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| Who made you? | God made me |
| What else did God make? | God made all things. |
| Why did God make you and everything else? | God made all things for His own glory. |
| How can you glorify God? | By loving Him and doing what He commands. |
| Why should you glorify God? | Because He made me and takes care of me. |
| Are there more gods than one? | There is only one God. |
| How many persons are this one true God? | Three persons. |
| Who are the three persons? | The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. |
| What is God? | God is a Spirit, and has not a body like men. |
| Where is God? | God is everywhere. |
| Can you see God? | No, I cannot see God, but he can always see me. |
| Does God know everything? | Yes, nothing can be hidden from God. |
| Can God do all things? | Yes, God can do all His holy will. |
| Where do you learn how to love and obey God? | In the Bible alone. |
| Who wrote the Bible? | Prophets, who wrote by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. |
| Who were our first parents? | Adam and Eve. |
| How did God make our first parents? | God made Adam's body out of the ground, and Eve's body out of a rib from Adam. |
| What did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies? | He gave them spirits that will last forever. |
| Do you have a spirit as well as a body? | Yes, I have a spirit that can never die. |
| How do you know your spirit will last forever? | Because the Bible tells me so. |
| How good were Adam and Eve when God made them? | They were holy and happy. |
| What is a covenant? | An agreement between two or more persons. |
| What Covenant did God make with Adam? | The Covenant of works. |
| What did God require Adam to do in the covenant of works? | To obey Him perfectly. |
| What did God promise in the covenant of works? | To reward Adam with life if he obeyed Him. |
| What did God threaten in the covenant of works? | To punish Adam with death if he disobeyed. |
| Did Adam keep the covenant of works? | No, he sinned against God. |
| What is sin? | Any thought, word, or deed that breaks God's Law by omission or commission. |
| What is a sin of omission? | Not being or doing what God requires. |
| What is a sin of commission? | Doing what God forbids. |
| What does every sin deserve? | The wrath and curse of God. |
| What was the original sin of our first parents? | Eating the forbidden fruit. |
| Who tempted them to this sin? | The devil tempted Eve, and she gave the fruit to Adam. |
| What happened to Adam and Eve when they sinned? | Instead of being holy and happy, they became sinful and miserable. |
| Did Adam act for himself alone in the covenant of works? | No, he represented all of his descendants. |
| What did Adam's sin do to his descendents? | Everyone is born in a state of sin and guilt. |
| How sinful are you by nature? | I inherit original sin and am corrupt in every part of my being. |
| Can you go to heaven with this sinful nature? | No, my heart must be changed before I can be fit for heaven. |
| What is this change of heart called? | The new birth, or regeneration. |
| Who is able to change your heart? | The Holy Spirit alone. |
| Can you be saved through the Covenant of works? | No, because I broke it and am condemned by it. |
| How did you break the covenant of works? | Adam represented me, and so I fell with him in his first sin. |
| How, then, can you be saved? | By faith in the Lord Jesus Christ who fulfilled the covenant of grace. |
| Who did Jesus Christ represent in the covenant of grace? | His elect people. |
| What work did Jesus do in the covenant of grace? | He kept the whole law for his people and the was punished for all their sins. |
| Did Jesus ever sin? | No, he lived a holy and sinless life. |
| How could the Son of God suffer? | The Son of God became a true man so that He could obey and suffer. |
| For whom did Christ obey and suffer? | For all who were given to Him by the Father. |
| What kind of life did Christ live on earth? | A life of poverty and suffering. |
| What kind of death did Jesus die? | The painful and shameful death of the cross. |
| What is meant by the atonement? | Christ paid the full penalty for sinners by His suffering and death, thus satisfying God's justice. |
| What did God the Father promise to do in the covenant of grace? | To justify, sanctify and glorify all those for whom Christ died. |
| What is justification? | It is God's forgiving sinners and treating them as if they had never sinned. |
| What is sanctification? | It is God's making sinners holy in heart and conduct. |
| Who will be saved? | Only those who repent of sin, believe in Christ, and lead holy lives. |
| How do you repent of your sins? | By being sorry enough for my sin to hate and forsake it. |
| Why must you hate and forsake your sin? | Because it displeases God. |
| What is it to believe or have faith in Christ? | To trust in Christ alone for salvation. |
| Can you repent and believe in Christ by your own power? | No, I can do nothing good without the hlep of God's Holy Spirit. |
| How can you receive the help of the Holy Spirit? | God has told us that we must pray to Him for the Holy Spirit. |
| When did Christ die? | About two thousand years ago. |
| How were people saved before he came? | By believing in a Messiah to come. |
| How did they show their faith? | By offering the sacrifices God commanded. |
| What did these sacrifices represent? | Christ, the Lamb of God, who would come to die for sinners. |
| How many offices did the Lord Jesus fulfill as the promised Messiah? | He fulfilled 3 offices. |
| What are the 3 offices? | The offices of prophet, priest and king |
| How is Christ your prophet? | He teaches me the will of God. |
| How is Christ your priest? | He died for my sins, and prays for me. |
| How is Christ your king? | He rules over me and defends me. |
| Why do you need Christ as your prophet? | Because I am ignorant by nature. |
| Why do you need Christ as your priest? | Because I am sinful and guilty. |
| Why do you need Christ as your king? | Because I am weak and helpless. |
| How many commandments did God write down on the stone tablets? | Ten commandments |
| What do the first four commandments teach you? | How to love God. |
| What do the last six commandments teach you? | How to love my neighbor. |
| What is the sum of the Ten Commandments? | To love God with all my heart, and my neighbor as myself. |
| Who is your neighbor? | Everyone. |
| Is God pleased if you love and obey him? | Yes--he loves those who love him. |
| Is God displeased with those who refuse to love and obey him? | Yes--God is angry with the wicked every day. |
| What is the first commandment? | You shall have no other gods before me. |
| What does the first commandment teach you? | To worship the true God only. |
| What is the second commandment? | You shall not make for yourself any carved 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; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord you God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments. |
| What does the second commandment teach you? | To worship God only as he commands, and not with statues or pictures. |
| What is the third commandment? | You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain |
| What does the third commandment teach you? | To honor God's name, especially in keeping my vows. |
| What is the fourth commandment? | Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alient within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth,the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. |
| What does the fourth commandment teach you? | To work six days and to keep a holy Sabbath. |
| What day of the week is the Christian Sabbath? | Sunday, the first day of the week, which is the Lord's Day. |
| Why is it called the Lord's Day? | Because on that day our Lord rose from the dead. |
| What should you do on the Lord's Day? | I should rest from my daily work and faithfully worship God. |
| What is the fifth commandment? | Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you |
| What does the fifth commandment teach you? | To love and obey my parents, and everyone else that God sets in authority over me. |
| What is the sixth commandment? | You shall not murder. |
| What does the sixth commandment teach me? | Not to take anyone's life unjustly. |
| What is the seventh commandment? | You shall not commit adultery. |
| What does the seventh commandment teach you? | Not to have sex with anyone outside the bonds of holy marriage. |
| What is the eighth commandment? | You shall not steal. |
| What does the eighth commandment teach me? | Not to take what belongs to others. |
| What is the ninth commandment? | You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. |
| What does the ninth commandment teach you? | To always tell the truth. |
| What is the tenth commandment? | You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. |
| What does the tenth commandment teach you? | To be satisfied with whatever God chooses to give me. |
| Can you keep the Ten Commandments perfectly? | No--since the fall of Adam, the only one who has been able to do this is Jesus. |
| Of what use are the Ten Commandments to you? | They show me how God wants me to live, and how much I need a Savior. |
| What is prayer? | Prayer is asking God for the things he has promised in the Bible--and giving thanks for what he has given. |
| In whose name are we to pray? | In the name of Christ only. |
| What did Christ give us to teach us about prayer? | The Lord's Prayer. |
| What is the Lord's Prayer | Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. |
| How many requests do we make in the Lord's Prayer? | Six |
| What is our first request? | Hallowed be your name. |
| What do we pray for in the first request? | For God to enable us and everyone else to honor his name. |
| What is our second request? | Your kingdom come. |
| What do we pray for in the second request? | For God to bring more and more people to believe and obey his gospel. |
| What is our third request? | Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. |
| What do we pray for in the third request? | For God to make us able and willing to serve him like the angels do in heaven. |
| What is our fourth request? | Give us today our daily bread. |
| What do we pray for in the fourth request? | For God to provide us with everything we really need. |
| What is our fifth request? | Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. |
| What do we pray for in the fifth request? | For God to forgive our sins for Christ's sake, and to make us willing to forgive others. |
| What is our sixth request? | And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. |
| What do we pray for in the sixth request? | For God to keep us from being tempted, or make us strong enough to resist if we are tempted. |
| How many sacraments are there? | Two |
| What are they called? | Baptism and the Lord's Supper. |
| Who appointed these sacraments? | The Lord Jesus Christ |
| Why did Christ appoint these sacraments? | To mark us off from the world, and to give us comfort and strength. |
| What sign is used in baptism? | Washing with water. |
| What does this washing represent? | Union with Christ by cleansing with his blood. |
| In whose name are you baptized? | In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. |
| Who should be baptized? | Believers and their children. |
| Why are we baptized even as little infants? | Because God's command to Abraham is obeyed in our baptism. |
| What did Jesus say about little children? | Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. |
| What does your baptism call you to do? | To be a true follower of Christ. |
| What sign is used in the Lord's Supper? | Eating bread and drinking wine in remembrance of the suffering and death of Jesus. |
| What does the bread represent? | Christ's body sacrificed for our sins. |
| What does the wine represent? | Christ's blood shed for our sins. |
| Who may rightly partake of the Lord's Supper? | Those who repent of their sins, trust in Christ and live a new life. |
| Did Christ stay in his grave after he was buried? | No--he came back out of his grave on the third day. |
| Where is Jesus now? | At the right hand of the Father, praying for us. |
| Will the Lord Jesus come again? | Yes! He will return to judge the world on the last day. |
| What will happen to you when you die? | My body will return to dust, but my spirit will return to God who gave it. |
| What will happen to you, and to everyone else, on the last day? | Our bodies will be raised from the dust and united again with our spirits. |
| What will happen to unbelievers on the last day? | They will be cast into hell. |
| What is hell? | A place of terrible and endless punishment |
| What will happen to you on the last day if you are a believer? | I will live with Jesus in the new heaven and the new earth. |
| What will the new heaven and the new earth be like? | It will be a place of happiness and glory where believers will always be with Jesus. |
