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Childrens Catechism
 
Simple questions teaching the basic truths of God's Word.
 
Part 1 is provided below. Part 2 covers the The Ten Commandments, and the Lords Prayer; Part 3 - CHRIST, the Church, and the Last Things. If you would like to see the full set of questions and answers (with proofs) then please Contact Us.
 
 
Part 1 : God, Creation, the Fall, and the Covenant of Grace.
(for certificates 1a, 1b and 1c)
Q.1. Who made you? God made me.
Deut. 32:18 Job 33:4 Psalm 139:14-16.
Q.2. What else did God make?  God made all things.
Gen. 1:31 Psalm 33:6-9 Psalm 148.
Q.3. Why did God make you and all things? For his own glory.
Psalm 19:1 Isaiah 43:7 1Cor.10:31.
Q.4. How can you glorify God? By loving him and doing what he commands.
Matt. 5:16 Luke 10:27 John 14:21.
Q.5. Why ought you to glorify God? Because he made me and takes care of me.
Psalm 145:9 1Peter 5:7.
Q.6. Are there more gods than one? No; there is only one God.
Deut. 6:4 Isaiah 45:5 Jer. 10:10
Q.7. In how many persons does this one God exist? In three persons.
Gen. 1.26 Gen.11:7.
Q.8. Who are they? The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Matt. 28:19 2Cor.13:14.
Q.9. What is God? God is a Spirit, and has not a body like men.
John 4:24 1Tim. 6.16.
Q.10. Did God have a beginning? No; he is eternal and unchanging.
Exod. 3:14 Psalm 90:2.
Q.11. Where is God? God is everywhere.
Psalm 139:7-10 Jer. 23:23-24
Q.12. Can you see God?  No; I cannot see God, but he always sees me.
Job 11:7 Psalm 33:13-14
Q.13. Does God know all things? Yes, nothing can be hidden from God.
1Sam.2:3 Heb. 4:13.
Q.14. Can God do all things? Yes; God can do all his holy will.
Job 42:2 Dan.4:35 Matt.19:26 
Q.15. Where do you learn how to love and obey God? In the Bible only.
2Tim.3:15-17.
Q.16. Who wrote the Bible? Holy men who were taught by the Holy Spirit.
2Peter 1:16-21.
 Q.17. Who were our first parents?  Adam and Eve.
Gen. 1:27-28.
Q.18. Of what were our first parents made? God made the body of Adam out of the ground, and formed Eve from the body of Adam.
Gen. 2:21-23.
Q.19. What did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies? He gave them souls that could never die.
Gen. 2:7.
Q.20. Have you a soul as well as a body? Yes; I have a soul that can never die.
Eccles. 12:7.
Q.21. How do you know that you have a soul? Because the Bible tells me so.
Matt.10:28 Luke 12:20 1Thess.5:23.
Q.22. In what condition did God make Adam & Eve? He made them holy and happy.
Gen.1:27 Ephes.4:24.
Q.23. Did Adam and Eve stay holy and happy? No; they sinned against God.
Gen.3:6-8.
Q.24. What is sin? Sin is either neglecting to do what God requires or doing what God forbids.
Deut.4:2 1John 3:4.
Q.25. What was the sin of our first parents? In eating the forbidden fruit, they disobeyed God.
Gen.3:6. 
Q.26. Who tempted them to this sin? The devil tempted Eve, and she gave the fruit to Adam.
Gen.3:1-6 John 8:44 Rev.12:7-9
Q.27. What happened to our first parents when they had sinned? Instead of being holy and happy, they became sinful and unhappy.
Gen.3:16-17 Rom.5:12.
Q.28. Did Adam act for himself alone? No; he represented all mankind.
Rom.5:18-19 1Cor.15-22
Q.29. What effect had the sin of Adam on all mankind? All mankind are born in a state of sin and unhappiness.
Psalm 51:5 Rom.3:10-18 Rom.3:23.
Q.30. What does every sin deserve? The anger and judgement of God.
Rom.2:1-3 Ephes.5:6.
Q.31. Can anyone go to heaven with a sinful nature? No; our hearts must be changed before we can be fit for heaven.
Ezek.36:25-27 John 3:3-6.
Q.32. Who can change a  sinner’s heart? The Holy Spirit alone.
Ezek.11:19-20 Rom.5:5 Titus 3:5.
Q.33. What is a covenant? An agreement between two or more persons.
Gen.9:9-15 Gen.17:1-2.
Q.34 With whom did God the Father make the covenant of grace? With Christ, his eternal Son.
Psalm 2:7-8 Ephes.3:9-11 Heb.8:6.
Q.35. Whom did Christ represent in the covenant of grace? His elect people.
John 10:27-29 Rom.8:32-39 1Peter 1:1-2.
Q.36. What did Christ undertake to do in the covenant of grace? To keep the whole law for his people, and to suffer the punishment due to their sins.
2Cor.5:21 Phil.2:5-8 Heb.10:5-10.
Q.37. Did the Lord Jesus Christ ever sin? No; he was holy, blameless, and undefiled.
John 8:46 Heb.7:26.
Q.38. How could the Son of God suffer in our place? Christ, the Son of God, became man that he might obey and suffer in our nature.
Isaiah 9:6 Matt.1:18-21 Gal.4:4-5.
Q.39. What is meant by the Atonement? Christ’s satisfying divine justice, by his sufferings and death, in the place of sinners.
Rom.3:24-26 Ephes.5:2 1Peter 3:18.
Q.40. What did God the Father undertake in the covenant of grace? To save sinners from the guilt, power and presence of sin.
Rom. 8:29-30 Col.1:12-14 2Thess.2:13-14.
Q.41. How does God the Father bring a sinner to repentance? By effectually calling him through the gospel.
John 6:44-45 Ephes.1:17-18 2Tim.1:9- 10.
Q.42. What is justification? It is God forgiving sinners, and treating them as righteous, for the sake of Christ.
Rom.3:24. Gal.2:16 Ephes.1:7.
Q.43. What is adoption? It is God taking sinners into his family and treating them as his children.
John 1:12 Rom.8:15-17 1John 3:1.
Q.44. What is sanctification? It is God making sinners holy in heart and conduct.
2Cor.7:1 Ephes.4:24 2Thess.2:13.
Q.45. What benefits come from justification, adoption and sanctification? The benefits are assurance of God’s love, peace, joy, and perseverance to the end.
Rom.5:1-15. Rom.14:17. 1Peter 1:5.
Q.46. What is glorification? It is God making sinners perfect in body and soul at the resurrection.
1 Cor.15:43. 1John 3:2. Jude 24.