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CATECHISM FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
An Introduction to the Shorter Catechism
Q. 1. Who made you?
A. God.
Q. 2. What else did God make?
A. God made all things.
Q. 3. Why did God make you and
all things ?
A. For his own glory.
Q. 4. How can you glorify God?
A. By loving him and doing what he commands.
Q. 5. Why ought you to glorify
God?
A. Because he made me and takes care of me.
Q. 6. Are there more gods than
one?
A. There is only one God.
Q. 7. In how many persons does
this one God exist?
A. In three persons.
Q. 8. What are they?
A. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Q. 9. What is God?
A. God is a Spirit, and has not a body like men.
Q. 10. Where is God?
A. God is everywhere.
Q. 11. Can you see God?
A. No; I cannot see God, but he always sees me.
Q. 12. Does God know all things?
A. Yes; nothing can be hid from God.
Q. 13. Can God do all things?
A. Yes; God can do all his holy will.
Q. 14. Where do you learn how to
love and obey God?
A. In the Bible alone.
Q. 15. Who wrote the Bible?
A. Holy men who were taught by the Holy Spirit.
Q. 16. Who were our first
parents?
A. Adam and Eve.
Q. 17. 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.
Q. 18. What did God give Adam and
Eve besides bodies?
A. He gave them souls that could never die.
Q. 19. Have you a soul as well as
a body?
A. Yes; I have a soul that can never die.
Q. 20. How do you know that you
have a soul?
A. Because the Bible tells me so.
Q. 21. In what condition did God
make Adam and Eve?
A. He made them holy and happy.
Q. 22. What is a covenant?
A. An agreement between two or more persons.
Q. 23. What covenant did God make
with Adam?
A. The covenant of works.
Q. 24. What was Adam bound to do
by the covenant of works?
A. To obey God perfectly.
Q. 25. What did God promise in
the covenant of works?
A. To reward Adam with life if he obeyed him.
Q. 26. What did God threaten in
the covenant of works?
A. To punish Adam with death if he disobeyed.
Q. 27. Did Adam keep the covenant
of works?
A. No; he sinned against God.
Q. 28. What is Sin?
A. Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of the law of God.
Q. 29. What is meant by want of
conformity?
A. Not being or doing what God requires.
Q. 30. What is meant by
transgression?
A. Doing what God forbids.
Q. 31. What was the sin of our
first parents?
A. Eating the forbidden fruit.
Q. 32. Who tempted them to this
sin?
A. The devil tempted Eve, and she gave the fruit to Adam.
Q. 33. What befell our first
parents when they had sinned?
A. Instead of being holy and happy, they became sinful and miserable.
Q. 34. Did Adam act for himself
alone in the covenant of works?
A. No; he represented all his posterity.
Q. 35. What effect had the sin of
Adam on all mankind?
A. All mankind are born in a state of sin and misery.
Q. 36. What is that sinful nature
which we inherit from Adam called?
A. Original sin.
Q. 37. What does every sin
deserve?
A. The wrath and curse of God.
Q. 38. Can any one go to heaven
with this sinful nature?
A. No; our hearts must be changed before we can be fit for heaven.
Q. 39. What is a change of heart
called?
A. Regeneration.
Q. 40. Who can change a sinner's
heart?
A. The Holy Spirit alone.
Q. 41. Can any one be saved
through the covenant of works?
A. None can be saved through the covenant of works.
Q. 42. Why can none be saved
through the covenant of works?
A. Because all have broken it, and are condemned by it
Q. 43. With whom did God the
Father make the covenant of grace?
A. With Christ, his eternal Son.
Q. 44. Whom did Christ represent
in the covenant of grace?
A. His elect people.
Q. 45. What did Christ undertake
in the covenant of grace?
A. To keep the whole law for his people, and to suffer the punishment due to
their sins.
Q. 46. Did our Lord Jesus Christ
ever commit the least sin?
A. No; he was holy, harmless, and undefiled.
Q. 47. How could the Son of God
suffer?
A. Christ, the Son of God, became man that he might obey and suffer in our
nature.
Q. 48. What is meant by the
Atonement?
A. Christ's satisfying divine justice, by his sufferings and death, in the
place of sinners.
Q. 49. What did God the Father
undertake in the covenant of grace?
A. To justify and sanctify those for whom Christ should die.
Q. 50. What is justification?
A. It is God's forgiving sinners, and treating them as if they had never
sinned.
Q. 51. What is sanctification?
A. It is God's making sinners holy in heart and conduct.
Q. 52. For whom did Christ obey
and suffer?
A. For those whom the Father had given him.
Q. 53. What kind of life did
Christ live on earth?
A. A life of poverty and suffering.
Q. 54. What kind of death did
Christ die?
A. The painful and shameful death of the cross.
Q. 55. Who will be saved?
A. Only those who repent of sin, believe in Christ, and lead holy lives.
Q. 56. What is it to repent?
A. To be sorry for sin, and to hate and forsake it because it is displeasing to
God.
Q. 57. What is it to believe or
have faith in Christ?
A. To trust in Christ alone for salvation.
Q. 58. Can you repent and believe
in Christ by your own power?
A. No; I can do nothing good without the help of God's Holy Spirit.
Q. 59. How can you get the help
of the Holy Spirit?
A. God has told us that we must pray to him for the Holy Spirit.
Q. 60. How long ago is it since
Christ died?
A. More than nineteen hundred years.
Q. 61. How were pious persons
saved before the coming of Christ?
A. By believing in a Savior to come.
Q. 62. How did they show their
faith?
A. By offering sacrifices on God's altar.
Q. 63. What did these sacrifices
represent?
A. Christ, the Lamb of God, who was to die for sinners.
Q. 64. What offices has Christ?
A. Christ has three offices.
Q. 65. What are they?
A. The offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king.
Q. 66. How is Christ a prophet?
A. Because he teaches us the will of God.
Q. 67. How is Christ a priest?
A. Because he died for our sins and pleads with God for us.
Q. 68. How is Christ a king?
A. Because he rules over us and defends us.
Q. 69. Why do you need Christ as
a prophet?
A. Because I am ignorant.
Q. 70. Why do you need Christ as
a priest?
A. Because I am guilty.
Q. 71. Why do you need Christ as
a king?
A. Because I am weak and helpless.
Q. 72. How many commandments did
God give on Mount Sinai?
A. Ten commandments.
Q. 73. What are the ten
commandments sometimes called?
A. The Decalogue.
Q. 74. What do the first four
commandments teach?
A. Our duty to God.
Q. 75. What do the last six commandments
teach?
A. Our duty to our fellow men.
Q. 76. What is the sum of the ten
commandments?
A. To love God with all my heart, and my neighbor as myself.
Q. 77. Who is your neighbor?A. All my fellow men are my neighbors.
Q. 78. Is God pleased with those
who love and obey him?
A. Yes; he says, "I love them that love me."
Q. 79. Is God displeased with
those who do not love and obey him?
A. Yes; "God is angry with the wicked every day."
Q. 80. What is the first
commandment?
A. The first commandment is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Q. 81. What does the first
commandment teach us?
A. To worship God alone.
Q. 82. What is the second
commandment?
A. The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,
or any likeness of any things 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 showing mercy unto thousands of
them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Q. 83. What does the second
commandment teach us?
A. To worship God in a proper manner, and to avoid idolatry.
Q. 84. What is the third
commandment?
A. 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 taketh his name in vain.
Q. 85. What does the third
commandment teach me?
A. To reverence God's name, word, and works.
Q. 86. What is the fourth
commandment?
A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six
days shalt thou labor, 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, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy 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.
Q. 87. What does the fourth
commandment teach us?
A. To keep the Sabbath holy.
Q. 88. What day of the week is
the Christian Sabbath?
A. The first day of the week, called the Lord's day.
Q. 89. Why is it called the
Lord's day?
A. Because on that day Christ rose from the dead.
Q. 90. How should the Sabbath be
spent?
A. In prayer and praise, in hearing and reading God's Word, and in doing good
to our fellow men.
Q. 91. What is the fifth
commandment?
A. The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may
be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Q. 92. What does the fifth
commandment teach me?
A. To love and obey our parents and teachers.
Q. 93. What is the sixth
commandment?
A. The sixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill.
Q. 94. What does the sixth
commandment teach us?
A. To avoid angry passions.
Q. 95. What is the seventh
commandment?
A. The seventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Q. 96. What does the seventh
commandment teach us?
A. To be pure in heart, language, and conduct.
Q. 97. What is the eighth
commandment?
A. The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.
Q. 98. What does the eighth
commandment teach us?
A. To be honest and industrious.
Q. 99. What is the ninth
commandment?
A. The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor.
Q. 100. What does the ninth
commandment teach us?
A. To tell the truth.
Q. 101. What is the tenth
commandment?
A. The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou
shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant,
nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
Q. 102. What does the tenth
commandment teach us?
A. To be content with our lot.
Q. 103. Can any man keep these
ten commandments perfectly?
A. No mere man, since the fall of Adam, ever did or can keep the ten
commandments perfectly.
Q. 104. Of what use are the ten
commandments to us?
A. They teach us our duty, and show our need of a Savior.
Q. 105. What is prayer?
A. Prayer is asking God for things which he has promised to give.
Q. 106. In whose name should we
pray?
A. Only in the name of Christ.
Q. 107. What has Christ given us
to teach us how to pray?
A. The Lord's Prayer.
Q. 108. Repeat the Lord's Prayer.
A. Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Q. 109. How many petitions are
there in The Lord's Prayer?
A. Six.
Q. 110. What is the first
petition?
A. "Hallowed be thy name."
Q. 111. What do we pray for in
the first petition?
A. That God's name may be honored by us and all men.
Q. 112. What is the second
petition?
A. "Thy kingdom come."
Q. 113. What do we pray for in
the second petition?
A. That the gospel may be preached in all the world, and believed and obeyed by
us and all men.
Q. 114. What is the third
petition?
A. "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."
Q. 115. What do we pray for in
the third petition?
A. That men on earth may serve God as the angels do in heaven.
Q. 116. What is the fourth
petition?
A. "Give us this day our daily bread."
Q. 117. What do we pray for in
the fourth petition?
A. That God would give us all things needful for our bodies and souls.
Q. 118. What is the fifth
petition?
A. "And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."
Q. 119. What do we pray for in
the fifth petition?
A. That God would pardon our sins for Christ's sake, and enable us to forgive
those who have injured us.
Q. 120. What is the sixth
petition?
A. "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."
Q. 121. What do we pray for in
the sixth petition?
A. That God would keep us from sin.
Q. 122. How many sacraments are
there?
A. Two.
Q. 123. What are they?
A. Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
Q. 124. Who appointed these
sacraments?
A. The Lord Jesus Christ.
Q. 125. Why did Christ appoint
these sacraments?
A. To distinguish his disciples from the world, and to comfort and strengthen
them.
Q. 126. What sign is used in
baptism?
A. The washing with water.
Q. 127. What does this signify?
A. That we are cleansed from sin by the blood of Christ.
Q. 128. In whose name are we
baptized?
A. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Q. 129. Who are to be baptized?
A. Believers and their children.
Q. 130. Why should infants be
baptized?
A. Because they have a sinful nature and need a Savior.
Q. 131. Does Christ care for
little children?
A. Yes; for he says, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom
of God."
Q. 132. To what does your baptism
bind you?
A. To be a true follower of Christ.
Q. 133. What is the Lord's
Supper?
A. The eating of bread and drinking of wine in remembrance of the sufferings
and death of Christ.
Q. 134. What does the bread
represent?
A. The body of Christ, broken for our sins.
Q. 135. What does the wine
represent?
A. The blood of Christ, shed for our salvation.
Q. 136. Who should partake of the
Lord's Supper?
A. Only those who repent of their sins, believe in Christ for salvation, and
love their fellow men.
Q. 137. Did Christ remain in the
tomb after his crucifixion?
A. No; he rose from the tomb on the third day after his death.
Q. 138. Where is Christ now?
A. In heaven, interceding for sinners.
Q. 139. Will he come again?
A. Yes; at the last day Christ will come to judge the world.
Q. 140. What becomes of men at
death?
A. The body returns to dust, and the soul goes into the world of spirits.
Q. 141. Will the bodies of the
dead be raised to life again?
A. Yes; "The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised."
Q. 142. What will become of the
wicked in the day of judgment?
A. They shall he cast into hell.
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