from Dr. Tom Nettles (Teaching Truth, Training Hearts: The Study of Catechisms in Baptist Life to be published in 2013 by Founder Press)
Q.1: Who made you?
A. God made me.
( Genesis 1:26, 27; 2:7; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Acts 17:24-29 )
Q.2: What else did God make?
A. God made all things.
( Genesis 1, esp. verses 1, 31; Acts 14:15; Romans 11:36; Colossians 1:16 )
Q.3: Why did God make you and all things?
A. For his own glory.
( Psalm 19:1; Jeremiah 9:23, 24; Revelation 4:11,15 )
Q.4: How can you glorify God?
A. By loving him and doing what he commands.
( Ecclesiastes 12:13; Mark 12:29-31; John 15:8-10; 1Corinthians 10:31 )
Q.5: Why ought you to glorify God?
A. Because he made me and takes care of me.
( Romans 11:36; Revelation 4:11; cf. Daniel 4:23 )
Q.6: Are there more gods than one?
A. There is only one God.
( Deuteronomy 6:4; Jeremiah 10:10; Mark 12:29; Acts 17:22-31 )
Q.7: In how many persons does this one God exist?
A. In three persons.
Q.8: Who are they?
A. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
( Matthew 28:19; 2Corinthians 13:14; 1Peter 1:2; Jude 20, 21 )
Q.9: Who is God?
A. God is a Spirit, and does not have a body like men.
( John 4:24; 2Corinthians 3:17; 1 Timothy 1:17 )
Q.10: Where is God?
A. God is everywhere.
( Psalm 139:7-12; Jeremiah 23:23, 24; Acts 17:27, 28 )
Q.11: Can you see God?
A. No. I cannot see God, but he always sees me.
( Exodus 33:20; John 1:18; 1Timothy 6:16; Psalm 139 esp. vv. 1-5: Proverbs 5:21; Hebrews 4:12, 13 )
Q.12: Does God know all things?
A. Yes. Nothing can be hidden from God.
( 1Chronicles 28:9; 2Chronicles 16:9; Luke 12:6, 7; Romans 2:16 )
Q.13: Can God do all things?
A. Yes. God can do all his holy will.
( Psalm 147:5; Jeremiah 32:17; Daniel 4:34, 35; Ephesians 1:11 )
Q.14: Where do you learn how to love and obey God?
A. In the Bible alone.
( Job 11:7; Psalm 119:104; Isaiah 8:20; Matthew 22:29; 2Timothy 3:15-17 )
Q.15: Who wrote the Bible?
A. Holy men who were taught by the Holy Spirit.
( 1Peter 1:20, 21; Acts 1:16; 2Timothy 3:16; 1Peter 1:10, 11 )
Q.16: Who were our first parents?
A. Adam and Eve.
( Genesis 2:18-25; 3:20; 5:1, 2; Acts 17:26, 1Timothy 2:13 )
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.
( Genesis 2:7; 21-23; 3:19; Psalm 103:14 )
Q.18: What did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies?
A. He gave them souls that could never die.
( 1Corinthians 15:45: Ecclesiastes 12:7; Zechariah 12:1 )
Q.19: Have you a soul as well as a body?
A. Yes. I have a soul that can never die.
( Matthew 10:28; Mark 8:34-38; 12:30 )
Q.20: How do you know that you have a soul?
A. Because the Bible tells me so.
( Matthew 10:28; Mark 8:34-38; 12:30 )
Q.21: What is your soul?
A. My soul includes all of me that should know and love God.
( Mark 8:34-38; Ephesians 3:16-19 )
Q.22: In what condition did God make Adam and Eve?
A. He made them holy and happy.
( Genesis 1:26-28; Psalm 8:4-8 )
Q.23: Did Adam and Eve stay holy and happy?
A. No. They sinned against God.
( Genesis 3:1-7; Ecclesiastes &:29; Hosea 6:7 where “men” = Adam )
Q.24: What was the sin of our first parents?
A. Eating the forbidden fruit.
Q.25: Why did they eat the forbidden fruit?
A. Because they did not believe what God had said.
( Genesis 3:1-6; cf. Hebrews 11:6 )
Q.26: Who tempted them to this sin?
A. The devil tempted Eve, and she gave the fruit to Adam.
( Genesis 3:1-13; 2Corinthians 11:3; 1Timothy 2:13, 14; cf. Revelation 12:9 )
Q.27: What happened to our first parents when they had sinned?
A. Instead of being holy and happy, they became sinful and miserable.
( Genesis 3:14-24; 4:1-24; James 1:14, 15 )
Q.28: What effect did the sin of Adam have on all mankind?
A. All mankind is born in a state of sin and misery.
( Psalm 51:5; Romans 5:12, 18, 19; 1Corinthians 15:21, 22; 1John 5:19 )
Q.29: What do we inherit from Adam as a result of this original sin?
A. A sinful nature.
( 1Kings 8:46; Psalms 14:2, 3; 58:3; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Matthew 15:18-20; John 2:24, 25; Romans 8:7 )
Q.30: What is sin?
A. Sin is any transgression of the law of God.
( 1John 3:4; Romans 3:20; James 2:9-11 )
Q.31: What is meant by transgression?
A. Doing what God forbids.
( 1Samuel 13:8-14; 15:22, 23; Hosea 6:7; Romans 1:21-32 )
Q.32: What does every sin deserve?
A. The anger and judgment of God.
( Deuteronomy 27:26; Romans 1:18; 2:2; Galatians 3:10; Ephesians 5:6 )
Q.33: Do we know what God requires of us?
A. Yes, he has given us his law both in our hearts and in writing.
( Romans 2:14-15 )
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