God & Man, Creation & Sin

Question 1

Who made you?

Answer 1

God made me.

(Gn 1:26, 27; 2:7; Ec 12:1; Acts 17:24-29).

Question 2

What else did God make?

Answer 2

God made all things.

(Gn 1, esp. verses 1, 31; Acts 14:15; Rm 11:36; Col 1:16)

Question 3

Why did God make you & all things?

Answer 3

For His own glory.

(Ps 19:1; Jer 9:23, 24; Rv 4:11).

Question 4

How can you glorify God?

Answer 4

By loving Him & doing what He commands.

(Ec 12:13; Mk 12:29-31; Jn 15:8-10; 1 Cor 10:31).

Question 5

Why ought you to glorify God?

Answer 5

Because He made me & takes care of me.

(Rm 11:36; Rv 4:11; cf. Dan 4:37).

Question 6

Are there more gods than one?

Answer 6

No, there is only one God.

(Deut 6:4; Jer 10:10; Mk 12:29; Acts 17:22-31).

Question 7

In how many persons does this one God exist?

Answer 7

In three persons.

(Mt 3:16, 17; Jn 5:23; 10:30; 14:9, 10; 15:26; 16:13-15; 1 Jn 5:20; Rv 1:4, 5).

Question 8

Who are they?

Answer 8

The Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit.

(Mt 28:19; 2 Cor 13:14; 1 Pet 1:2; Jude 20, 21).

Question 9

Who is God?

Answer 9

God is a Spirit, and does not have a body like men.

(Jn 4:24; 2 Cor 3:17; 1 Tim 1:17).

Question 10

Where is God?

Answer 10

God is everywhere.

(Ps 139:7-12; Jer 23:23,24; Acts 17:27,28).

Question 11

Can you see God?

Answer 11

No, I cannot see God, but He always see me.

(Ex 33:20; Jn 1:18; 1 Tim 6:16; Ps 139 esp. vv. 1-5: Pr 5:21; Hb 4:12, 13).

Question 12

Does God know all things?

Answer 12

Yes, nothing can be hidden from God.

(1 Chron 28:9; 2 Chron 16:9; Lk 12:6, 7; Rm 2:16).

Question 13

Can God do all things?

Answer 13

Yes, God can do all His holy will.

(Ps 147:5; Jer 32:17; Dan 4:34, 35; Eph 1:11).

Question 14

Where do you learn how to love and obey God?

Answer 14

In the Bible alone

(Job 11:7; Ps 119:104; Is 8:20; Mt 22:29; 2 Tim 3:15-17).

Question 15

Who wrote the Bible?

Answer 15

Holy men who were taught by the Holy Spirit

(1 Pet 1:20, 21; Acts 1:16; 2 Tim 3:16; 1 Pet 1:10, 11).

Question 16

Who were our first parents?

Answer 16

Adam and Eve

(Gn 2:18-25; 3:20; 5:1, 2; Acts 17:26; 1 Tim 2:13).

Question 17

Of what were our first parents made?

Answer 17

God made the body of Adam out of the ground, and formed Eve from the body of Adam

(Gn 2:7; 21-23; 3:19; Ps 103:14).

Question 18

What did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies?

Answer 18

He gave them souls that could never die

(1 Cor 15:45: Eccl 12:7; Zech 12:1).

Question 19

Have you a soul as well as a body?

Answer 19

Yes. I have a soul that can never die

(Mt 10:28; Mk 8:34- 38; 12:30).

Question 20

How do you know that you have a soul?

Answer 20

Because the Bible tells me so

(Mt 10:28; Mk 8:34-38; 12:30).

Question 21

What is your soul?

Answer 21

My soul Includes all of me that should know and love God

(Mk 8:34-38; Ep 3:16-19).

Question 22

In what condition did God make Adam & Eve?

Answer 22

He made them holy and happy

(Gn 1:26-28; Ps 8:4-8).

Question 23

Did Adam and Eve stay holy & happy?

Answer 23

No. They sinned against God

(Gn 3:1-7; Eccl 7:29; Hos 6:7 where “men” = Adam).

Question 24

What was the sin of our first parents?

Answer 24

Eating the forbidden fruit

(Gn 2:16, 17; 3:6).

Question 25

Why did they eat the forbidden fruit?

Answer 25

Because they did not believe what God had said

(Gn 3:1-6; cf. Hb 11:6).

Question 26

Who tempted them to this sin?

Answer 26

The devil tempted Eve, and she gave the fruit to Adam

(Gn 3:1-13; 2 Cor 11:3; 1 Tim 2:13, 14; cf. Rv 12:9).

Question 27

What happened to our first parents when they had sinned?

Answer 27

Instead of being holy and happy, they became sinful and miserable

(Gn 3:14-24; 4:1-24; Jm 1:14, 15).

Question 28

What effect did the sin of Adam have on all mankind?

Answer 28

All mankind is born in a state of sin and misery

(Ps. 5 1:5; Rm 5:12, 18, 19; 1 Cor 15:21, 22; 1 Jn 5:19).

Question 29

What do we inherit from Adam as a result of this original sin?

Answer 29

A sinful nature

(1 Kings 8:46; Ps 14:2, 3; 58:3; Eccl 9:3; Mt 15:18-20; Jn 2:24, 25; Rm 8:7).

Question 30

What is sin?

Answer 30

Sin is any transgression of the law of God

(1 Jn 3:4; Rm 3:20; lames 2:9-11).

Question 31

What is meant by transgression?

Answer 31

Doing what God forbids

(1 Sam 13:8-14; 15:22, 23; Hos 6:7; Rm 1:21-32).

Question 32

What does every sin deserve?

Answer 32

The anger and judgment of God

(Deut 27:26; Rm 1:18; 2:2; Gal 3:10; Eph 5:6).

Question 33

Do we know what God requires of us?

Answer 33

Yes, he has given us his law both in our hearts and in writing

(Rm 2:14-15).