Matthew 26:41
Q114	How does the Holy Spirit bring us to salvation?
A	He uses the Bible, which is the Word of God.
	1 Thessalonians 1:5, 6; 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15, 16; James 1:18; 1 Peter 1:22,23
Q115	How can we know the Word of God?
A	We are commanded to hear, read and search the Scriptures.
	1 Peter 2:2; Revelation 3:22; Matthew 21:42; 22:29; 2 Timothy 3:14 – 17.
Q116	What is a church?
A	An assembly of believers met together under the preaching of the Word of God.
	Matthew 18:20; Acts 2:42.
Q117	What two ordinances did Christ give to His church?
A	Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
	Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 11:24 – 26 .
Q118	Why did Christ give these ordinances?
A	To show that His disciples belong to Him, and to remind them of what He has done for them.
	Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 11:24 – 26.