Easy To Understand Summary of Biblical Christianity With Scripture Proofs
1. What is the chief end of man?
Man's chief end is to glorify God (1 Cor.
10:31), and to
enjoy him for ever (Ps. 73:25-26).
1 Corinthians 10:31
31 Whether, then, you eat or drink or
whatever you do, do
all to the glory of God.
Psalms 73:25-26
25 Whom have I in heaven {but You?} And
besides You, I
desire nothing on earth. 26 My flesh and
my heart may
fail, But God is the strength of my heart
and my portion
forever.
2. What rule has God given to direct us
how we may
glorify him?
The Word of God which is contained in the
Scriptures of
the Old and New Testaments (Eph. 2:20; 2
Tim. 3:16) is
the only rule to direct us how we may
glorify God and
enjoy him (1 Jn. 1:3).
Ephesians 2:20
20 having been built on the foundation of
the apostles and
prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the
corner {stone,}
2 Timothy 3:16
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and
profitable for
teaching, for reproof, for correction, for
training in
righteousness;
1 John 1:3
3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim
to you also,
so that you too may have fellowship with
us; and indeed
our fellowship is with the Father, and
with His Son Jesus
Christ.
3. What do the Scriptures principally
teach?
The Scriptures principally teach what man
is to believe
concerning God, and what duty God requires
of man (2
Tim. 1:13; Eccl. 12:13).
2 Timothy 1:13
13 Retain the standard of sound words
which you have
heard from me, in the faith and love which
are in Christ
Jesus.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
13 The conclusion, when all has been
heard, {is:} fear God
and keep His commandments, because this
{applies to}
every person.
4. What is God?
God is Spirit (Jn. 4:24), infinite (Job
11:7), eternal (Ps.
90:2; 1 Tim. 1:17), and unchangeable (Jas.
1:17) in his
being (Exod. 3:14), wisdom, power (Ps.
147:5), holiness
(Rev. 4:8), justice, goodness and truth
(Exod. 34:6-7).
John 4:24
24 "God is spirit, and those who
worship Him must worship
in spirit and truth."
Job 11:7
7 "Can you discover the depths of
God? Can you discover
the limits of the Almighty?
Psalms 90:2
2 Before the mountains were born Or You
gave birth to the
earth and the world, Even from everlasting
to everlasting,
You are God.
1 Timothy 1:17
17 Now to the King eternal, immortal,
invisible, the only
God, {be} honor and glory forever and
ever. Amen.
4
James 1:17
17 Every good thing given and every
perfect gift is from
above, coming down from the Father of
lights, with whom
there is no variation or shifting shadow.
Exodus 3:14
14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I
AM"; and He said,
"Thus you shall say to the sons of
Israel, 'I AM has sent
me to you.'"
Psalms 147:5
5 Great is our Lord and abundant in
strength; His
understanding is infinite.
Revelation 4:8
8 And the four living creatures, each one
of them having
six wings, are full of eyes around and
within; and day and
night they do not cease to say,
"HOLY, HOLY, HOLY {is}
THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND
WHO IS
AND WHO IS TO COME."
Exodus 34:6-7
6 Then the LORD passed by in front of him
and proclaimed,
"The LORD, the LORD God,
compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness
and
truth; 7 who keeps lovingkindness for
thousands, who
forgives iniquity, transgression and sin;
yet He will by no
means leave {the guilty} unpunished,
visiting the iniquity
of fathers on the children and on the
grandchildren to the
third and fourth generations."
5. Are there more Gods than one?
There is but one only (Deut. 6:4), the
living and true God
(Jer. 10:10).
Deuteronomy 6:4
4 "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our
God, the LORD is one!
5
Jeremiah 10:10
10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the
living God and
the everlasting King. At His wrath the
earth quakes, And
the nations cannot endure His indignation.
6. How many persons are there in the
Godhead?
There are three persons in the Godhead,
the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit, and these three
are one God, the
same in essence, equal in power and glory
(1 Jn. 5:7;
Matt. 28:19).
1 John 5:7
7 For there are three that testify:
Matthew 28:19
19 "Go therefore and make disciples
of all the nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father
and the Son and
the Holy Spirit,
7. What are the decrees of God?
The decrees of God are his eternal purpose
according to
the counsel of his own will, whereby for
his own glory he
has foreordained whatever comes to pass
(Eph. 1:11-12).
Ephesians 1:11-12
11 also we have obtained an inheritance,
having been
predestined according to His purpose who
works all things
after the counsel of His will, 12 to the
end that we who
were the first to hope in Christ would be
to the praise of
His glory.
8. How does God execute his decrees?
God executes his decrees in the works of
creation (Rev.
4:11), and providence (Dan. 4:35).
Revelation 4:11
11 "Worthy are You, our Lord and our
God, to receive glory
and honor and power; for You created all
things, and
because of Your will they existed, and
were created."
Daniel 4:35
35 "All the inhabitants of the earth
are accounted as
nothing, But He does according to His will
in the host of
heaven And {among} the inhabitants of
earth; And no
one can ward off His hand Or say to Him,
'What have You
done?'
9. What is the work of creation?
The work of creation is God's making all
things (Gen. 1:1)
of nothing, by the Word of his power (Heb.
11:3), in six
normal consecutive days (Exod. 20:11), and
all very good
(Gen. 1:31).
Genesis 1:1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens
and the
earth.
Hebrews 11:3
3 By faith we understand that the worlds
were prepared by
the word of God, so that what is seen was
not made out of
things which are visible.
Exodus 20:11
11 "For in six days the LORD made the
heavens and the
earth, the sea and all that is in them,
and rested on the
seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed
the sabbath day
and made it holy.
7
Genesis 1:31
31 God saw all that He had made, and
behold, it was very
good. And there was evening and there was
morning, the
sixth day.
10. How did God create man?
God created man, male and female, after
his own image
(Gen. 1:27), in knowledge, righteousness,
and holiness
(Col 3:10; Eph. 4:24) with dominion over
the creatures
(Gen. 1:28).
Genesis 1:27
27 God created man in His own image, in
the image of God
He created him; male and female He created
them.
Colossians 3:10
10 and have put on the new self who is
being renewed to a
true knowledge according to the image of
the One who
created him--
Ephesians 4:24
24 and put on the new self, which in {the
likeness of} God
has been created in righteousness and
holiness of the
truth.
Genesis 1:28
28 God blessed them; and God said to them,
"Be fruitful
and multiply, and fill the earth, and
subdue it; and rule
over the fish of the sea and over the
birds of the sky and
over every living thing that moves on the
earth."
11. What are God's works of providence?
God's works of providence are his most
holy (Ps. 145:17),
wise, (Is28:29) and powerful (Heb. 1:3),
preserving and
governing all his creatures, and all their
actions (Ps.
103:19; Matt. 10:29).
Psalms 145:17
17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways
And kind in all His
deeds.
Isaiah 28:29
29 This also comes from the LORD of hosts,
{Who} has
made {His} counsel wonderful and {His}
wisdom great.
Hebrews 1:3
3 And He is the radiance of His glory and
the exact
representation of His nature, and upholds
all things by the
word of His power. When He had made
purification of sins,
He sat down at the right hand of the
Majesty on high,
Psalms 103:19
19 The LORD has established His throne in
the heavens,
And His sovereignty rules over all.
Matthew 10:29
29 "Are not two sparrows sold for a
cent? And {yet} not
one of them will fall to the ground apart
from your
Father.
12. What special act of providence did God
exercise
toward man in the state wherein he was
created?
When God had created man, he entered into
a covenant of
life with him, upon condition of perfect
obedience; (Gal.
3:12) forbidding him to eat of the tree of
the knowledge
of good and evil, upon pain of death.
(Gen. 2:17)
Galatians 3:12
12 However, the Law is not of faith; on
the contrary, "HE
WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY
THEM."
Genesis 2:17
17 but from the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil you
shall not eat, for in the day that you eat
from it you will
surely die."
13. Did our first parents continue in the
state wherein
they were created?
Our first parents being left to the
freedom of their own will,
fell from the state wherein they were
created, by sinning
against God, (Eccl. 7:29) by eating the
forbidden fruit
(Gen. 3:6-8).
Ecclesiastes 7:29
29 "Behold, I have found only this,
that God made men
upright, but they have sought out many
devices."
Genesis 3:6-8
When the woman saw that the tree was good
for food,
and that it was a delight to the eyes, and
that the tree
was desirable to make {one} wise, she took
from its fruit
and ate; and she gave also to her husband
with her, and
he ate.
14. What is sin?
Sin is any want of conformity to, or
transgression of the
law of God (1 Jn. 3:4).
1 John 3:4
4 Everyone who practices sin also
practices lawlessness;
and sin is lawlessness.
15. Did all mankind fall in Adam's first
transgression?
The covenant being made with Adam, not
only for himself
but for his posterity, all mankind descending
from him by
ordinary generation, sinned in him, and
fell with him in his
first transgression (1 Cor. 15:22; Rom.
5:12).
1 Corinthians 15:22
22 For as in Adam all die, so also in
Christ all will be made
alive.
Romans 5:12
12 Therefore, just as through one man sin
entered into the
world, and death through sin, and so death
spread to all
men, because all sinned—
16. Into what estate did the fall bring
mankind?
The fall brought mankind into a state of
sin and misery
(Rom. 5:18).
Romans 5:18
18 So then as through one transgression
there resulted
condemnation to all men, even so through
one act of
righteousness there resulted justification
of life to all
men.
17. Wherein consists the sinfulness of
that state
Where into man fell?
The sinfulness of that state whereinto man
fell, consists in
the guilt of Adam's first sin (Rom. 5:19),
the want of
original righteousness, (Rom. 3:10) and
the corruption of
his whole nature, which is commonly called
original sin
(Eph. 2:1; Ps. 51:5), together with all
actual
transgressions which proceed from it
(Matt. 15:19).
Romans 5:19
19 For as through the one man's
disobedience the many
were made sinners, even so through the
obedience of the
One the many will be made righteous.
Romans 3:10
10 as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS,
NOT
EVEN ONE;
Ephesians 2:1
1 And you were dead in your trespasses and
sins,
Psalms 51:5
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my
mother conceived me.
Matthew 15:19
19 "For out of the heart come evil
thoughts, murders,
adulteries, fornications, thefts, false
witness, slanders.
18. What is the misery of that state
whereinto man fell?
All mankind, by their fall, lost communion
with God (Gen.
3:8, 24), are under his wrath and curse
(Eph. 2:3; Gal.
3:10), and so made liable to all the
miseries in this life, to
death itself, and to the pains of hell for
ever (Rom. 6:23;
Matt. 25:41).
Genesis 3:8
8 They heard the sound of the LORD God
walking in the
garden in the cool of the day, and the man
and his wife
hid themselves from the presence of the
LORD God
among the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:24
24 So He drove the man out; and at the
east of the garden
of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the
flaming sword
which turned every direction to guard the
way to the tree
of life.
12
Ephesians 2:3
3 Among them we too all formerly lived in
the lusts of our
flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh
and of the mind,
and were by nature children of wrath, even
as the rest.
Galatians 3:10
10 For as many as are of the works of the
Law are under a
curse; for it is written, "CURSED IS
EVERYONE WHO DOES
NOT ABIDE BY ALL THINGS WRITTEN IN THE
BOOK OF
THE LAW, TO PERFORM THEM."
Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the
free gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Matthew 25:41
41 "Then He will also say to those on
His left, 'Depart from
Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire
which has been
prepared for the devil and his angels;
19. Did God leave all mankind to perish in
the state of
sin and misery?
God having, out of his good pleasure from
all eternity,
elected some to everlasting life (2 Thess.
2:13), did enter
into a covenant of grace to deliver them
out of the state of
sin and misery, and to bring them into a
state of salvation
by a Redeemer (Rom. 5:21).
2 Thessalonians 2:13
13 But we should always give thanks to God
for you,
brethren beloved by the Lord, because God
has chosen
you from the beginning for salvation
through sanctification
by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
Romans 5:21
21 so that, as sin reigned in death, even
so grace would
reign through righteousness to eternal
life through Jesus
Christ our Lord.
13
20. Who is the Redeemer of God's elect?
The only Redeemer of God's elect is the
Lord Jesus Christ
(1 Tim. 2:5), who being the eternal Son of
God, became
man (Jn. 1:14), and so was and continues
to be God and
man, in two distinct natures and one
person for ever (1
Tim. 3:16; Col. 2:9).
1 Timothy 2:5
5 For there is one God, {and} one mediator
also between
God and men, {the} man Christ Jesus,
John 1:14
14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt
among us, and
we saw His glory, glory as of the only
begotten from the
Father, full of grace and truth.
1 Timothy 3:16
16 By common confession, great is the
mystery of
godliness: He who was revealed in the
flesh, Was
vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels,
Proclaimed
among the nations, Believed on in the
world, Taken up in
glory.
Colossians 2:9
9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity
dwells in bodily
form,
21. How did Christ, being the Son of God,
become man?
Christ, the son of God, became man by
taking to himself a
true body (Heb. 2:14), and a reasonable
soul (Matt. 26:38;
Heb. 4:15), being conceived by the power
of the Holy
Spirit in the Virgin Mary, and born of her
(Lk. 1:31, 35),
yet without sin (Heb. 7:26).
Hebrews 2:14
14 Therefore, since the children share in
flesh and blood,
He Himself likewise also partook of the
same, that through
14
death He might render powerless him who
had the power
of death, that is, the devil,
Matthew 26:38
38 Then He *said to them, "My soul is
deeply grieved, to
the point of death; remain here and keep
watch with
Me."
Hebrews 4:15
15 For we do not have a high priest who
cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses, but One
who has been
tempted in all things as {we are, yet}
without sin.
Luke 1:31
31 "And behold, you will conceive in
your womb and bear a
son, and you shall name Him Jesus.
Luke 1:35
35 The angel answered and said to her,
"The Holy Spirit
will come upon you, and the power of the
Most High will
overshadow you; and for that reason the
holy Child shall
be called the Son of God.
Hebrews 7:26
26 For it was fitting for us to have such
a high priest, holy,
innocent, undefiled, separated from
sinners and exalted
above the heavens;
22. What offices does Christ execute as
our Redeemer?
Christ as our Redeemer executes the
offices of a prophet
(Acts 3:22), of a priest (Heb. 5:6), and
of a king (Ps. 2:6),
both in his state of humiliation and
exaltation.
Acts 3:22
22 "Moses said, 'THE LORD GOD WILL
RAISE UP FOR YOU
A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN; TO
HIM YOU
SHALL GIVE HEED to everything He says to
you.
15
Hebrews 5:6
6 just as He says also in another
{passage,} "YOU ARE A
PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF
MELCHIZEDEK."
Psalms 2:6
6 "But as for Me, I have installed My
King Upon Zion, My
holy mountain."
23. How does Christ execute the office of
a prophet?
Christ executes the office of a prophet,
in revealing to us
(Jn. 1:18), by his Word (Jn. 20:31), and
Spirit (Jn. 14:26),
the will of God for our salvation.
John 1:18
18 No one has seen God at any time; the only
begotten
God who is in the bosom of the Father, He
has explained
{Him.}
John 20:31
31 but these have been written so that you
may believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God;
and that believing
you may have life in His name.
John 14:26
26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will
send in My name, He will teach you all
things, and bring to
your re membrance all that I said to you.
24. How does Christ execute the office of
a priest?
Christ executes the office of a priest, in
his once offering
up himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine
justice (Heb. 9:28),
and to reconcile us to God (Heb. 2:17),
and in making
continual intercession for us (Heb. 7:25).
16
Hebrews 9:28
28 so Christ also, having been offered
once to bear the sins
of many, will appear a second time for
salvation without
{reference to} sin, to those who eagerly
await Him.
Hebrews 2:17
17 Therefore, He had to be made like His
brethren in all
things, so that He might become a merciful
and faithful
high priest in things pertaining to God,
to make
propitiation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 7:25
25 Therefore He is able also to save
forever those who
draw near to God through Him, since He
always lives to
make intercession for them.
25. How does Christ execute the office of
a king?
Christ executes the office of a king in
subduing us to
himself, (Ps. 110:3) in ruling and
defending us (Matt. 2:6;
1 Cor. 15:25), and in restraining and
conquering all his
and our enemies.
Psalms 110:3
3 Your people will volunteer freely in the
day of Your
power; In holy array, from the womb of the
dawn, Your
youth are to You {as} the dew.
Matthew 2:6
6 'AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND OF JUDAH, ARE
BY NO
MEANS LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH;
FOR OUT
OF YOU SHALL COME FORTH A RULER WHO WILL
SHEPHERD MY PEOPLE ISRAEL.'"
1 Corinthians 15:25
25 For He must reign until He has put all
His enemies
under His feet.
1
26. Wherein did Christ's humiliation
consist?
Christ's humiliation consisted in his
being born, and that in
a low condition (Lk. 2:7), made under the
law (Gal. 4:4),
undergoing the miseries of this life
(Is53:3), the wrath of
God (Matt. 27:46), and the cursed death of
the cross;
(Phil. 2:8) in being buried, and
continuing under the
power of death for a time (Matt. 12:40).
Luke 2:7
7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son;
and she
wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a
manger, because
there was no room for them in the inn.
Galatians 4:4
4 But when the fullness of the time came,
God sent forth
His Son, born of a woman, born under the
Law,
Isaiah 53:3
3 He was despised and forsaken of men, A
man of sorrows
and acquainted with grief; And like one
from whom men
hide their face He was despised, and we
did not esteem
Him.
Matthew 27:46
46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out
with a loud voice,
saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA
SABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY GOD,
MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
Philippians 2:8
8 Being found in appearance as a man, He
humbled
Himself by becoming obedient to the point
of death, even
death on a cross.
Matthew 12:40
40 for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND
THREE
NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so
will the
Son of Man be three days and three nights
in the heart of
the earth.
27. Wherein consists Christ's exaltation?
Christ's exaltation consists in his rising
again from the
dead on the third day (1 Cor. 15:4), in
ascending up into
heaven, and sitting at the right hand of
God the Father
(Mk. 16:19), and in coming to judge the
world at the last
day (Acts 17:31).
1 Corinthians 15:4
4 and that He was buried, and that He was
raised on the
third day according to the Scriptures,
Mark 16:19
19 So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken
to them, He
was received up into heaven and sat down
at the right
hand of God.
Acts 17:31
31 because He has fixed a day in which He
will judge the
world in righteousness through a Man whom
He has
appointed, having furnished proof to all
men by raising
Him from the dead."
28. How are we made partakers of the
redemption
purchased by Christ?
We are made partakers of the redemption
purchased by
Christ, by the effectual application of it
to us (Jn. 1:12) by
his Holy Spirit. (Tit. 3:5-6)
John 1:12
12 But as many as received Him, to them He
gave the
right to become children of God, {even} to
those who
believe in His name,
Titus 3:5-6
5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds
which we have
done in righteousness, but according to
His merc y, by the
washing of regeneration and renewing by
the Holy Spirit,
19
6 whom He poured out upon us richly
through Jesus Christ
our Savior,
29. How does the Spirit apply to us the
redemption
purchased by Christ?
The Spirit applies to us the redemption
purchased by
Christ, by working faith in us (Eph. 2:8),
and by it uniting
us to Christ in our effectual calling
(Eph. 3:17).
Ephesians 2:8
8 For by grace you have been saved through
faith; and
that not of yourselves, {it is} the gift
of God;
Ephesians 3:17
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts
through faith;
{and} that you, being rooted and grounded
in love,
30. What is effectual calling?
Effectual calling is the work of God's
Spirit (2 Tim. 1:9)
whereby, convincing us of our sin and
misery (Acts 2:37),
enlightening our minds in the knowledge of
Christ (Acts
26:18), and renewing our wills (Ezek.
36:26), he does
persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus
Christ freely
offered to us in the gospel (Jn. 6:44-45).
2 Timothy 1:9
9 who has saved us and called us with a
holy calling, not
according to our works, but according to
His own purpose
and grace which was granted us in Christ
Jesus from all
eternity,
Acts 2:37
37 Now when they heard {this,} they were
pierced to the
heart, and said to Peter and the rest of
the apostles,
"Brethren, what shall we do?"
20
Acts 26:18
18 to open their eyes so that they may
turn from darkness
to light and from the dominion of Satan to
God, that they
may receive forgiveness of sins and an
inheritance among
those who have been sanctified by faith in
Me.'
Ezekiel 36:26
26 "Moreover, I will give you a new
heart and put a new
spirit within you; and I will remove the
heart of stone
from your flesh and give you a heart of
flesh.
John 6:44-45
44 "No one can come to Me unless the
Father who sent Me
draws him; and I will raise him up on the
last day. 45 "It
is written in the prophets, 'AND THEY
SHALL ALL BE
TAUGHT OF GOD.' Everyone who has heard and
learned
from the Father, comes to Me.
31. What benefits do they who are e
ffectually called,
partake of in this life?
They who are effectually called, do in
this life partake of
justification (Rom. 8:30), adoption (Eph.
1:5),
sanctification, and the various benefits
which in this life do
either accompany, or flow from them (1
Cor. 1:30).
Ephesians 1:5
5 He predestined us to adoption as sons
through Jesus
Christ to Himself, according to the kind
intention of His
will,
1 Corinthians 1:30
30 But by His doing you are in Christ
Jesus, who became to
us wisdom from God, and righteousness and
sanctification,
and redemption,
32. What is justification?
Justification is an act of God's free
grace, wherein he
pardons all our sins (Rom. 3:24; Eph.
1:7), and accepts
us as righteous in his sight (2 Cor. 5:21)
only for the
righteousness of Christ imputed to us
(Rom. 5:19), and
received by faith alone (Gal. 2:16; Phil.
3:9).
Romans 3:24
24 being justified as a gift by His grace
through the
redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
Ephesians 1:7
7 In Him we have redemption through His
blood, the
forgiveness of our trespasses, according
to the riches of
His grace
2 Corinthians 5:21
21 He made Him who knew no sin {to be} sin
on our
behalf, so that we might become the
righteousness of God
in Him.
Romans 5:19
19 For as through the one man's
disobedience the many
were made sinners, even so through the
obedience of the
One the many will be made righteous.
Galatians 2:16
16 nevertheless knowing that a man is not
justified by the
works of the Law but through faith in
Christ Jesus, even
we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that
we may be
justified by faith in Christ and not by
the works of the Law;
since by the works of the Law no flesh
will be justified.
Philippians 3:9
9 and may be found in Him, not having a
righteousness of
my own derived from {the} Law, but that
which is
through faith in Christ, the righteousness
which {comes}
from God on the basis of faith,
33. What is adoption?
Adoption is an act of God's free grace (1
Jn. 3:1),
whereby we are received into the number,
and have a
right to all the privileges of the sons of
God (Jn. 1:12;
Rom. 8:17).
1 John 3:1
1 See how great a love the Father has
bestowed on us,
that we would be called children of God;
and {such} we
are. For this reason the world does not
know us, because
it did not know Him.
John 1:12
12 But as many as received Him, to them He
gave the
right to become children of God, {even} to
those who
believe in His name,
Romans 8:17
17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of
God and fellow heirs
with Christ, if indeed we suffer with
{Him} so that we may
also be glorified with {Him.}
34. What is sanctification?
Sanctification is the work of God's Spirit
(2 Thess. 2:13),
whereby we are renewed in the whole man
after the
image of God (Eph. 4:24), and are enabled
more and
more to die to sin, and live to
righteousness (Rom. 6:11).
2 Thessalonians 2:13
13 But we should always give thanks to God
for you,
brethren beloved by the Lord, because God
has chosen
you from the beginning for salvation
through sanctification
by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
Ephesians 4:24
24 and put on the new self, which in {the
likeness of} God
has been created in righteousness and
holiness of the
truth.
23
Romans 6:11
11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead
to sin, but alive
to God in Christ Jesus.
35. What are the benefits which in this
life do either
accompany or flow from justification,
adoption, and
sanctification?
The benefits which in this life do
accompany or flow from
justification (Rom. 5:1-2, 5), are
assurance of God's love,
peace of conscience, joy in the Holy
Spirit (Rom. 14:17),
increase of grace, perseverance in it to
the end (Prov.
4:18; 1 Jn. 5:13; 1 Pet. 1:5).
Romans 5:1-2
1 Therefore, having been justified by
faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through
whom
also we have obtained our introduction by
faith into this
grace in which we stand; and we exult in
hope of the glory
of God.
Romans 5:5
5 and hope does not disappoint, because
the love of God
has been poured out within our hearts
through the Holy
Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 14:17
17 for the kingdom of God is not eating
and drinking, but
righteousness and peace and joy in the
Holy Spirit.
Proverbs 4:18
18 But the path of the righteous is like
the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until the
full day.
1 John 5:13
13 These things I have written to you who
believe in the
name of the Son of God, so that you may
know that you
have eternal life.
24
1 Peter 1:5
5 who are protected by the power of God
through faith for
a salvation ready to be revealed in the
last time.
36. What benefits do believers receive
from Christ at
their death?
The souls of believers are at their death
made perfect in
holiness (Heb. 12:23 and do immediately
pass into glory,
(Phil. 1:23; 2 Cor. 5:8; Lk. 23:43), and
their bodies,
being still united to Christ (1 Thess.
4:14), do rest in their
graves (Is57:2) till the resurrection (Job
19:26).
Hebrews 12:23
23 to the general assembly and church of
the firstborn who
are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the
Judge of all, and
to the spirits of {the} righteous made
perfect,
Philippians 1:23
23 But I am hard-pressed from both
{directions,} having
the desire to depart and be with Christ,
for {that} is very
much better;
2 Corinthians 5:8
8 we are of good courage, I say, and
prefer rather to be
absent from the body and to be at home
with the Lord.
Luke 23:43
43 And He said to him, "Truly I say
to you, today you shall
be with Me in Paradise."
1 Thessalonians 4:14
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and
rose again, even
so God will bring with Him those who have
fallen asleep in
Jesus.
Isaiah 57:2
2 He enters into peace; They rest in their
beds, {Each one}
who walked in his upright way.
25
Job 19:26
26 "Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I
shall see God;
37. What benefits do believers receive
from Christ at
the resurrection?
At the resurrection, believers being
raised up in glory (1
Cor. 15:43), shall be openly acknowledged
and acquitted
in the day of judgment (Matt. 10:32), and
made perfectly
blessed both in soul and body in the full
enjoying of God
(1 Jn. 3:2) to all eternity (1 Thess.
4:17).
1 Corinthians 15:43
43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in
glory; it is sown in
weakness, it is raised in power;
Matthew 10:32
32 "Therefore everyone who confesses
Me before men, I
will also confess him before My Father who
is in heaven.
1 John 3:2
2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and
it has not
appeared as yet what we will be. We know
that when He
appears, we will be like Him, because we
will see Him just
as He is.
1 Thessalonians 4:17
17 Then we who are alive and remain will
be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet
the Lord in the
air, and so we shall always be with the
Lord.
38. What shall be done to the wicked at
their death?
The souls of the wicked shall at their
death be cast into
the torments of hell (Lk. 16:22-24), and
their bodies lie in
their graves till the resurrection, and
judgement of the
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great day (Ps. 49:14).
Luke 16:22-24
22 "Now the poor man died and was
carried away by the
angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich
man also died
and was buried. 23 "In Hades he
lifted up his eyes, being
in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and
Lazarus in
his bosom. 24 "And he cried out and
said, 'Father
Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus so that he
may dip the tip of his finger in water and
cool off my
tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.'
Psalms 49:14
14 As sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
Death shall be
their shepherd; And the upright shall rule
over them in the
morning, And their form shall be for Sheol
to consume So
that they have no habitation.
39. What shall be done to the wicked at
the day of
judgment?
At the day of judgment the bodies of the
wicked being
raised out of their graves, shall be
sentenced, together
with their souls, to unspeakable torments
with the devil
and his angels for ever (Dan. 12:2; Jn.
5:28-29; 2 Thess.
1:9; Matt. 25:41).
Daniel 12:2
2 "Many of those who sleep in the
dust of the ground will
awake, these to everlasting life, but the
others to disgrace
{and} everlasting contempt.
John 5:28-29
28 "Do not marvel at this; for an
hour is coming, in which
all who are in the tombs will hear His
voice, 29 and will
come forth; those who did the good {deeds}
to a
resurrection of life, those who committed
the evil {deeds}
to a resurrection of judgment.
27
2 Thessalonians 1:9
9 These will pay the penalty of eternal
destruction, away
from the presence of the Lord and from the
glory of His
power,
Matthew 25:41
41 "Then He will also say to those on
His left, 'Depart from
Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire
which has been
prepared for the devil and his angels;
40. What did God reveal to man for the
rule of his
obedience?
The rule which God first revealed to man
for his obedience,
is the moral law (Deut. 10:4; Matt.
19:17), which is
summarised in the ten commandments.
Deuteronomy 10:4
4 "He wrote on the tablets, like the
former writing, the Ten
Commandments which the LORD had spoken to
you on
the mountain from the midst of the fire on
the day of the
assembly; and the LORD gave them to me.
Matthew 19:17
17 And He said to him, "Why are you
asking Me about
what is good? There is {only} One who is
good; but if you
wish to enter into life, keep the
commandments."
41. What is the sum of the ten
commandments?
The sum of the ten commandments is to love
the Lord our
God with all our heart, with all our soul,
with all our
strength, and with all our mind; and our
neighbour as
ourselves (Matt. 22:37-40).
Matthew 22:37-40
37 And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL
LOVE THE LORD
YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL
YOUR
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SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' 38 "This
is the great
and foremost commandment. 39 "The
second is like it,
'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF.' 40
"On these two commandments depend the
whole Law and
the Prophets."
42. Which is the first commandment?
The first commandment is, "Thou shalt
have no other
gods before me." (Ex. 20:3)
Exodus 20:3
3 "You shall have no other gods
before Me.
43. What is required in the first
commandment?
The first commandment requires us to know
(1 Chron.
28:9) and acknowledge God to be the only
true God, and
our God (Deut. 26:17), and to worship and
glorify him
accordingly (Matt. 4:10).
1 Chronicles 28:9
9 "As for you, my son Solomon, know
the God of your
father, and serve Him with a whole heart
and a willing
mind; for the LORD searches all hearts,
and understands
every intent of the thoughts. If you seek
Him, He will let
you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He
will reject you
forever.
Deuteronomy 26:17
17 "You have today declared the LORD
to be your God, and
that you would walk in His ways and keep
His statutes,
His commandments and His ordinances, and
listen to His
voice.
29
Matthew 4:10
10 Then Jesus *said to him, "Go,
Satan! For it is written,
'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND
SERVE
HIM ONLY.'"
44. Which is the second commandment?
The second commandment is, "Thou
shalt not make unto
thee any graven image, or any likeness of
any thing 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, nor serve 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 shewing mercy unto
thousands of them
that love me, and keep my commandments."
(Ex. 20:4-5)
4 "You shall not make for yourself an
idol, or any likeness
of what is in heaven above or on the earth
beneath or in
the water under the earth. 5 "You
shall not worship them
or serve them; for I, the LORD your God,
am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
on the children, on
the third and the fourth generations of
those who hate
Me,
45. What is required in the second
commandment?
The second commandment requires the
receiving,
observing (Deut. 32:46; Matt. 28:20), and
keeping pure
and entire all such religious worship and
ordinances as
God has appointed in his Word (Deut.
12:32).
Deuteronomy 32:46
46 he said to them, "Take to your
heart all the words with
which I am warning you today, which you
shall command
your sons to observe carefully, {even} all
the words of
this law.
30
Matthew 28:20
20 teaching them to observe all that I
commanded you;
and lo, I am with you always, even to the
end of the
age."
Deuteronomy 12:32
32 "Whatever I command you, you shall
be careful to do;
you shall not add to nor take away from
it.
46. What is forbidden in the second
commandment?
The second commandment forbids the
worshipping of God
by images, (Deut. 4:15-16) or any other
way not
appointed in his Word (Col. 2:18).
Deuteronomy 4:15-16
15 "So watch yourselves carefully,
since you did not see
any form on the day the LORD spoke to you
at Horeb from
the midst of the fire, 16 so that you do
not act corruptly
and make a graven image for yourselves in
the form of
any figure, the likeness of male or
female,
Colossians 2:18
18 Let no one keep defrauding you of your
prize by
delighting in self-abasement and the
worship of the angels,
taking his stand on {visions} he has seen,
inflated without
cause by his fleshly mind,
47. Which is the third commandment?
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 takes his name in
vain." (Ex. 20:7)
Exodus 20:7
7 "You shall not take the name of the
LORD your God in
vain, for the LORD will not leave him
unpunished who
takes His name in vain.
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48. What is required in the third
commandment?
The third commandment requires the holy
and reverent
use of God's names (Ps. 29:2), titles,
attributes (Rev.
15:3-4), ordinances (Eccl. 5:1), Word (Ps.
138:2), and
works (Job 36:24; Deut. 28:58-59).
Psalms 29:2
2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to His
name; Worship
the LORD in holy array.
Revelation 15:3-4
3 "Great and marvelous are Your
works, O Lord God, the
Almighty; Righteous and true are Your
ways, King of the
nations! 4 "Who will not fear, O
Lord, and glorify Your
name? For You alone are holy; For ALL THE
NATIONS
WILL COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE YOU, FOR YOUR
RIGHTEOUS ACTS HAVE BEEN REVEALED."
Ecclesiastes 5:1
1 Guard your steps as you go to the house
of God and
draw near to listen rather than to offer
the sacrifice of
fools; for they do not know they are doing
evil.
Psalms 138:2
2 I will bow down toward Your holy temple
And give
thanks to Your name for Your
lovingkindness and Your
truth; For You have magnified Your word
according to all
Your name.
Job 36:24
24 "Remember that you should exalt
His work, Of which
men have sung.
Deuteronomy 28:58-59
58 "If you are not careful to observe
all the words of this
law which are written in this book, to fear
this honored
and awesome name, the LORD your God, 59 then
the
LORD will bring extraordinary plagues on
you and your
32
descendants, even severe and lasting
plagues, and
miserable and chronic sicknesses.
49. Which is the fourth commandment?
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, thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant,
nor they 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." (Ex. 20:8-11)
Exodus 20:8-11
8 "Remember the sabbath day, to keep
it holy. 9 "Six days
you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but
the seventh
day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; {in
it} you shall
not do any work, you or your son or your
daughter, your
male or your female servant or your cattle
or your
sojourner who stays with you. 11 "For
in six days the
LORD made the heavens and the earth, the
sea and all
that is in them, and rested on the seventh
day; therefore
the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made
it holy.
50. What is required in the fourth
commandment?
The fourth commandment requires the
keeping holy to
God such set times as he has appointed in
his Word,
expressly one whole day in seven, to be a
holy Sabbath to
himself (Lev. 19:30; Deut. 5:12).
Leviticus 19:30
30 'You shall keep My sabbaths and revere
My sanctuary; I
am the LORD.
33
Deuteronomy 5:12
12 'Observe the sabbath day to keep it
holy, as the LORD
your God commanded you.
51. How is the Sabbath to be sanctified?
The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy
resting all that
day, even from such worldly employments
and recreations
as are lawful on other days (Lev. 23:3),
and spending the
whole time in the public and private
exercises of God's
worship (Ps. 92:1-2; Is58:13-14), except
so much as is
taken up in the works of necessity and
mercy (Matt.
12:11-12).
Leviticus 23:3
3 'For six days work may be done, but on
the seventh day
there is a sabbath of complete rest, a
holy convocation.
You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath
to the LORD in
all your dwellings.
Psalms 92:1-2
1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD
And to sing praises
to Your name, O Most High; 2 To declare
Your
lovingkindness in the morning And Your
faithfulness by
night,
Isaiah 58:13-14
13 "If because of the sabbath, you
turn your foot From
doing your {own} pleasure on My holy day,
And call the
sabbath a delight, the holy {day} of the
LORD honorable,
And honor it, desisting from your {own}
ways, From
seeking your {own} pleasure And speaking
{your own}
word, 14 Then you will take delight in the
LORD, And I
will make you ride on the heights of the
earth; And I will
feed you {with} the heritage of Jacob your
father, For the
mouth of the LORD has spoken."
Matthew 12:11-12
11 And He said to them, "What man is
there among you
who has a sheep, and if it falls into a
pit on the Sabbath,
34
will he not take hold of it and lift it
out? 12 "How much
more valuable then is a man than a sheep!
So then, it is
lawful to do good on the Sabbath."
52. Which is the fifth commandment?
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." (Ex.
20:12)
Exodus 20:12
12 "Honor your father and your
mother, that your days
may be prolonged in the land which the
LORD your God
gives you.
53. What is required in the fifth
commandment?
The fifth commandment requires the
preserving the
honour, and performing the duties
belonging to every one
in their various positions and
relationships as superiors
(Eph. 5:21-22; Eph. 6:1, 5; Rom. 13:1),
inferiors (Eph.
6:9), or equals (Rom. 12:10).
Ephesians 5:21-22
21 and be subject to one another in the
fear of
Christ. 22Wives, {be subject} to your own
husbands, as
to the Lord.
Ephesians 6:1
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord,
for this is
right.
Ephesians 6:5
5 Slaves, be obedient to those who are
your masters
according to the flesh, with fear and
trembling, in the
sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;
35
Romans 13:1
1 Every person is to be in subjection to
the governing
authorities. For there is no authority
except from God, and
those which exist are established by God.
Ephesians 6:9
9 And masters, do the same things to them,
and give up
threatening, knowing that both their
Master and yours is
in heaven, and there is no partiality with
Him.
Romans 12:10
10 {Be} devoted to one another in
brotherly love; give
preference to one another in honor;
54. What is the reason annexed to the
fifth
commandment?
The reason annexed to the fifth
commandment is, a
promise of long life and prosperity — as
far as it shall
serve for God's glory, and their own good
— to all such as
keep this commandment (Eph. 6:2-3).
Ephesians 6:2-3
2 HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is
the first
commandment with a promise), 3 SO THAT IT
MAY BE
WELL WITH YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG
ON THE
EARTH.
55. Which is the sixth commandment?
The sixth commandment is, "Thou shalt
not kill." (Ex.
20:13; 1 John 3:15)
Exodus 20:13
13 "You shall not murder.
36
1 John 3:15
15 Everyone who hates his brother is a
murderer; and you
know that no murderer has eternal life
abiding in him.
56. What is forbidden in the sixth
commandment?
The sixth commandment forbids the taking
away of our
own life (Acts 16:28), or the life of our
neighbour unjustly
(Gen. 9:6), or whatever tends to it (Prov.
24:11-12).
Acts 16:28
28 But Paul cried out with a loud voice,
saying, "Do not
harm yourself, for we are all here!"
Genesis 9:6
6 "Whoever sheds man's blood, By man
his blood shall be
shed, For in the image of God He made man.
Proverbs 24:11-12
11 Deliver those who are being taken away
to death, And
those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh
hold {them}
back. 12 If you say, "See, we did not
know this," Does He
not consider {it} who weighs the hearts?
And does He not
know {it} who keeps your soul? And will He
not render to
man according to his work?
57. Which is the seventh commandment?
The seventh commandment is, "Thou
shalt not commit
adultery." (Ex. 20:14; Matt. 5:28)
Exodus 20:14
14 "You shall not commit adultery.
Matthew 5:28
28 but I say to you that everyone who
looks at a woman
with lust for her has already committed
adultery with her
in his heart.
3
58. What is forbidden in the seventh
commandment?
The seventh commandment forbids all
unchaste thoughts
(Matt. 5:28; Col. 4:6), words (Eph. 5:4; 2
Tim. 2:22), and
actions (Eph. 5:3).
Matthew 5:28
28 but I say to you that everyone who
looks at a woman
with lust for her has already committed
adultery with her
in his heart.
Colossians 4:6
6 Let your speech always be with grace,
{as though}
seasoned with salt, so that you will know how
you should
respond to each person.
Ephesians 5:4
4 and {there must be no} filthiness and
silly talk, or
coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but
rather giving of
thanks.
2 Timothy 2:22
22 Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue
righteousness,
faith, love {and} peace, with those who
call on the Lord
from a pure heart.
Ephesians 5:3
3 But immorality or any impurity or greed
must not even
be named among you, as is proper among
saints;
59. Which is the eighth commandment?
The eighth commandment is, "Thou shalt
not steal." (Ex.
20:15)
Exodus 20:15
15 "You shall not steal.
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60. What is forbidden in the eighth
commandment?
The eighth commandment forbids whatever
does or may
unjustly hinder our own (1 Tim. 5:8; Prov.
28:19; Prov.
21:6), or our neighbour's wealth, or
outward estate (Eph.
4:28).
1 Timothy 5:8
8 But if anyone does not provide for his
own, and
especially for those of his household, he
has denied the
faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Proverbs 28:19
19 He who tills his land will have plenty
of food, But he
who follows empty {pursuits} will have
poverty in
plenty.
Proverbs 21:6
6 The acquisition of treasures by a lying
tongue Is a
fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.
Ephesians 4:28
28 He who steals must steal no longer; but
rather he must
labor, performing with his own hands what
is good, so
that he will have {something} to share
with one who has
need.
61. Which is the ninth commandment?
The ninth commandment is, "Thou shalt
not bear false
witness against thy neighbour." (Ex.
20:16)
Exodus 20:16
16 "You shall not bear false witness
against your
neighbor.
39
62. What is required in the ninth
commandment?
The ninth commandment requires the
maintaining and
promoting of truth between man and man
(Zech. 8:16),
and of our own (1 Pet. 3:16; Acts 25:10),
and our
neighbour's good name (3 Jn. 1:12),
especially in witnessbearing
(Prov. 14:5, 25).
1 Peter 3:16
16 and keep a good conscience so that in
the thing in
which you are slandered, those who revile
your good
behavior in Christ will be put to shame.
Acts 25:10
10 But Paul said, "I am standing
before Caesar's tribunal,
where I ought to be tried. I have done no
wrong to {the}
Jews, as you also very well know.
3 John 1:12
12 Demetrius has received a {good}
testimony from
everyone, and from the truth itself; and
we add our
testimony, and you know that our testimony
is true.
Proverbs 14:5
5 A trustworthy witness will not lie, But
a false witness
utters lies.
Proverbs 14:25
25 A truthful witness saves lives, But he
who utters lies is
treacherous.
63. What is the tenth commandment?
The tenth commandment is, "Thou shalt
not covet thy
neighbour's house; thou shalt not covet
thy neighbour's
wife, nor his manservant, or his
maidservant, nor his ox,
nor his ass, nor anything that is thy
neighbour's." (Ex.
20:17)
Exodus 20:17
17 "You shall not covet your
neighbor's house; you shall
not covet your neighbor's wife or his male
servant or his
female servant or his ox or his donkey or
anything that
belongs to your neighbor."
64. What is forbidden in the tenth
commandment?
The tenth commandment forbids all
discontentment with
our own estate (1 Cor. 10:10), envying or
grieving at the
good of our neighbour, (Gal. 5:26) and all
inordinate
emotions and affections to anything that
is his (Col. 3:5).
1 Corinthians 10:10
10 Nor grumble, as some of them did, and
were destroyed
by the destroyer.
Galatians 5:26
26 Let us not become boastful, challenging
one another,
envying one another.
Colossians 3:5
5 Therefore consider the members of your
earthly body as
dead to immorality, impurity, passion,
evil desire, and
greed, which amounts to idolatry.
65. Is any man able perfectly to keep the
commandments of God?
No mere man, since the fall, is able in
his life perfectly to
keep the commandments of God (Eccl. 7:20),
but does
daily break them in thought, (Gen. 8:21)
word (Jas. 3:8),
and deed (Jas. 3:2).
Ecclesiastes 7:20
20 Indeed, there is not a righteous man on
earth who
{continually} does good and who never
sins.
41
Genesis 8:21
21 The LORD smelled the soothing aroma;
and the LORD
said to Himself, "I will never again
curse the ground on
account of man, for the intent of man's
heart is evil from
his youth; and I will never again destroy
every living thing,
as I have done.
James 3:8
8 But no one can tame the tongue; {it is}
a restless evil
{and} full of deadly poison.
James 3:2
2 For we all stumble in many {ways.} If
anyone does not
stumble in what he says, he is a perfect
man, able to
bridle the whole body as well.
66. Are all transgressions of the law
equally heinous?
Some sins in themselves, and by reason of
various
aggravations, are more heinous in the
sight of God than
others (Jn. 19:11; 1 Jn. 5:15).
John 19:11
11 Jesus answered, "You would have no
authority over Me,
unless it had been given you from above;
for this reason
he who delivered Me to you has {the}
greater sin."
1 John 5:15
15 And if we know that He hears us {in}
whatever we ask,
we know that we have the requests which we
have asked
from Him.
67. What does every sin deserve?
Every sin deserves God's wrath and curse,
both in this life
and that which is to come (Eph. 5:6; Ps.
11:6).
42
Ephesians 5:6
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words,
for because of
these things the wrath of God comes upon
the sons of
disobedience.
Psalms 11:6
6 Upon the wicked He will rain snares;
Fire and brimstone
and burning wind will be the portion of
their cup.
68. How may we escape his wrath and curse
due to us
for sin?
To escape the wrath and curse of God due
to us for sin,
we must believe in the Lord Jesus Christ
(Jn. 3:16),
trusting alone to his blood and
righteousness. This faith is
attended by repentance for the past (Acts
20:21) and
leads to holiness in the future.
John 3:16
16 "For God so loved the world, that
He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
shall not
perish, but have eternal life.
Acts 20:21
21 solemnly testifying to both Jews and
Greeks of
repentance toward God and faith in our
Lord Jesus
Christ.
69. What is faith in Jesus Christ?
Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace
(Heb. 10:39),
whereby we receive (Jn. 1:12), and rest
upon him alone
for salvation (Phil. 3:9), as he is set
forth in the gospel
(Is33:22).
Hebrews 10:39
39 But we are not of those who shrink back
to destruction,
but of those who have faith to the
preserving of the soul.
43
John 1:12
12 But as many as received Him, to them He
gave the
right to become children of God, {even} to
those who
believe in His name,
Philippians 3:9
9 and may be found in Him, not having a
righteousness of
my own derived from {the} Law, but that
which is
through faith in Christ, the righteousness
which {comes}
from God on the basis of faith,
Isaiah 33:22
22 For the LORD is our judge, The LORD is
our lawgiver,
The LORD is our king; He will save us—
70. What is repentance to life?
Repentance to life is a saving grace (Acts
11:18), whereby
a sinner, out of a true sense of his sins
(Acts 2:37), and
apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ
(Joel 2:13),
does with grief and hatred of his sin turn
from it to God
(Jer. 31:18-19), with full purpose to
strive after new
obedience (Ps. 119:59).
Acts 11:18
18 When they heard this, they quieted down
and glorified
God, saying, "Well then, God has
granted to the Gentiles
also the repentance {that leads} to
life."
Acts 2:37
37 Now when they heard {this,} they were
pierced to the
heart, and said to Peter and the rest of
the apostles,
"Brethren, what shall we do?"
Joel 2:13
13 And rend your heart and not your
garments." Now
return to the LORD your God, For He is
gracious and
compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in
lovingkindness And relenting of evil.
44
Jeremiah 31:18-19
18 "I have surely heard Ephraim
grieving, 'You have
chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an
untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored, For
You are the
LORD my God. 19 'For after I turned back,
I repented;
And after I was instructed, I smote on
{my} thigh; I was
ashamed and also humiliated Because I bore
the reproach
of my youth.'
Psalms 119:59
59 I considered my ways And turned my feet
to Your
testimonies.
71. What are the outward means whereby the
Holy
Spirit communicates to us the benefits of
redemption?
The outward and ordinary means whereby the
Holy Spirit
communicates to us the benefits of
Christ's redemption,
are the Word, by which souls are begotten
to spiritual life;
Baptism, the Lord's Supper, Prayer, and
Meditation, by all
which believers are further edified in
their most holy faith
(Acts 2:41-42; Jas. 1:18).
Acts 2:41-42
41 So then, those who had received his
word were
baptized; and that day there were added
about three
thousand souls. 42 They were continually
devoting
themselves to the apostles' teaching and
to fellowship, to
the breaking of bread and to prayer.
James 1:18
18 In the exercise of His will He brought
us forth by the
word of truth, so that we would be a kind
of first fruits
among His creatures.
72. How is the Word made effectual to
salvation?
The Spirit of God makes the reading, but
especially the
preaching of the Word, an effectual means
of convicting
and converting sinners, (Ps. 19:7) and of
building them up
in holiness and comfort (1 Thess. 1:6),
through faith to
salvation (Rom. 1:16).
Psalms 19:7
7 The law of the LORD is perfect,
restoring the soul; The
testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise
the simple.
1 Thessalonians 1:6
6 You also became imitators of us and of
the Lord, having
received the word in much tribulation with
the joy of the
Holy Spirit,
Romans 1:16
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for
it is the power
of God for salvation to everyone who
believes, to the Jew
first and also to the Greek.
73. How is the Word to be read and heard
that it may
become effectual to salvation?
That the Word may become effectual to
salvation, we
must attend to it with diligence (Prov.
8:34), preparation
(1 Pet. 2:1-2), and prayer (Ps 119:18),
receive it with
faith (Heb. 4:2), and love (2 Thess.
2:10), lay it up into
our hearts (Ps. 119:11), and practise it
in our lives (Jas.
1:25).
Proverbs 8:34
34 "Blessed is the man who listens to
me, Watching daily
at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.
1 Peter 2:1-2
1 Therefore, putting aside all malice and
all deceit and
hypocrisy and envy and all slander, 2 like
newborn babies,
46
long for the pure milk of the word, so
that by it you may
grow in respect to salvation,
Psalms 119:18
18 Open my eyes, that I may behold
Wonderful things
from Your law.
Hebrews 4:2
2 For indeed we have had good news
preached to us, just
as they also; but the word they heard did
not profit them,
because it was not united by faith in
those who heard.
2 Thessalonians 2:10
10 and with all the deception of
wickedness for those who
perish, because they did not receive the
love of the truth
so as to be saved.
Psalms 119:11
11 Your word I have treasured in my heart,
That I may not
sin against You.
James 1:25
25 But one who looks intently at the
perfect law, the {law}
of liberty, and abides by it, not having
become a forgetful
hearer but an effectual doer, this man
will be blessed in
what he does.
74. How do Baptism and the Lord's Supper
become
spiritually helpful?
Baptism and the Lord's Supper become
spiritually helpful,
not from any virtue in them, or in him who
does
administer them (1 Cor. 3:7; 1 Pet. 3:21),
but only by the
blessing of Christ (1 Cor. 3:6), and the
working of the
Spirit in those who by faith receive them
(1 Cor. 12:13).
1 Corinthians 3:7
7 So then neither the one who plants nor
the one who
waters is anything, but God who causes the
growth.
47
1 Peter 3:21
21 Corresponding to that, baptism now
saves you--not the
removal of dirt from the flesh, but an
appeal to God for a
good conscience--through the resurrection
of Jesus
Christ,
1 Corinthians 3:6
6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was
causing the
growth.
1 Corinthians 12:13
13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized
into one body,
whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or
free, and we
were all made to drink of one Spirit.
75. What is Baptism?
Baptism is an ordinance of the New Testame
nt, instituted
by Jesus Christ (Matt. 28:19), to be to
the person
baptised a sign of his fellowship with
him, in his death,
and burial, and resurrection (Rom. 6:3;
Col. 2:12), of his
being ingrafted into him (Gal. 3:27), of
remission of sins
(Mk. 1:4; Acts 22:16), and of his giving
up himself to God
through Jesus Christ, to live and walk in
newness of life
(Rom. 6:4-5).
Matthew 28:19
19 "Go therefore and make disciples
of all the nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father
and the Son and
the Holy Spirit,
Romans 6:3
3 Or do you not know that all of us who
have been
baptized into Christ Jesus have been
baptized into His
death?
Colossians 2:12
12 having been buried with Him in baptism,
in which you
were also raised up with Him through faith
in the working
of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Galatians 3:27
27 For all of you who were baptized into
Christ have
clothed yourselves with Christ.
Mark 1:4
4 John the Baptist appeared in the
wilderness preaching a
baptism of repentance for the forgiveness
of sins.
Acts 22:16
16 'Now why do you delay? Get up and be
baptized, and
wash away your sins, calling on His name.'
Romans 6:4-5
4 Therefore we have been buried with Him
through
baptism into death, so that as Christ was
raised from the
dead through the glory of the Father, so
we too might
walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have
become united
with {Him} in the likeness of His death,
certainly we shall
also be {in the likeness} of His
resurrection,
76. To whom is Baptism to be administered?
Baptism is to be administered to all those
who actually
profess repentance towards God (Acts 2:38;
Matt. 3:6;
Mk. 16:16; Acts 8:12, 36-37; Acts
10:47-48), and faith in
our Lord Jesus Christ, and to none other.
Acts 2:38
38 Peter {said} to them, "Repent, and
each of you be
baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for
the forgiveness of
your sins; and you will receive the gift
of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 3:6
6 and they were being baptized by him in
the Jordan River,
as they confessed their sins.
49
Mark 16:16
16 "He who has believed and has been
baptized shall be
saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be
condemned.
Acts 8:12
12 But when they believed Philip preaching
the good news
about the kingdom of God and the name of
Jesus Christ,
they were being baptized, men and women
alike.
Acts 8:36-37
As they went along the road they came to
some water;
and the eunuch *said, "Look! Water!
What prevents me
from being baptized?"
Acts 10:47-48
47 "Surely no one can refuse the
water for these to be
baptized who have received the Holy Spirit
just as we
{did,} can he?" 48 And he ordered
them to be baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked
him to stay on
for a few days.
77. Are the infants of such as are
professing to be
baptised?
The infants of such as are professing
believers are not to
be baptised, because there is neither
command nor
example in the Holy Scriptures for their
baptism (Exod.
23:13; Prov. 30:6).
Exodus 23:13
13 "Now concerning everything which I
have said to you,
be on your guard; and do not mention the
name of other
gods, nor let {them} be heard from your
mouth.
Proverbs 30:6
6 Do not add to His words Or He will
reprove you, and you
will be proved a liar.
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78. How is baptism rightly administered?
Baptism is rightly administered by
immersion, or dipping
the whole body of the person in water
(Matt. 3:16; Jn.
3:23), in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit, according to Christ's
institution, and the
practice of the apostles (Matt. 28:19-20),
and not by
sprinkling or pouring of water, or dipping
some part of the
body, after the tradition of men (Jn.
4:1-2; Acts 8:38-39).
Matthew 3:16
16 After being baptized, Jesus came up
immediately from
the water; and behold, the heavens were
opened, and he
saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove
{and} lighting
on Him,
John 3:23
23 John also was baptizing in Aenon near
Salim, because
there was much water there; and {people}
were coming
and were being baptized--
Matthew 28:19-20
19 "Go therefore and make disciples
of all the nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father
and the Son and
the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to
observe all that I
commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always, even to
the end of the age."
John 4:1-2
1 Therefore when the Lord knew that the
Pharisees had
heard that Jesus was making and baptizing
more disciples
than John 2 (although Jesus Himself was
not baptizing, but
His disciples were),
Acts 8:38-39
38 And he ordered the chariot to stop; and
they both went
down into the water, Philip as well as the
eunuch, and he
baptized him. 39 When they came up out of
the water,
the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip
away; and the
eunuch no longer saw him, but went on his
way
rejoicing.
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79. What is the duty of such as are
rightly baptized?
It is the duty of such as are rightly
baptized, to give up
themselves to some particular and orderly
Church of Jesus
Christ (Acts 2:47; 9:26; 1 Pet. 2:5), that
they may walk
in all the commandments and ordinances of
the Lord
blameless (Lk. 1:6).
Acts 2:47
47 praising God and having favor with all
the people. And
the Lord was adding to their number day by
day those
who were being saved.
Acts 9:26
26 When he came to Jerusalem, he was
trying to associate
with the disciples; but they were all
afraid of him, not
believing that he was a disciple.
1 Peter 2:5
5 you also, as living stones, are being
built up as a
spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to
offer up spiritual
sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus
Christ.
Luke 1:6
6 They were both righteous in the sight of
God, walking
blamelessly in all the commandments and
requirements of
the Lord.
80. What is the Lord's Supper?
The Lord's Supper is an ordinance of the
New Testament,
instituted by Jesus Christ; wherein, by
giving and
receiving bread and wine, according to his
appointment,
his death is shown forth (1 Cor.
11:23-26), and the
worthy receivers are, not after a
corporeal and carnal
manner, but by faith, made partakers of
his body and
blood, with all his benefits, to their
spiritual nourishment,
and growth in grace (1 Cor. 10:16).
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
23 For I received from the Lord that which
I also delivered
to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night
in which He was
betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had
given thanks,
He broke it and said, "This is My
body, which is for you;
do this in remembrance of Me." 25 In
the same way {He
took} the cup also after supper, saying,
"This cup is the
new covenant in My blood; do this, as
often as you drink
{it,} in remembrance of Me." 26 For
as often as you eat
this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim
the Lord's
death until He comes.
1 Corinthians 10:16
16 Is not the cup of blessing which we
bless a sharing in
the blood of Christ? Is not the bread
which we break a
sharing in the body of Christ?
81. What is required to the worthy
receiving of the
Lord's Supper?
It is required of them who would worthily
partake of the
Lord's Supper, that they examine
themselves of their
knowledge to discern the Lord's body (1
Cor. 11:28-29),
of their faith to feed upon him (2 Cor.
13:5), of their
repentance (1 Cor. 11:31), love (1 Cor.
11:18-20), and
new obedience, (1 Cor. 5:8) lest coming
unworthily, they
eat and drink judgment to themselves (1
Cor. 11:27-29).
1 Corinthians 11:28-29
28 But a man must examine himself, and in
so doing he is
to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29
For he who
eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment
to himself if he
does not judge the body rightly.
2 Corinthians 13:5
5 Test yourselves {to see} if you are in
the faith; examine
yourselves! Or do you not recognize this
about yourselves,
that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed
you fail the
test?
1 Corinthians 11:31
31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we
would not be
judged.
1 Corinthians 11:18-20
18 For, in the first place, when you come
together as a
church, I hear that divisions exist among
you; and in part
I believe it. 19 For there must also be
factions among you,
so that those who are approved may become
evident
among you. 20 Therefore when you meet
together, it is
not to eat the Lord's Supper,
1 Corinthians 11:27-29
27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or
drinks the cup of
the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be
guilty of the
body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But a
man must
examine himself, and in so doing he is to
eat of the bread
and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats
and drinks, eats
and drinks judgment to himself if he does
not judge the
body rightly.
82. What is meant by the words,
"until he come," which
are used by the apostle Paul in reference
to the
Lord's Supper?
They plainly teach us that our Lord Jesus
Christ will come
a second time; which is the joy and hope
of all believers
(Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 4:16).
Acts 1:11
11 They also said, "Men of Galilee,
why do you stand
looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has
been taken up
from you into heaven, will come in just
the same way as
you have watched Him go into heaven."
1 Thessalonians 4:16
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from
heaven with a
shout, with the voice of {the} archangel
and with the
trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ
will rise first.
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A Puritan’s Catechism
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
I am persuaded that the use of a good
Catechism in all
our families will be a great safeguard
against the
increasing errors of the times, and
therefore I have
compiled this little manual from the Westminster
Assembly's and Baptist Catechisms, for the
use of my
own church and congregation. Those who use
it in their
families or classes must labour to explain
the sense; but
the words should be carefully learned by
heart, for they
will be understood better as years pass.
May the Lord bless my dear friends and
their families
evermore, is the prayer of their loving
Pastor.
C. H. Spurgeon
2 Timothy 2:15
15 Be diligent to present yourself approved
to God as a
workman who does not need to be ashamed,
accurately
handling the word of truth.
Published about Oct 14, 1855, when
Spurgeon was 21 years old.
On Oct. 14, Spurgeon preached Sermon No.
46 to several
thousand who gathered to hear him at New
Park Street Chapel.
When the sermon was published it contained
an announcement
of this catechism. The text that morning
was, "Lord, thou hast
been our dwelling place in all
generations." Ps. 90:1.
Proper use of a catechism
The questions should be asked of children
regularly and teach
them to memorize the answers or at least
learn the essence of
the answer. The scriptural proofs of each
answer are given
along with quotes from the New American
Standard Version of
the Bible. It would be a wonderful idea to
have children
memorize at least one of each scripture
given for each question,
depending upon their age and ability.
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