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Who made you?
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God
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What else did God make?
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God made all things
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Why did God make you and all things?
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For his own glory
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How can you glorify God?
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By loving him and doing what he commands
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Why ought you to glorify God?
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Because he made me and takes care of me
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Are there more gods than one?
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There is only one God
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In how many persons does this one God exist?
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In three persons
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What are they?
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The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost
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What is God?
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God is a Spirit, and has not a body like men
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Where is God?
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God is everywhere.
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Can you see God?
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No; I cannot see God, but he always sees me
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Does God know all things?
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Yes; nothing can be hid from God
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Can God do all things?
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Yes; God can do all his holy will.
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Where do you learn how to love and obey God?
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In the Bible alone.
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Who wrote the Bible?
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Holy men who were taught by the Holy Spirit.
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Who were our first parents?
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Adam and Eve.
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Of what were our first parents made?
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God made the body of Adam out of the ground, and formed Eve from the body
of Adam
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What did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies?
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He gave them souls that could never die
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Have you a soul as well as a body?
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Yes; I have a soul that can never die
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How do you know that you have a soul?
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Because the Bible tells me so
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In what condition did God make Adam and Eve?
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He made them holy and happy
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What is a covenant?
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An agreement between two or more persons
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What covenant did God make with Adam?
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The covenant of works
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What was Adam bound to do by the covenant of works?
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To obey God perfectly
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What did God promise in the covenant of works?
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To reward Adam with life if he obeyed him
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What did God threaten in the covenant of works?
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To punish Adam with death if he disobeyed.
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Did Adam keep the covenant of works?
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No; he sinned against God.
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What is Sin?
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Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of the law of God
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What is meant by want of conformity?
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Not being or doing what God requires
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What is meant by transgression?
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Doing what God forbids
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What was the sin of our first parents?
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Eating the forbidden fruit
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Who tempted them to this sin?
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The devil tempted Eve, and she gave the fruit to Adam
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What befell our first parents when they had sinned?
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Instead of being holy and happy, they became sinful and miserable
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Did Adam act for himself alone in the covenant of works?
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No; he represented all his posterity.
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What effect had the sin of Adam on all mankind?
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All mankind are born in a state of sin and misery.
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What is that sinful nature which we inherit from Adam called?
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Original sin.
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What does every sin deserve?
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The wrath and curse of God.
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Can any one go to heaven with this sinful nature?
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No; our hearts must be changed before we can be fit for heaven.
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What is a change of heart called?
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Regeneration.
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Who can change a sinner's heart?
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The Holy Spirit alone.
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Can any one be saved through the covenant of works?
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None can be saved through the covenant of works.
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Why can none be saved through the covenant of works?
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Because all have broken it, and are condemned by it
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With whom did God the Father make the covenant of grace?
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With Christ, his eternal Son.
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Whom did Christ represent in the covenant of grace?
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His elect people.
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What did Christ undertake in the covenant of grace?
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To keep the whole law for his people, and to suffer the punishment due to
their sins.
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Did our Lord Jesus Christ ever commit the least sin?
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No; he was holy, harmless, and undefiled.
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How could the Son of God suffer?
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Christ, the Son of God, became man that he might obey and suffer in our
nature.
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What is meant by the Atonement?
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Christ's satisfying divine justice, by his sufferings and death, in the place of
sinners.
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What did God the Father undertake in the covenant of grace?
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To justify and sanctify those for whom Christ should die.
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What is justification?
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It is God's forgiving sinners, and treating them as if they had never sinned.
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