A Catechism for Boys and Girls

Part 1 - Questions about God, Man and Sin

1. Q. Who made you?
   A. God made me (Gn. 1:26, 27; 2:7; Ec. 12: 1; Acts 17:24-29).
   
   
2. Q. What else did God make?
   A. God made all things (Gn. 1, esp. verses 1, 31; Acts 14:15; Rm. 11:36; Col. 1:16).
   
   
3. Q. Why did God make you and all things?
   A. For his own glory (Ps. 19: 1; Jer. 9:23, 24; Rv. 4:11; 4:15).
   
   
4. Q. How can you glorify God?
   A. By loving him and doing what he commands (Ec. 12:13; Mk. 12:29-31; Jn. 15:8-10; 1 Cor. 10:31).
   
   
5. Q. Why ought you to glorify God?
   A. Because he made me and takes care of me (Rm. 11:36; Rv. 4:11; cf. Dan. 4:39).
   
   
6. Q. Are there more gods than one?
   A. There is only one God (Deut. 6:4; Jer. 10:10; Mk. 12:29; Acts 17:22-31).
   
   
7. Q. In how many persons does this one God exist?
   A. In three persons (Mt. 3:16, 17; Jn. 5:23; 10:30; 14:9, 10; 15:26; 16:13 -15; 1 Jn. 5:20, 2 Jn. 9; Rv. 1:4, 5).
   
   
8. Q. Who are they?
   A. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit (Mt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; 1 Pet. 1:2; Jude 20, 21).
   
   
9. Q. Who is God?
   A. God is a Spirit, and does not have a body like men (Jn. 4:24; 2 Cor. 3:17; 1 Tim. 1:17).
   
   
10. Q. Where is God?
    A. God is everywhere (Ps. 139:7 -12; Jer. 23:23,24; Acts 17:27,28).
    
    
11. Q. Can you see God?
    A. No. I cannot see God, but he always sees me (Ex. 33:20; Jn. 1: 18; 1 Tim. 6:16; Ps. 139 esp. vv. 1-5: Pr. 5:21; Heb. 4:12, 13).
    
    
12. Q. Does God know all things?
    A. Yes. Nothing can be hidden from God (1 Chron. 28:9; 2 Chron. 16:9; Lk. 12:6, 7; Rm. 2:16).
    
    
13. Q. Can God do all things?
    A. Yes. God can do all his holy will (Ps. 147:5; Jer. 32:17; Dan. 4:34, 35; Eph. 1: 11).
    
    
14. Q. Where do you learn how to love and obey God?
    A. In the Bible alone (Job 11:7; Ps. 119:104; Is. 8:20; Mt. 22:29; 2 Tim. 3:15-17).
    
    
15. Q. Who wrote the Bible?
    A. Holy men who were taught by the Holy Spirit ( 1 Pet. 1:20, 21; Acts 1: 16; 2 Tim. 3:16; 1 Pet. 1: 10, 11).
    
    
16. Q. Who were our first parents?
    A. Adam and Eve (Gn. 2:18-25; 3:20; 5:1, 2; Acts 17:26; 1 Tim. 2:13).
    
    
17. Q. 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 (Gn. 2:7; 21-23; 3:19; Ps. 103:14).
    
    
18. Q. What did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies?
    A. He gave them souls that could never die (1 Cor. 15:45: Eccl. 12:7; Zech. 12:1).
    
    
19. Q. Have you a soul as well as a body?
    A. Yes. I have a soul that can never die (Mt. 10:28; Mk. 8:3438; 12:30).
    
    
20. Q. How do you know that you have a soul?
    A. Because the Bible tells me so (Mt. 10:28; Mk. 8:34-38; 12:30).
    
    
21. Q. What is your soul?
    A. My soul includes all of me that should know and love God (Mk. 8:34-38; Ep. 3:16-19).
    
    
22. Q. In what condition did God make Adam and Eve?
    A. He made them holy and happy (Gn. 1:26-28; Ps. 8:4-8).
    
    
23. Q. Did Adam and Eve stay holy and happy?
    A. No. They sinned against God (Gn. 3:1-7; Eccl. 7:29; Hos. 6:7 where "men" = Adam).
    
    
24. Q. What was the sin of our first parents?
    A. Eating the forbidden fruit (Gn. 2:16, 17; 3:6).
    
    
25. Q. Why did they eat the forbidden fruit?
    A. Because they did not believe what God had said (Gn. 3:1-6; cf. Heb. 11:6).
    
    
26. Q. Who tempted them to this sin?
    A.The devil tempted Eve, and she gave the fruit to Adam (Gn. 3:1-13; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:13,14; cf. Rv. 12:9).
    
    
27. Q. What happened to our first parents when they had sinned?
    A. Instead of being holy and happy, they became sinful and miserable (Gn. 3:14 -24; 4:1-24; Jm. 1: 14, 15).
    
    
28. Q. What effect did the sin of Adam have on all mankind?
    A. All mankind is born in a state of sin and misery (Ps. 51:5; Rm. 5:12, 18, 19; 1 Cor. 15:21, 22; 1 Jn. 5:19).
    
    
29. Q. What do we inherit from Adam as a result of this original sin?
    A. A sinful nature (1 Kings 8:46; Ps. 14:2, 3; 58:3; Eccl. 9:3; Mt. 15:18-20; Jn. 2:24, 25; Rm. 8:7).
    
    
30. Q. What is sin?
    A. Sin is any transgression of the law of God (1 Jn. 3:4; Rm. 3:20; James 2:9-11).
    
    
31. Q. What is meant by transgression?
    A. Doing what God forbids (1 Sam. 13:8-14; 15:22, 23; Hos. 6:7; Rm. 1:21-32).
    
    
32. Q. What does every sin deserve?
    A. The anger and judgment of God (Deut. 27:26; Rm. 1:18; 2:2; Gal. 3:10; Eph. 5:6).
    
    
33. Q. Do we know what God requires of us?
    A. Yes, he has given us his law both in our hearts and in writing (Rm. 2:14-15).
    

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