CHILDREN'S
CATECHISM
From the Westminster
Teaching Materials
1. Q. Who made
you?
A.. God.
2. Q. What else
did God make?
A. God made all things.
3. Q. Why did God
make you and all things?
A. For His own
Glory.
4. Q. How can you
glorify God?
A. By loving Him and
doing what He commands.
5. Q. Why
ought you glorify God?
A. Because He made me
and takes care of me.
6. Q. Are
there more gods than one?
A. There is only one true God.
7. Q. How
many persons is the one true God?
A. Three persons.
8. Q. Who
are they?
A. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
9. Q. What
is God?
A. God is a spirit and does not have a body as we
do.
10. Q. Where is
God?
A. God is
everywhere.
11. Q. Can you see
God?
A. No, I cannot
see God, but He can always see me.
12. Q. Does God
know everything?
A. Yes, nothing can
be hidden from God.
13. Q. Can God do
all things?
A. Yes, God can do
all His holy will.
14. Q. Where do you
learn how to love and obey God.
A. In the Bible
alone.
15. Q. Who wrote
the Bible?
A. Chosen men who wrote by the inspiration of the Holy
Spirit.
16. Q. Who were our
first parents?
A. Adam and
Eve.
17. Q. How did God
make our first Parents?
A. God made Adam's
body out of the ground, and Eve's body out
of a rib from Adam.
18. Q. What did God
give Adam and Eve besides bodies?
A. He gave them
spirits that will last forever.
19. Q. Do you have
a spirit as well as a body?
A. Yes, I have a
spirit that will last forever.
20. Q. How do you
know you have a spirit that will last forever?
A. Because the Bible
tells me so.
21. Q In what
condition did God create Adam and Eve?
A. He made them holy
and happy.
22. Q. What is a
covenant?
A. An agreement
between two or more persons.
23. Q. What
covenant did God make Adam?
A. The Covenant
of Works.
24. Q. What was
Adam bound to do by the Covenant of Works?
A. To obey God
perfectly.
25. Q. What did God
promise in the Covenant of Works?
A. To reward Adam
with life if he obeyed Him.
26. Q. What did God
threaten in the Covenant of Works?
A. To punish Adam with death if he disobeyed.
27. Q. Did Adam
keep the Covenant of Works?
A. No, he sinned
against God.
28. Q. What is
Sin?
A. Sin is any want of
conformity unto, or transgression of the
law of God.
29. Q. What is
meant by want of conformity?
A. Not being or doing
what God requires.
30. Q. What is
meant by transgression?
A. Doing what God forbids.
31. Q. What was the
sin of our first parents?
A. Eating the
forbidden fruit.
32. Q. Who tempted
them to this sin?
A. The devil tempted
Eve, and she gave the fruit to Adam.
33. Q. What befell
our first parents when they had sinned?
A. Instead of being
holy and happy, they became sinful
and miserable.
34. Q. Did Adam act
for himself alone in the Covenant of Works?
A. No: he
represented all his posterity.
35. Q. What effect
had the sin of Adam on all mankind.
A. All mankind are
born in a state of sin and misery.
36. Q. What is that
sinful nature which we inherit from Adam called?
A. Original
sin.
37. Q. What does
every sin deserve?
A. The wrath and
curse of God.
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.
39. Q What is a
change of heart called?
A.
Regeneration.
40. Q. Who can
change a sinners heart?
A. The Holy Spirit
alone.
41. Q. Can anyone
be saved through the covenant of works?
A. None can be saved
through the covenant of works.
42. Q. Why can none
be saved through the covenant of works?
A. Because all have
broken it and are condemned by it.
43.
Q. With whom did God make the Covenant of
Grace?
A. With Christ, His
eternal Son.
44. Q. Whom did
Christ represent in the Covenant of Grace?
A. His elect
people.
45. Q. 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.
46. Q. Did our Lord
Jesus Christ ever commit the least sin?
A. No; He was holy,
harmless and undefiled.
47. Q. How could
the Son of God suffer?
A. Christ, the Son of
God, became man that he might obey
and suffer in our nature.
48. Q. What is
meant by atonement?
A. Christ's
satisfying divine justice, by his sufferings and
death,
in the place of sinners.
49. Q. What did God
the Father undertake in the Covenant of Grace?
A. To justify and
sanctify those for whom Christ should die.
50. Q. What is
justification?
A. It is God's
forgiving sinners, and treating them as if they
had never sinned.
51. Q. What is
sanctification?
A. It is God's making
sinners holy in heart and conduct.
52. Q. For whom did
Christ obey and suffer?
A. For those whom the
Father had given him.
53. Q. What kind of
life did Christ live on Earth?
A. A life of poverty
and suffering.
54. Q. What kind of
death did Christ die?
A. The painful and
shameful death of the cross.
55. Q. Who will be
saved?
A. Only those who
repent of sin, believe in Christ, and lead
holy lives.
56. Q. What is it
to repent?
A. To be sorry for
sin, and to hate and forsake it because it
is displeasing to God.
57. Q. What is it
to believe or have faith in Christ?
A. To trust in Christ
alone for salvation.
58. Q. Can you
repent and believe in Christ by your own power?
A. No; I can do
nothing without the help of God's Holy Spirit.
59. Q. How can you
get the help of God's Holy Spirit?
A. God has told us
that we must pray to him for the Holy Spirit.
60. Q. How long ago
is it since Christ died?
A. More than 1900
years.
61. Q. How were
pious persons saved before the coming of Christ?
A. By believing in
the Savior to come.
62. Q. How did they
show their faith?
A. By offering
sacrifices on God's altar.
63. Q. What did
these sacrifices represent?
A. Christ, the lamb
of God, who was to die for sinners.
64. Q. What offices
has Christ?
A. Christ has 3
offices.
65. Q. What are
they?
A. The offices of a
prophet, a priest and of a King.
66. Q. How is
Christ a prophet?
A. Because he teaches
the will of God.
67. Q. How is
Christ a priest?
A. Because he died
for our sins and pleads with God for us.
68. Q. How is
Christ a king?
A. Because he rules
over us and defends us.
69. Q. Why do you
need Christ as a prophet?
A. Because I am
ignorant.
70. Q. Why do you
need Christ as a priest?
A. Because I am
guilty.
71. Q. Why do you
need Christ as a king?
A. Because I am weak
and helpless.
72. Q. How many
commandments did God give on Mt. Sinai?
A. Ten
Commandants.
73. Q. What are the
Ten Commandments sometimes called?
A. The
Decalogue.
74. Q. What do the
first four commandments teach?
A. Our duty to
God.
75. Q. What do the
last six commandments teach?
A. Our duty to our
fellow man.
76. Q. What is the
sum of the Ten Commandments?
A. To love God with
all my heart, and my neighbor as myself.
77. Q. Who is your
neighbor?
A. All my fellow men
are my neighbors.
78. Q. Is God
pleased with those who love and obey Him?
A. Yes. He
says,"I love them that love me." Prov.3:17
79. Q. Is God
displeased with those who do not love and obey Him?
A. Yes. "God is
angry with the wicked every day."
80. Q. What is the
first Commandment?
A. The first
commandment is "Thou Shalt Have No Other gods
Before Me."
81. Q. What does
the first Commandment teach us?
A. To worship God
alone.
82. Q. What is the
second commandment?
A. Thou shalt not
make unto thee any graven image or any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that
is
in the earth beneath, ot 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.
83. Q. What
does the second commandment teach us?
A. To worship God in
proper manner, and to avoid idolatry.
84. Q.
What is the third commandment?
A. Thou shalt not
take the name of Lord thy God in vain: for the
Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in
vain?
85.
Q. What does the third commandment teach
me?
A. To revere God's
name, word, and works.
86.
Q. What is the fourth commandment?
A. 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, not thy son, not thy daughter, not thy
man-
servant, 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 se, and all that is in them, and rested the
seventh
day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath Day,
and
Hallowed it.
87. Q. What does
the fourth commandment teach us?
A. To keep the
Sabbath holy.
88. Q. What day of
the week is the Christian Sabbath?
A. The forst day of
the week, called the Lord's Day.
89. Q. Why is it
called the Lord's Day?
A. Because on that
day Christ rose from the dead.
90. Q. 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.
91. Q. What is the
fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment is,
Honor they father and they mother, that
thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee.
92.
Q. What does the fifth commandment teach us?
A. To love and
obey our parents and teachers.
93.
Q. What is the sixth commandment?
A. The sixth
commandment is, Thou shalt not kill.
94. Q.
What does the sixth commandment teach us?
A. To
avoid angry passions.
95.
Q. What is the seventh commandment?
A. The
seventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit
adultery.
96.
Q. What does the seventh commandment teach
us?
A. To be
pure in heart, language, and conduct.
97.
Q. What is the eighth commandment?
A. The
eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.
98.
Q. What does the eighth commandment teach
us?
A. To be
honest and industrious.
99.
Q. What is the ninth commandment?
A. The
ninth commandment is , Thou shalt not bear false witness against they
neighbor.
100. Q. What
does the ninth commandment teach us?
A. To
tell the truth.
101. Q. 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 man servant, nor his
maidservant, nor his
ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
102. Q. What
does the tenth commandment teach us?
A. To be
content with our lot.
103. Q.
Can any man keep these ten commandments perfectly?
A.
No mere man, since the fall of Adam, ever did or can keep the ten
commandment perfectly.
104. Q.
Of what use are the ten commandments to us?
A. They
teach us our duty, and show us our need of a Savior.
105. Q.
What is prayer?
A. Prayer
is asking God for things which he has promised to
give.
106. Q.
In whose name should we pray?
A. Only
in the name of Christ.
107. Q. What
has Christ given us to teach us how to pray?
A. The Lord's
Prayer.
108. Q.
Repeat the Lord's Prayer.
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 forever. Amen
109. Q. How
many petitions are there in the Lord's prayer?
A.
Six
110. Q. What
is the first petition?
A.
"Hallowed be thy name."
111. Q. What
do we pray for in the first petition?
A. That
God's name my be honored by us and all men.
112. Q. What
is the second petition?
A. "Thy
kingdom come."
113. Q. What
do we pray for in the second petition?
A. The the gospel may be preached in all the world,
and believed and obeyed
by us and all men.
114. Q. What
is the third petition?
A. "They
will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
115. Q. What
do we pray for in the third petition?
A. That
men on earth may serve God as the angels do in heaven.
116. Q. What
is the fourth petition?
A. "Give
us this day our daily bread."
117. Q. What do we
pray for in the fourth petition?
A. That
God would give us all things needful for our bodes and
souls.
118. Q. What is the
fifth petition?
A. "And
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."
119. Q. 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.
120. Q. What
is the sixth petition?
A. "And lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."
121. Q. What
do we pray for in the sixth petition?
A. That
God would Keep us from sin.
122. Q. How
many sacraments are there?
A.
Two
123. Q. What
are they?
A.
Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
124. Q. Who
appointed these sacraments?
A. The
Lord Jesus Christ.
125. Q. Why
did Christ appoint these sacraments?
A. To
distinguish his disciples from the world, and to comfort and
strengthen them.
126. Q. What
is used in baptism?
A. The
washing with water.
127. Q. What does
this signify?
A. That
we are cleansed from sin by the blood of Christ.
128. Q. In
whose name are we baptized?
A. In the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost.
129. Q. Who
are to be baptized?
A.
Believers and their Children.
130. Q. Why
should infants be baptized?
A. Because they have a sinful nature and need a
savior.
131. Q. 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."
132. Q. To
what does your baptism bind you?
A. To be
a true follower of Christ.
133. Q. What
is the Lord's Supper?
A. The
eating of bread and drinking of wine in remembrance of the sufferings
and
death of Christ.
134. Q. What
does the bread represent?
A. The
body of Christ, broken for your sins.
135. Q. What
does the wine represent?
A. The blood of Christ broken for our
sins.
136. Q. 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.
137. Q. Did
Christ remain in the tomb after his crucifixion?
A. No; he
rose from the tomb on the third day after his death.
138. Q. Where
is Christ now?
A. In
heaven, interceding for us.
139. Q. Will
he come again?
A. Yes;
at the last day Christ will come to judge the world.
140. Q. What
becomes of men at death?
A. The
body returns to the dust, and the soul goes into the world of
spirits.
141. Q. Will
the bodies of the dead be raised to life again?
A.
Yes; "the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be
raised."
142. Q. What
will become of the wicked in the day of judgment?
A. They
shall be cast into hell.
143. Q. What
is hell?
A. A
place of dreadful and endless torment
144. Q. What
will become of the righteous?
A. They
shall be taken to heaven.
145. Q. What
is heaven:
A. A
glorious and happy place, where the righteous shall be for ever with
the Lord.
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