Childrens Shorter Catechism - Clover Sites

1 Westminster Shorter Catechism Questions for Children 1. Q. Who made you? A. God Ref. Psalm 100:3; Genesis 1:27. 2. Q. What else did God make? A. God made all things. Ref. Acts 17:25; John 6:29; Psalm 33:6-7. 3. Q. Why did God make you and all things? A. For His own glory. Ref. Acts 17:26-27;. Revelation 4:11; Psalm 19:1; Isaiah 43:7. 4. Q. How can you glorify God? A. By loving Him and doing what He commands. Ref. John 6:29; Matthew 5:16. 5. Q. Why ought you to glorify God? A. Because He made me and takes care of me.

2 Ref. Psalm 23; Psalm 139:13-16. 6. Q. Are there more gods than one? A. There is only one God. Ref. Deuteronomy 6:4;. Ephesians 4:5-6. 7. Q. In how many persons does this one God exist? A. In three persons. Ref. I John 5:7. 8. Q. What are they? A. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Ref. Matthew 28:19; I John 5:7. 9. Q. What is God? A. God is a spirit, and has not a body like men. Ref. John 4:24. 10. Q. Where is God? A. God is everywhere. Ref. Psalm 139:7-12. 11. Q. Can you see God? A. No; I cannot see God, but He always sees me.

3 Ref. Hebrews 4:13;. John 2:25; Proverbs 15:3. 12. Q. Does God know all things? A. Yes; nothing can be hid from God. Ref. Psalm 139; Acts 15:18; Hebrews 4:13. 13. Q. Can God do all things? A. Yes; God can do all His holy will. Ref. Ephesians 1:11;. Hebrews 6:18; Phillippians 2:13. 14. Q. Where do you learn how to love and obey God? A. In the Bible alone. Ref. Galatians 1:8-9; II Timothy 3:16; John 17:17. 15. Q. Who wrote the Bible? A. Chosen men who wrote by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Ref. II Peter 1:21; II Timothy 3:16.

4 16. Q. Who were our first parents? A. Adam and Eve. Ref. Genesis 3:20; Acts 17:26. 17. Q. Of what were our first parents made? A. God made the body of Adam out of the ground, and formed Eve from the body of Adam. Ref. Genesis 2:7; Genesis 2:21-23; Genesis 3:19; Psalm 103:14. 18. Q. What did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies? A. He gave them souls that could never die. Ref. Genesis 2:7. 19. Q. Have you a soul as well as a body? A. Yes; I have a soul that can never die. Ref. Genesis 2:7. 20. Q. How do you know that you have a soul?

5 A. Because I can think about God and the world to come. Ref. Genesis 1:26-27; 9:6ff; Acts 17:22-23; Romans 1:19-20; 13:1-4. 21. Q. In what condition did God make Adam and Eve? A. He made them holy and happy. Ref. Genesis 1:27, 31; 2:25; Ephesians 4:24. 22. Q. What is a covenant? A. An agreement between two or more persons. Ref. Genesis 9:12;. Genesis 17:10. 23. Q. What covenant did God make with Adam? A. The covenant of works. Ref. Genesis 2:16-17. 24. Q. What was Adam bound to do by the covenant of works? A. To obey God perfectly.

6 Ref. Genesis 2:16-17. 25. Q. What did God promise in the covenant of works? A. To reward Adam with life if he obeyed Him. Ref. Genesis 2:16; Genesis 3:22-24. 26. Q. What did God threaten in the covenant of works? A. To punish Adam with death if he disobeyed. Ref. Genesis 2:17. 27. Q. Did Adam keep the covenant of works? A. No; he sinned against God. Ref. Genesis 3:6. 28. Q. What is sin? A. Any thought, word or deed that breaks God's law by omission or commission. Ref. James 4:17; I John 3:4. 29. Q. What is a sin of omission?

7 A. Not being or doing what God requires. Ref. James 4:17. 30. Q. What is a sin of commission? A. Doing what God forbids. Ref. I John 3:4. 31. Q. What was the sin of our first parents? A. Eating the forbidden fruit. Ref. Genesis 2:17;. Genesis 3:1-6. 32. Q. Who tempted them to this sin? A. The devil tempted Eve, and she gave the fruit to Adam. Ref. Genesis 3:1-6; I Timothy 2:14. 33. Q. What befell our first parents when they had sinned? A. Instead of being holy and happy, they became sinful and miserable. Ref. Genesis 3:16-19, 24.

8 34. Q. Did Adam act for himself alone in the covenant of works? A. No, he represented the whole human race. Ref. Romans 5:12; I Corinthians 15:22. 35. Q. What effect had the sin of Adam on all mankind? A. All mankind are born in a state of sin and misery. Ref. Romans 5:12, 19; Galatians 3:10. 36. Q. What is that sinful nature which we inherit from Adam called? A. Original sin. Ref. Romans 5:12, 14-19. 37. Q. What does every sin deserve? A. The wrath and curse of God. Ref. John 3:36; Romans 6:23; Galatians 3:10.

9 38. Q. Can anyone go to heaven with this sinful nature? A. No; our hearts must be changed before we can be fit for Heaven. Ref. John 1:12-13; 3:3. 39. Q. What is a change of heart called? A. Regeneration. Ref. Titus 3:5. 40. Q. Who can change a sinner's heart? A. The Holy Spirit alone. Ref. Matthew 19:25-26; I. Corinthians 12:3; I John 3:24; I John 4:13. 41. Q. Can anyone be saved through the covenant of works? A. None can be saved through the covenant of works. Ref. Romans 5:12-16; Galatians 4:24-26. 42. Q. Why can none be saved through the covenant of works?

10 A. Because all have broken it, and are condemned by it. Ref. Psalm 14:1; Romans 3:10-12; Romans 3:23. 43. Q. With whom did God the Father make the covenant of grace? A. With Christ, His eternal Son. Ref. Matthew 26:39, 42, 44; John 17:4-5, 12; I Corinthians 15:22. 44. Q. Whom did Christ represent in the covenant of grace? A. His elect people. Ref. John 6:37, 44; John 15:16; John 17:2, 6, 9, 11, 14. 45. Q. How did Jesus fulfill the covenant of grace? A. He kept the whole law for His people, and then was punished for all of their sins.